Discus Help!

[meese-a-mew]

This is all stuff that should have been figured out prior to getting these fish. Keeping exotics is not for everyone. . Hopefully they get hungry enough to eat what you're feeding..

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when I did research most people said that it isn't too hard to train discus to eat pellets. Didn't expect them to be near impossible to get them to eat. I even tried blackworm pellet kind of things and won't eat.

Live or freeze dried ? Tons available on the internet.


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[Brookster123]

Listen...I'm not trying to bring you down.. not trying to be a bully. Buying a $100+ worth of fish on a whim is foolish.. i read this thread and had to go back 3 times.because I thought my phone glitched, went from clueless questions to a purchase with no in between???

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[Brookster123]

when I did research most people said that it isn't too hard to train discus to eat pellets. Didn't expect them to be near impossible to get them to eat. I even tried blackworm pellet kind of things and won't eat.






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You need to get what the breeder fed them..... period.. hopefully you can train them off and on to what you'd like.. they can very well starve..

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[meese-a-mew]

Listen...I'm not trying to bring you down.. not trying to be a bully. Buying a $100+ worth of fish on a whim is foolish.. i read this thread and had to go back 3 times.because I thought my phone glitched, went from clueless questions to a purchase with no in between???

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It wasn't on a whim lol. I did my research but maybe my fish aren't the ones that train easily or something else could have happened. My question was a normal question for a first time discus keeper and in the middle I was just doing my own research while some people were arguing about 100% water changes or something.


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[meese-a-mew]

You need to get what the breeder fed them..... period.. hopefully you can train them off and on to what you'd like.. they can very well starve..

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It's 10 pm here right now. What do you want me to do? Break into a store and take some food? I don't really need you stating the obvious every 5 minutes. My question was HOW TO TRAIN THEM TO EAT THE FOOD. Not what food to feed them.


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[treemanone2003]

when I did research most people said that it isn't too hard to train discus to eat pellets. Didn't expect them to be near impossible to get them to eat. I even tried blackworm pellet kind of things and won't eat.






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You didn't read the info I supplied in the beginning of this thread. If so, you'd not be in this situation. But being the nice guy that I am and don't want to see your Discus die (although they will go for up to two weeks without eating) I'll do the work for you.

Go thru this http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forum...lack-Worms-(Al-Sabetta)-Northford-Connecticut and you'll find what you need.


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[meese-a-mew]

You didn't read the info I supplied in the beginning of this thread. If so, you'd not be in this situation. But being the nice guy that I am and don't want to see your Discus die (although they will go for up to two weeks without eating) I'll do the work for you.

Go thru this http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forum...lack-Worms-(Al-Sabetta)-Northford-Connecticut and you'll find what you need.


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Thanks. Did read the first post of links you sent. Guess I accidently skipped over one


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[Brookster123]

Sorry if I came off as rude, just want to see pics of the discus in a few months is all..

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[jetajockey]

Adult fish, discus or not, are not going to starve to death in a day. Try frozen bloodworms if you can't find blackworms. When I kept discus they ate flake and pellets just fine, I didn't treat them any different than angelfish or any other cichlids that I keep, so I probably wasn't in the club. That said, they did good but just aren't for me. It's not really the fishes fault that they tend to have a cult-like following.

 

[meese-a-mew]

Adult fish, discus or not, are not going to starve to death in a day. Try frozen bloodworms if you can't find blackworms. When I kept discus they ate flake and pellets just fine, I didn't treat them any different than angelfish or any other cichlids that I keep, so I probably wasn't in the club. That said, they did good but just aren't for me. It's not really the fishes fault that they tend to have a cult-like following.

I agree. Maybe I'm just being too edgy because it's my first time keeping them and its big loss if one of them dies.


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[meese-a-mew]

Here are some nice pics of the 3


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