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	How to make Discus to eat
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	alright..thanks! I will give that a shot actually...does the number of Discus in a tank matter their mood on eating?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	thanks for the advice!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
jacquie loves discus Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 306 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Try turning the heat up to 30. Mine are normally at 29-30. Try doing frequent water changes, say 20 per cent daily for four days. See if that will stimulate them. Dont worry too much about the bullying unless it gets really agressive, then you nay have to seporate them. Good luck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	just over a week now, my water seems fine...ph 6.5...ammonia nitrite 0, nitrate 30ppm...and 28.5 degrees C.. and I don't see any signs of illness... but they jusy don't eat...and also one of them is bullying others already
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
jacquie loves discus Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 306 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	So how long has that been? How is your water teasting? are there any other signs that it's ill?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	still not eating....
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
BGK Enthusiast Posts: 178 Kudos: 110 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Jan-2003	you can try that if u want.. it doesn't hurt them
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	perhaps starve them for 2 days or so is a good idea to make them eat?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
BGK Enthusiast Posts: 178 Kudos: 110 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Jan-2003	3 discus should be sweet so i don't think it will matter aslong as it's not by itself
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	I just got 3 Discus (planning to get my last one soon) in my 55g with some cories and tetras...they are about 7cm in size. My problem is that 2 of the 3 doesn't seem to eat and shy but the other one is eating and respond to me for food already. So I just want to ask how do I turn all of them into eating machines? I feed them Sera Discus granu, frozen bloodworm as well as normal tropical fish flakes (Sera San, GVG Mix). [span class="edited"][Edited by Week End 2004-08-17 09:09][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
trace-russ Big Fish Posts: 479 Kudos: 991 Votes: 10 Registered: 25-Sep-2003	Hi there, Try some live food in the way of blackworm if they dont eat that then there is a problem as I havent found a discus yet that wont eat blackworm. Trace
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	Still the same...just tried some Discu forzen mix today...but they dun seem to like it even for the one which is eating already. The other two just show no interest at all. However....one of the fuzzy eater (a Pigeon)...chased my Neons for a while to try have a snack on them......but none were caught by her...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
jacquie loves discus Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 306 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	They should be coming round to the new inviroment. How's it going now?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	they are in the tank for about 4 days now....the tank has rocks and wood, so I am sure they have places to hide.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
jacquie loves discus Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 306 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	How long has it been in the tank? Do you have places for it to hide? What are you trying to tempt it with?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
BGK Enthusiast Posts: 178 Kudos: 110 Votes: 0 Registered: 12-Jan-2003	mines took 1 week before it started eating
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	But usually how long does a discus in such size will take to feel better in new environment? I am just worried that they will be starved to death before they feel like to eat...lol..what a contradiction
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18
jacquie loves discus Enthusiast Posts: 207 Kudos: 306 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Mar-2004	Dont worry it will eat when it feels secure. It's probably just a bit shy of it's new set up. let us know how things go. Try some frozen discus fit its discus chocolate LOL
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:18


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