Off and on over the years, I've kept several discus, but I've never seen what I saw this morning. I have three newish (to me) discus who share a tank with a few other tankmates - some tetras, corys, and two angels. In the past I've always fed my discus the usual suspects - tetra bits, frozen brine shrimp and bloodworms, sometimes live blackworms, etc. In all my experience, which is probably limited compared to some of the rest of you, I've never had discus who were even remotely interested in generic flake food. This morning I dropped some Omega One flakes into the tank to give the little guys something to munch on while the bigger guys were busy with their normal meal. My discus greedily vacuumed the flakes up as well.
I think it's pretty cool, but I'm still kind of surprised. Do others of you experienced discus keepers have flake-eating discus?
I think it's pretty cool, but I'm still kind of surprised. Do others of you experienced discus keepers have flake-eating discus?