As far as I'm concerned if I don't see a pic of a fish on a tape I don't believe it.Piwowarski Discus Granualt is a complete feed for ornamental fish James, men have a strange way of measuring. The first one is post mortom I had him for 8 plus years and was virtually full grown when I got him. Once in a great while you may find an honest man. May be my concerns are not valid when it comes to discus.Īlso, my red covers are very small compared to my other fish. Maybe the F2's are different, as I hear this is where the "magic" starts to happen.Billīill interesting comments on F2's. I also noticed the slower growth with most of my wild crosses. Took forever to color up, and most times, were no where near the quality of the adults. Not beefheart of course because I don't feel like constantly cleaning their tank, but they do eat about 4-5 times per day.ĪLL of my F1's were very slow growers as well. But to feed all day is natural for this fish and isn't overfeeding.Īs far as his concerns about the long term affects, all I can offer is the proof that my 3 year discus are perfectly healthy and still love to eat all day long. Now if you were to stuff a tube down their throats and shove in food all day like you do with a duck, THEN you would be overfeeding them. Wild discus forage and eat continuously.all day every day. I've seen no proof whatsoever that you can overfeed a discus fish. On yet another side note, YSS commented that he feels that domestic discus get larger than wilds because they are fed continuously with high quality foods and that he feels it can't be good for discus health in the long run. So yes, large sizes are absolutely obtainable by raising discus in a barebottom tank, doing large water changes daily and feeding 5+ times per day. I also have one who is slightly over 1 year old who is 8" and a brand new discus who was 6" when i got him two months ago and is now 7.25". On a side note, though I don't know the maximum size of tank raised discus, I can tell you that I have two 3 year old domestic discus who are 9" and one 2.5 year old discus who is 9.25" nose to tail (but not round) and that discus is still growing. In a good year, I'd imagine that you'd get larger, healthier batches of wild discus and in bad years the size and quality would decrease. In the wild, discus must forage for food and are at the mercy of weather, predators, food sources, etc. I'm basing that on the fact that in a tank you can control factors like the availability and quality of foods they eat, which contributes to size and health of the discus. So, do tank raised discus get larger than wild? I'd hazard a guess that a larger percentage of domestic discus, and possibly even tank raised wild discus, do reach larger sizes. Better results can be obtained using optimal conditions, but results vary from what I can see on these and other forums. I also have never read anything that says that there is a maximum adult size for domestic bred discus. I haven't seen anyone mentioning the average adult size of discus in the wild, but I know that there have been some VERY large wild discus caught. Does anyone know the average adult size of discus in the wild?Īlso, what is the maximum adult size raised on bb tank with 5 feedings and water change daily?
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