View Full Version : Flakes and Pellets for Discus
VTwinFanatic
11-16-2006, 10:31 PM
Right now my Discus are on a mixed diet of frozen foods with the Tetramin Pellets also....i was wondering about other HIGH quality flakes or pellets that others use for Discus.
Tetra Colorbits work great. Have also heard of great success with Tetramin pro crisps...
-Ryan
Flowerhorn916
11-17-2006, 1:52 AM
they love freeze dried blood worms
Star_Rider
11-17-2006, 12:16 PM
Tetra Colorbits work great. Have also heard of great success with Tetramin pro crisps...
-Ryan
this is what I use
VTwinFanatic
11-19-2006, 7:00 PM
thanks for the response....ive got some of the tetramin crisp....might give it a try...pellets and flakes make it much easier when i'm in a hurry to feed.
Star_Rider
11-19-2006, 8:45 PM
are they taking flake food ??
I had to 'train' my discus to eat flake
VTwinFanatic
11-19-2006, 9:19 PM
yeah they will eat just about anything....they arent very fussy...i got lucky in that sense
Marinemom
11-19-2006, 11:12 PM
For some strange reason my Discus will not eat the tetra bits. They do however like the omega one flake food and of course the frozen varieties in just about anything.
Marinemom
Is Tetra Color Bits actually a good choice? I use it, mostly because it's inexpensive, but I didn't realize it was actually a choice food as some of you have said. My discus like it though. I had used AZOO discus pellets at one point, but they were so small, and given the fact that discus (at least in my experience) seem to like to let the food land in the substrate and pick at it some minutes later, I figured these would get sucked into my filter before they could get to them. I never did see them eat the AZOO pellets.
I also use Omega One flakes, Hikari brine shrimp and blood worms as well as Wattley discus formula. My school of neons like all of these too.
Star_Rider
11-22-2006, 2:05 PM
I know a lot of discus breeders that use the color bits.
mine love the stuff..the only thing they like more is bloodworms.
VTwinFanatic
11-22-2006, 4:14 PM
Well Ive started with the crisp and pellets (more as a staple food) They definently like the pellets better than the crisp so I'll probably stick with them. Its just going to be hard to get used to not having to go to the freezer everytime its feeding time
davidtcb1
11-22-2006, 4:22 PM
I use the tetra color bits in all three of my tanks and they all seem to love the stuff. Good to know they are a favorite of Discus as I'm getting ready to install a 92 gallon discus tank!