Discus Food

**hoss** · 07-11-2012, 12:48 AM

Not sure if this had been brought up but I was wondering if someone had the name of a good pellet food for Discus?

**Fishguy2727** · 07-11-2012, 01:11 AM

New Life Spectrum exclusively. I would do their Thera+A formula because it has enough garlic to kill some parasites, something that is very useful with discus.

**hoss** · 07-11-2012, 02:22 AM

thanks!just in time too I was just about to leave pet store.

**Cermet** · 07-11-2012, 12:11 PM

Discus do best with a number of foods but pellets should be the staple - also consider Hikari Bio-Gold pellets (floats and sinks) as well as their sterilized frozen blood worms (they are also vitamin fortified.) Brine shrimp for adults and freshly hatched ones that have been fed a high value food is excellent for fry.

**Ashurbarnipal** · 07-17-2012, 04:35 PM

Really, pellets should be the staple? What about frozen, like San Francisco Bay?

**hoss** · 07-17-2012, 05:31 PM

I wish my discus would eat pellets...I feed only bloodworms for one reason that is all they will eat...I have tried the stand off where I feed pellets and they just stare at me...and eventually I give in and vacuum out and drop some thawed bloodworms and they go crazy for it. They are kinda like kids I guess .. if you raise them the wrong way you can never fix them... I'll keep trying different food. On the plus side I have never had any diseases or any negative affects of feeding solely bloodworms. Thanks for all the advice.