how manny times you guys feed them ?

[brianyu]

i read that people feed them 5-6 times a day ? that sound too much i think .

[Discus_Dude]

It depends on your goals and willingness to adapt your maintenance routine. Folks that want to grow out their juvenille discus faster will keep the tank at 86F and feed 5-6 times a day with daily water changes to clean any waste that could fowl the water; especially, beef heart.

I have juvenilles and have my temp at 86F, but feed three times a day and space them out 6-8 apart because there are studies that show this rate of feeding is effective and there are no studies saying that 5-6 times will be more effective. All in my own research on this topic.

Adults only need to be feed twice a day and temps are usually kept at 84-86F.

I change at least 50% of my water in all my tanks every other day. This has proven sufficient for growth and maintain good health. But every tank is different!

[annageckos]

Depending on size, juvie discus need to be fed multible times a day. Any where from 3-6 times. The older they get the less they need to be fed.

[jestep]

This question can't be answered for Discus in general.

Juviniles need to be fed a lot, 5+ times per day with a lot of clean water is a fairly standard view.

Adults are fine with one or a few times per day. However, healthy adults would gladly eat 5 - 6 times a day or more. I think mine would eat every 30 minutes if I would feed them that often. 2 times per day for adults is fine in my experience. 2 times per day with juviniles will often end up with stunted fish.