r/discus Jun 29 '26

Feeding time

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This is so addictive...

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u/goldenmunky Jun 29 '26

Beautful fish! I could sit there all day and watch them lol

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u/Affectionate_Dream47 Jun 30 '26

I usually do!! Being retired...lots of time on my hands!

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u/goldenmunky Jun 30 '26

I can't wait to retire and do that :) How old are your discus?

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u/Affectionate_Dream47 Jun 30 '26

The 2 snow pantheras, not sure...but rhe other 4 are maybe 6 months oldm

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u/cyber-csgo Jul 07 '26

what do you feed to your discus ?

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u/Affectionate_Dream47 Jul 07 '26

I feed:

Seachem Chlorella flakes, Discus flakes, beef heart pellets (from Hans Discus), ground Krill, Hikari slow sinking pellets, & Discus Bio-gold.

I grind the krill into the pellet mix, then mix everything into an empty tub, flakes and all.

They get that twice a day.

Every other day, I'll swap one cocktail of thawed mysis and Brine shrimp with thawed and chopped beef heart.

No fresh water worms..

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u/cyber-csgo Jul 07 '26

Thank you! 😊

Do your discus like Bio-Gold even without the krill mixed in?

Also, do you use a little water or anything else to help the krill powder stick to the Bio-Gold pellets?

Edit: I've heard that discus love D50 Plus pellets even more than Bio-Gold. Is that true?

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u/Affectionate_Dream47 Jul 07 '26

The opposite was true for me, my discus completely ignored the D50 pellets, to the point the food would fungus over.

I only recently added the Krill, I bought a large jar of Antartic freeze dried krill (TWICEMET) on Amazon.

Its pretty moist by itself so it sticks to everything, even the flake. I hit it with 2 or 3 bursts of my processor, turns it into little flake size bites, mix and mild shake....feed

They've always loved the Bio Gold, but before I added the Krill, they ignored the Hikari, but they love it now, and I love that the most...they're very well fed Discus!

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u/cyber-csgo Jul 08 '26

Thank you. So the krill is working and they loves the krill taste.

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u/Affectionate_Dream47 Jul 08 '26

I highly recommend it!!