Feeding Lambs Hearts

[aussiefish]

Hi All
I have read a lot of different posts about feeding discus BEEF HEART. Would LAMBS HEART be about the same??? I have access to pleanty of this and would like to know how to prepare and process it ??

[Eddie]

Hi All
I have read a lot of different posts about feeding discus BEEF HEART. Would LAMBS HEART be about the same??? I have access to pleanty of this and would like to know how to prepare and process it ??

http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?t=76300&highlight=lamb+heart

I would assume you prepare it just as beefheart, removing all the veins.

Eddie

[aussiefish]

Thanks Eddie
How do you prepare the hearts EG: dice, slice, chop or other.
Will also try to feed the heart to my fry, not sure if still to call them fry as they are about 5 weeks old now. I am doing a 20% water change every 12 hrs now and the ammonia level in the tank is stable at about .25 - 0 ppm:) Also having problem posting Pics, I can only compress them to 92.8 kb and simply discus will only let you post pics smaller than 85 kb????

[dbfzurowski]

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[Eddie]

Thanks Eddie
How do you prepare the hearts EG: dice, slice, chop or other.
Will also try to feed the heart to my fry, not sure if still to call them fry as they are about 5 weeks old now. I am doing a 20% water change every 12 hrs now and the ammonia level in the tank is stable at about .25 - 0 ppm:) Also having problem posting Pics, I can only compress them to 92.8 kb and simply discus will only let you post pics smaller than 85 kb????

For fry, I puree the hearts. For older fry, I use my standard mix which includes heart but has other ingredients and it is also pureed. I use a meat grinder to prepare my mixes.

I would aim for zero ammonia. How many fish are in the tank and how big is the tank?

Eddie

[aussiefish]

It is a 50 ltr tank with 15 5 week old fry about the size of your pinkie nail:)

[Eddie]

Yup, aim for zero ammonia. Try to change more water with each water change, at least 50% with more being better.

Eddie

[aussiefish]

You told me that a about a week ago but we have water restrictions where I am, they come check water meters all the time. This is the male of the fry
http://s883.photobucket.com/albums/ac39/aussiefish/?action=view&current=latest007.jpg
Hope this worked out !!!

[aussiefish]

This is the female
http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac39/aussiefish/latest004.jpg

What do you think the fry will look like ????