Discus food

I was just wondering if you can feed discus frozen krill.

Hi there eli322
you can feed it to the it aint goin to kill them., Its just not the best food for them
I feed beefheart mix

Well I feed them bloodworms as a treat but there main diet is flake beef heart flake and brine shrimp live an frozen but i was just wondering if that would be a good treat

I'm not up to the Discus status yet but once ready, I'll be following some of the same feeding routines I use with my angels... namely, I will pick up earth worms within my leaf piles.. (of which I'm pretty confident is pretty organic).. and i'll put them in a cup of water for an hour or so.. then chop them into bite sized pieces.. they go gonzo over these infrequent treats.. 2 times a month maybe. Any downside from that practice?

i do bloodworms, beef heart mix, brine shrimp. pellets now and again but they just give me those pouting eyes and i break in and give them the tastey stuff. no wonder my discus are fat lol

As long as you're feeding them something that is within reason they will be fine. The most important thing is a varied diet. Almost any of the Discus farmers say they use some mix of foods during the day to keep everyone happy.

STM.. i read a lot and retain very little...<grin> but that was one lesson I took from my first efforts long long ago.. mix the diet!.. and emulate their natural environment as much as possible.. that's why I used to use peat in the filters... glad to know they aren't quite as demanding as 25-30 years ago..

I feed beefheart/brine shrimp/spirlina/krill and discus bio gold pellets. Smaller Discus may not eat the krill due to it being larger peices of food.