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kornholio68 Small Fry Posts: 1 Kudos: 3 Votes: 0 Registered: 09-Sep-2004   | i bought a discus the other day and i found that they are carnivores. i try to feed him flakes but he doesnt eat them. are feeder guppies good for him? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 |     |
Cup_of_Lifenoodles   Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Unless they are guppy fry, no. Try to wean them up on blood/black worms and brine shrimp. Beefheart is a good choice, too. [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-09-09 22:26][/span] |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 |   |
PJ  Big Fish Posts: 492 Kudos: 427 Votes: 326 Registered: 19-Aug-2004  | [font color="#800080"]well they should eat flake food normally maybe a higher quality flake food would work.[/font] [font color="#000080"]best to try and make him eat blood worms, brine shrimp, pellets, live foods and as Cup_of_Lifenoodles said beef heart (which is very good).[/font]  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
| PJ Big Fish Posts: 492 Kudos: 427 Votes: 326 Registered: 19-Aug-2004 | [font color="#000080"] And welcome to [font color="#BF791F"]FishProfiles[/font]kornholio68[/font] |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:01 | |
| oscar_man Hobbyist Posts: 83 Kudos: 62 Votes: 0 Registered: 21-Jun-2004 | just a thing if u feed them bloodworms its like heroin to them they will gett addicted and won't eat anything else... so only give them blood worms as a treat |
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