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| Posted | Discus Food??? |
| 09-08-2007 16:00 by Lnrak |
Does anyone actually make their own discus food? If so - what ingredients/methods do you use? I know that most people probably buy it - where is the best place to buy it mail order, for quality and value for money? Or collection in the north west (That's Wigan and Bolton - not travellin' any further!!) I have my first 2 discus coming at the weekend, and at the moment only have the granules to feed them. Thanks all. |
| 09-08-2007 16:02 by Lnrak |
Sorry by food - I meant discus burgers or your own beefheart mix. Or does anyone know a better food that can achieve good growth results? |
| 09-08-2007 16:23 by mwilde |
I made my own beef heart mix.
It had all sorts its in, but i made it ages ago and froze it. I have loads left - are you anywhere near manchester becuase if you are you can have some, as i dont have discus now. I still use it for my other fish though. |
| 09-08-2007 16:25 by mwilde |
This is the recepie i used
Recipe for Beefheart Mix 1/ 1 whole beefheart, stripped of all fat and veins. 2/ 1 small strip of lambs liver. 3/ 1 small can of garden peas. 4/ 6 strips of whiting fillet. 5/ 1 whole crab - meat only. 6/ 1 handful of Tetramin flake food - or whatever flake you normally use. 7/ 4 chicken breasts - fat removed. 8/ 1 yolk from a chicken egg - used to bind the ingredients. 9/ 2 tablespoons of spirulina powder. 10/ 2 crushed multi-vitamin tablets. Basically, all you do is blend the ingredients together in equal amounts, and lay in trays for freezing. After 1 hr in the freezer, remove the trays and dice up into small cubes. When fully frozen, remove and tap with a small hammer - the blocks will shatter into small cubes. These can be stored in the freezer and individual cubes can be thawed fully as required, and fed to the fish. |
| 09-08-2007 17:39 by Elmo |
there is a chap on ebay that makes his own, and will make it to how you want it, ie bloodworm
shrimp etc mixed in with his beefheart and vitamins. just put discus in the search |
| 09-08-2007 18:56 by eddy |
.Mwilde forgot to mention that the smell that you will create in the kitchen when messing around with beef hearts is grounds for divorce in most of U.K. By far the simplest method is to order it from me and have it delivered frozen the very next day. See my advert here:
http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/detail62_33333.php |
| 09-08-2007 19:09 by mwilde |
The other thing is about making it, it cost me about £20 for the ingredients - and then you have to have loads of space in your freezer to store it  |
| 10-08-2007 00:07 by big cats |
if you are looking at your first two discus then just feed them a good quality manufactured food that a top quality company has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds developing or you can feed spend a fortune and hours making up the recipe above and feed them with the meat from warm blooded animals that they cant digest properly anyway??? |
| 10-08-2007 00:16 by alan78 |
was going to post something similar, really not sure in the logic of using chicken breast with feeding discus?
sounds like "ready, steady cook"   |
| 10-08-2007 01:27 by Lnrak |
Thanks all - think the chicken breast is probably for the protein value thanks for the offer, it's very kind, just a bit too far away to travel for me. Eddy, am gonna have a look now - think I will buy it rather than risk a divorce....cheers again all. |
| 10-08-2007 01:41 by Lnrak |
Is the only purpose of this food for protein/growth of the fish? Is there some alternative that's readily available from my LFS thats not quite so messy on the tank water, but will also grow the fish well??? |
| 10-08-2007 12:16 by eddy |
It's your lucky day lnrak if and when you order your frozen food from me you can also get sera or tetra granules at super prices and no extra for postage when ordered with frozen foods |
| 10-08-2007 12:23 by telboy |
tutt tutt eddy,free advertising on the forum!whatever next |
| 10-08-2007 12:30 by eddy |
Well, as I am a fully paid up Sponsor of Aquarist Classified I thought I was entitled to air my opinions and if it helps a member and gets me a sale then everyone benefits and the world keeps going round and round and we all have nothing to worry about |
| 10-08-2007 14:46 by eddy |
Another satisfied customer - snipped from email received in the last hour............
Hi Eddy, The Discus in my fish house love your Turkey heart received before noon excellent service will be ordering again John Ps thanks for extra Turkey you are welcome to use this in your recommend section.  |
| 10-08-2007 15:58 by Lnrak |
'ow much is the discus food eddy, the turkey heart? and whats the payment method? |
| 10-08-2007 17:01 by telboy |
lnrak,seen ya tank on ebay mate,shame ya so far away,make a nice little nano |
| 10-08-2007 18:41 by big cats |
find your nearest trout hatchery and buy a bag of the food they use if all you want is fast growth you cant beat the stuff they use |
| 11-08-2007 04:46 by Lnrak |
talk about blow your own trumpet..........(eddy)!!! Telboy - yeah it would make a great nano, can't understand why no-ones bought it really for that money. and god only knows where there's a trout hatchery in wigan think my discus are gonna get bacon and eggs |
| 11-08-2007 19:14 by eddy |
I have to blow my own trumpet - do you see a line of people queueing to blow it for me?
The 1kg turkey heart are on offer at present at £6.00 each and the Discus Food Excellent (500g) are £4.50 each - this contains garlic as well as other minerals but both products still based on turkey heart. Minimum order is 5kgs of any or a mix of products and P+P to be finalised with order. Normal payment method is PayPal but a cheque or PO would suffice. eddy |
| 12-08-2007 05:24 by Lnrak |
Maybe if you lived in Wigan you could have your trumpet blown for you 5 kilos of discus food is a lot of food for 2 little discus....but when I get more discus then I will order from you - you have good reports from mwilde |
| 12-08-2007 19:30 by eddy |
OK - but don't forget you can order your discus food in 100g blister packs - there are 25 packs to a box and you can mix'n'match your packs to fill up a box of 25 so you can have plenty of variety and with a shelf life of 12 to 18 months remaining it will last you well.
£29.50 gets you one pack of 25 x 100 grams delivered to your home address on the day of your choice (Tue to Fri). Have a look at my advert - it's the top one under Retailers & Services section to see the wide variety you can choose from - if you want sera or tetra granules included with your order the it is only £6 extra for 300 grams with no increase in postage costs....... |
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