Discus food?

**Greg6585** · 10-21-2009, 03:41 AM

They also have NLS flakes, which I do use for my tropicals. I'm wondering if anyone uses them for their Discus?

**Fishguy2727** · 10-21-2009, 12:53 PM

NLS is great but I wouldn't use the flakes for discus, I would use Thera+A pellets of the right size. The Thera+A have enough garlic to kill parasites, which discus are prone to.

**Greg6585** · 10-22-2009, 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by Fishguy2727

NLS is great but I wouldn't use the flakes for discus, I would use Thera+A pellets of the right size. The Thera+A have enough garlic to kill parasites, which discus are prone to.

Sounds good, thnx

**domjd05** · 10-22-2009, 02:53 AM

yeah, pellets are great for discus.. try to find ones that will sink slowly, discus don't always come to the top to feed, and I've never seen one feed off the bottom.

Hikari discus pellets are good for this, but they are tiny and still may go uneaten due to there size, I've also noticed considerable algae growth when I feed my fish these pellets.

**domjd05** · 10-22-2009, 02:56 AM

Whoops this is an older thread... had no idea I'd already posted in it. Good day.

**Discus_Dude** · 11-04-2009, 09:05 PM

In my opinion, a varied diet is best. frozen Hikari blood worms (only), frozen brine shrimp or mysis shrimp, pellets such as Thera A+, and frozen beef heart mix (great for faster grow-out for your discus that usually contains beef heart, shrimp, multi-vitamins, some spinich etc.)

My preference, is to feed beef heart at least once a day and alternate the others for the remaining meals.

Hope this helps,
DD