When I got my Discus back in March, they struggled to eat anything when i got them home and settled them I started with Tretra granuals (pre soaked and non pre soacked)which was the food at the LFS, with no joy, then tried the Discus frozen mix (mostly beefheart)then on to the frozon Bloodworms, they were sceptical at fisrt then the couldnt get enough of them, when the would see me go to the frezzer to get out there little box of frozon bloodworms they all come to the side of the tank and shake there tales and get all excited (no im not making it up) when ever I go to the frige the do the same thing (but for no one else).

Well I have been feeding them 2-4 times a day depending on what shifts at work im doing. Im worried about them no getting a balaced diet, I have tried the tetra bits and they leave them (even the corrys leave them alown), Ive tried the beefheart discus mix, they pick at it and then leave it, some times they will eat most of it but mostly leave it alown, and even flake, some times the smaller ones will pick at the algea pellets for the bristlnose and end up with green poo,

I tried to make the live brine shrimp but struggles to do this, wha can I try are there any other suggestions, I was going to try to make my own beefheart mix, but not only am I a bad cook (my wife wont even try to make it for me) and I am squimish.

Thanks
Brett

hehe Brett

my fish can see me going to the freezer.. and do the same.. if any men come in they always expect food.. it could be because men wear darker, plainer clothes and they associate it with dinner.. where as if my wife goes in they swim away.. its funny to watch..

what i found worked for problem feeders is to feed then there favorite foods at lunch and dinner.. and feed the foods you want them to eat in the morning when they are really hungry..within a week they should be just as excited at the yellow tetra can

also try earthworms, frozen brineshrimp, white mosquito larve, frozen discus food mixes.

i always feed at least 1 serving of dry food like tetra prima for protein..

Hope that helps

i've had this problem myself with fish over the years, it seems they get conditioned to a certain type of food and resist anything else, but there is a way to break the cycle, mix your next bloodworm feed with a flake food, only a tiny amount to introduce it, and as days pass slowly increase the percentage of flake while reducing the bloodworm, this method can take weeks to acheive a successful outcome but eventually they will accept other food, i vary my fishes diets by mixing numerous different foods throughout the week with the odd treat (live brine shrimp) every friday and starve them for two days over the weekend, they now eat everything and anything and the little starvation diet keeps them active cleaning the substrate looking for scraps
Seamus