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[treemanone2003]

100% water change?
I'm sorry but ... why the need to stress the fish out that way? So the fish are ok but are the fish telling you or letting you know in any way that this is good for them?
Are these fish any better off than if they got a 90% water change or even say 95% just so they don't have to be out of the water flopping around?

The first couple times they did flop around on me but it didn't appear any more stressful than trying to net them and put them into another tank. In actuality, they appeared less stressed. Fwiw, IMO they are telling me that they are not stressed because I handle them so much and are not afraid, but rather greet me (and the pump and tube) when it goes in the tank. I can only presume they're letting me know this is just fine as we don't speak the same language. But I'm also going off of proven methods of the best in regards to this particular species. Also, at the point of 90-95% they're probably more likely to be much more stressed attempting to swim and avoid obstacles than laying flat on their sides. And I would say that 100% beats 90-95% any day.

Ok so after reading the link, the fish are never totally out of the water, at the very least, they have a few inches so it's never really a 100% WC.

Only two of the respondents indicated that they leave any water in the tank. The other replies clearly stated "remove all the water, they'll be fine", one of those being a board member of NADA.



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[treemanone2003]

Wow, that's crazy. They're apparently less sensitive than I thought!

Much less sensitive and very awesome indeed !!!


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[gilpi]

I think we're going out of topic here.
Don't get me wrong, I'm big on water changes. All my tanks get no less than 80% WC which lot of people would argue it's too much but to dry the tank of water with fish in it makes no sense to me, wether members of NADA or not.
To each its own.



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[meese-a-mew]

Ok so after reading the link, the fish are never totally out of the water, at the very least, they have a few inches so it's never really a 100% WC.

My discus aren't eating eating anything right now so I'm trying to make beefheart food but what do I do to train them to eat the food?


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[Brookster123]

So you got some? How many? What are they in? Tell us some stuff

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[meese-a-mew]

I got 3 for now and they're doing really well except for the fact that they won't eat any of my food ( they're 3.5-4 inches long so almost adults. Got one pigeon blood and 2 blue turqs. How do I train them to eat my food? The breeder I got them from exclusively fed tetra colour granules and blackworms. How do I get them to eat my stuff?


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[Brookster123]

Feed them.what the breeder fed them...........................

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[meese-a-mew]

That wasn't the question.....the question is how to train them to eat it. Of course I know that I can feed them what the breeder fed them.... But I want to know how to make them eat the food that I have


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[Brookster123]

That wasn't the question.....the question is how to train them to eat it. Of course I know that I can feed them what the breeder fed them.... But I want to know how to make them eat the food that I have


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What an aweful post... i don't know how to make fish eat anything.. good luck with your new purchases..

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[treemanone2003]

My discus aren't eating eating anything right now so I'm trying to make beefheart food but what do I do to train them to eat the food?


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Where did they come from and what was that person feeding them ? How many, what strains, size, did you get and when did they last eat ?


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[meese-a-mew]

Where did they come from and what was that person feeding them ? How many, what strains, size, did you get and when did they last eat ?


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3 of them. 1 pigeon blood, 2 blue turqs (snakeskin). 3.5-4 inches. Last time they ate was yesterday night.



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[meese-a-mew]

What an aweful post... i don't know how to make fish eat anything.. good luck with your new purchases..

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You are welcome to not post here if you do not want to contribute positively on this thread.


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[Brookster123]

I was trying to help.. all I know.. if you want your fish to live?? Feed them what they've been raised on, a 4" discus has been eating for a while..

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[Mebbid]

The problem is, black worms are neither easy to culture or get a hold of.

 

[meese-a-mew]

The problem is, black worms are neither easy to culture or get a hold of.

+1

I was trying to help.. all I know.. if you want your fish to live?? Feed them what they've been raised on, a 4" discus has been eating for a while..

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Like mebbid said. They're not easy to find. Tetra color I can probably find but for some reason not a lot of stores around me sell it


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[Brookster123]

Why not get it from the breeder??

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[meese-a-mew]

Why not get it from the breeder??

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Don't have my own car and he's low so won't sell it and the person he gets it from lives 3 hours away from me


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[Brookster123]

Don't have my own car and he's low so won't sell it and the person he gets it from lives 3 hours away from me


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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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[treemanone2003]

Live or freeze dried ? Tons available on the internet.


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[treemanone2003]

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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+1.


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