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Posted	Baby Discus
23-08-2006 09:15 by Malawimad	Picked up my discus last night, 3 Cobalts, 3 Steel Blues and 3 Marlbro Reds..... Went to the butchers and bought some nice fresh pieces of beef heart, Froze it.... Then this morning gave the discus there first feed... I grated the frozed beef heart into a bowel and added it to the tank...but they dont seem bothered about it, They are just hiding at the back of some rocks, But with the fish being so young 1.5"-2.5" i need to feed four times a day, and 10% water change per day to keep nitrates down...... Any ideas why they are off food, Fed beefheart at 5:45am, and a pinch of ZM granules at 7:45am before i left work.... But still they didn't eat!
23-08-2006 10:29 by jonie	well my dovii cichlids didnt feed for the first 4 days and now are feeding lol just give them time
23-08-2006 10:38 by Malawimad	Jonie... Thanks for the reply, However these fish are young as previously said, They need to be fed 4 times a day minimum!
23-08-2006 11:01 by von	don't panic, a few days without food whilst they settle won't do them any harm, they will feed when they are happy in their new environment
23-08-2006 11:05 by Malawimad	Ok, Well they seem happy enough, No black lines apparant when i left and they all made it through the night.......
23-08-2006 11:52 by jonie	i ouldnt worry if they dont feed for a while
23-08-2006 11:53 by Malawimad	Ok mate, Cheers for the info.... I'll keep my eye on them!
23-08-2006 14:35 by Bruce	My uncle has breed discus several times and made quite a lot of money from the young.
23-08-2006 14:54 by Malawimad	I purchased my Dicus from a breeder at conisborough, He is very, very good... Quality is second to none and his fish house is quality, He said he doesn't make much money just enough to cover feed and bills etc!
23-08-2006 17:08 by jonie	is it possible to do discus in a rio 180?
23-08-2006 18:41 by Bruce	Yeah should be, because Malawimad has done is in a rio 125.
23-08-2006 19:06 by vu1974	Don't worry dude, they just need to settle.
23-08-2006 22:05 by heros hero	9 Discus in a tank that isn't even 3ft long? Sharp.Those fish are gonna grow so big and look really nice

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