New photos - Plecos and discus - July/02/2012

[charles]

L260 queen arabesque - 3" or so big. Feeding mostly on watermelon, zuccini, colorbits, and frozen bloodworm.





L134 leopard frog - 3". Same diet as the L260; just about everything you throw in the tank.





L264 sultan - 3-4". mainly on frozen bloodworm, eats a little zuccini.





L97 pseudacanthicus sp. white spot - 4-5" - mainly on frozen bloodworm.



Discus - Tocantins river - 4" - feeding on live blackworm and frozen bloodworm.

[Zeno]

Nice pics but I have a little remark about the diet of your fish.
They deserve food with a lot more nutritional value !
Greetz, Zeno

[charles]

ok, for the veggie I feed, I have zuccini, sweet potato, yam, broccoli (the body of the broccoli), watermelon, pea, and corn, along with frozen bloodworm and mysis.

Some do prefer other than others. But I tried to alternate the type of food every other day.

[Zeno]

Hey Charles,

I don't wanne be pedantic but these are a few suggestions. First of all there are no real veggie feeding fish on your photo's. Maybe L 264 is the one that has the best benifit on what you are feeding.

L97, 50% veggie and 50 % meat/fish supplies
L264, i suggest the same as L 97
L134 25 % veggie and 75 % meat/fish supplies
L260 = L134

I know you're fish will love frozen bloodworms but this is not what they really need to stay healthy. Mysis is fine, brine shrimps-artemia, discus food, chopped mussels, carnivore pellets are a far better idea.

One the veggie side, why do you don't use Sprirulina flakes ?

According to discus; they can't stay alive on a diet of black and red bloodworms. Don't forget they are really strong fish but on this diet they will languish after a few months. Try to introduce frozen discus food (this take a while), chopped mussels, krill.

Good luck,
Zeno

[charles]

I just listed frozen and fresh food. I also have hikari wafer. I don't use flake as they are messy than anything.

[bigbird]

very nice collection. cheers jk

[jay_leask]

awesome charles!! the L134's are doing awesome!! im thinking i might go for a pair of the L260's next.

[charles]

I have male and female. Can't ensure they will be pairing up. But 1m/1f, I can do that for you.