mollie79

hi ppl can any body tell me what to feed my discus other than aquarian fish flakes ive also been feeding them freeze dried blood worm with them been babys i want to make sure there getting every thing they need im doing my part water changes every other day they seem to be happy but is the water changes too much for them as ive noticed they can be very sulky fish as well as happy

aquarist48

Hello Mollie. Congrats on the new Discus. You may try feeding them some freeze dried krill. (be sure to pre-soak the krill before adding it to your tank). Discus are not the easiest fish to keep. I had them years ago but I didn't have very good success with them.

acidpope

They have something down at the local Petco called First Bites by Hikari. Very fine food for newborn and small baby fish. When they're a little bigger (Neon size) Hikari also makes something called Micro Pellets. I use the Micro Pellets for my Tetras for the first meal of the day and it fits their small mouth perfectly and sinks slowly and saves me the trouble of having to break up my Tetra Flakes for that feeding.

capekate

If you want your baby Discus to grow up nicely you will want to feed them a good variety of foods.
Frozen (better than freeze dried IMO) blood worms, brine shrimp, followed by some frozen Beef hearts (good to feed that on the day you plan on doing a water change..) and a very good quality pellet only if you HAVE to.
That IMO is what is going to help get your Discus to their full potential.