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JustinKScott
10-19-2011, 09:21 PM
Why do they take a bite of food then immediately spit it out? Then grab another bite, which is sometimes the same one. Making me think they don't like their dinner.


Jks
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60g waterfall tank
80g high tech planted (2.7w/g t5ho, pressured co2, EI ferts)
55g bare-bottom Discus growth tank w/ 7 juvies
55G bare-bottom tank w/ 7" adult Discus
Angelfish breeder
Darrell Ward
10-19-2011, 09:32 PM
Yep. They sometimes do spit out food they are not familier with, or for whatever reason, won't eat. I really don't know if they are able taste flavors or not. The only food I've never seen any discus spit out is live blackworms.
Stag
10-19-2011, 09:36 PM
Yep. They sometimes do spit out food they are not familier with, or for whatever reason, won't eat. I really don't know if they are able taste flavors or not. The only food I've never seen any discus spit out is live blackworms.

Can't blame them... I would spit out live blackworms too!
x2h
10-19-2011, 09:57 PM
sometimes when my discus swallow a big gobble of live blackworms, they will have to spit it out, since it's too big. same when they swallow a big piece of beefheart. but they will keep trying.
JustinKScott
10-19-2011, 10:19 PM
Ok. Just normal I guess. Silly fish.


Jks
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60g waterfall tank
80g high tech planted (2.7w/g t5ho, pressured co2, EI ferts)
55g bare-bottom Discus growth tank w/ 7 juvies
55G bare-bottom tank w/ 7" adult Discus
Angelfish breeder
Skip
10-19-2011, 10:38 PM
they don't have teeth.. they are trying to break food into smaller pieces..
Darrell Ward
10-19-2011, 10:47 PM
I believe I read somewhere they do have teeth in the throat.
Stag
10-19-2011, 10:47 PM
they don't have teeth.. they are trying to break food into smaller pieces..

Your discus don't have teeth warlock?! YOU got JIPPED69914! :p
Skip
10-19-2011, 11:06 PM
Rocky Mountain Discus
We know a lot about the discus fish diet in wild discus in that the stomachs of captured wild discus fish contain small shrimp, insects and insect larvae, small fish and fair amounts of plant material. When discus fish eat, they appear to mouth the food and spit it out before recapturing it and swallowing it. The reason for this is their teeth, or lack of teeth. Discus fish do not have teeth, but rather grinders in the jaw.

BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
pennex1
10-20-2011, 09:01 AM
You need to put some Grey Poupon on the blackworms. They want some flavor.
OCD
10-21-2011, 12:02 PM
I almsot spit out my coffee at this one:

You need to put some Grey Poupon on the blackworms. They want some flavor.

i just imagined one on my discus swimming up along side one of the other guys... "Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon"
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Sean Buehrle
10-24-2011, 08:29 AM
I think they do it because they think they can get it in their mouth at a easier to swallow side or point, they are rearranging it.
Moon
10-24-2011, 02:41 PM
they don't have teeth.. they are trying to break food into smaller pieces..

Try discus dentures