Juan and Sylvia

He only wants to eat worms and that is getting expensive. I can barely feed myself these days. My husband is unemployed and we're both looking for work. Anyways beefheart is available but I don't wat to do extra water changes. How do I get him to eat flakes. My LFS said "good luck trying to get him to eat pellets or flakes". My husband wants to go digging for earth worms in the yard to feed him. Is that a good idea?

Slug

Earthworms could work, just might want to chop them up in managable pieces.

Another option would be to just starve the discus for a few days (not to the point of sickness), soon enough he'll get hungry and eat the flakes/pellets. Try some Tetra Colorbits, those have always worked for me.

Juan and Sylvia

thank you slug for such a fast reply. The poor thing didn't eat yesterday because I ran out of worms. Do I need to wash the earth worms in any special way? Maybe they have fertilizer or pesticides on them.

I have another question. I haven't seen my discus eliminating wastes yet although he eats a lot.

Hello. Since there was no response between your posts I've merged them for you to save some space. There is an "Edit" key at the bottom of every post that you can use for corrections or additional thoughts.
Thanks!
Ken

MaddieLynn

I can't help you with your discus questions, but if it makes you feel any better, I've had my puffer since March, he eats like a pig, and I've never seen him... ahem... eliminating wastes.

Slug

Do you see it in the tank anywhere? Is the fish bloated? Is its belly real full after eating?

I'd just give the earthworms a rinse with water, get all of the excess dirt and grime off of them.

Juan and Sylvia

No he's not bloating. And his belly doesn't get really full after eating either. The angels get really big after eating though.

aquarist48

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Hello Juan and Sylvia. The above links may be helpful and interesting for you to read.
Best of luck. I hope your Discus is going to be ok.
Ken