Con Job

[DiscusMad]

Have you every been coned by your fish into feeding more or an extra bit of food?

this includes somebody else feeding them as well shortly after you feed them

[kkiu]

Hehe yes, just the other day. I left the room and my gf fed them. Then I came back and she wasnt there.

I looked at the fish they looked hungry, so I started feeding them.

Then she comes back in and says she just fed them.

I WAS CONNED!

[Katie]

Everytime I stick my hand in the tank I am mobbed by my 4 guys, pecking at my fingers. They follow the vacum around the tank and make 'sad' little faces at me when I sit down to watch them. Instead of 3 feeds a day they usually end up with a 4th treat of blood worms. They sucker me in everytime

[leanne31]

Well considering my juvies get fed a minimum of 6 feeds a day sometimes even more I say Im conned every day Ill feed them, walk out, come back in and they ask for food again greedy buggers :lol:

Leanne

[DR.V]

my discus is always hungry ... dont know why :P
maybe they are really dumb! they eat everything they see :p

[weird]

Food means growth, so it is catch 22 when feeding fish ... I always feel I am not feeding my discus enough .. every time they come to me I know they are healthy cause they are hungry, but I am always so worried about the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate etc I hold back abit .... honestly if I could I would feed them non stop and do 100% water changes a day if I could.

I know wot u mean about being conned though, I have some beautiful bala sharks, and one of them has really outgrown his tank ... he begs for food and lately I have been suckered into feeding him extra ... but unless u do regular water changes ... it is the quickest way to say good bye to your friends =(

I was at a shop today which has 'healthy discus' in such that they were not showing any sickness, but I thought their development was stunted. My thinking was that they were probably doing necessary water changes and properly medicating (where I think alot of shops go wrong) but were not feeding adequately.

[weird]

Feeding time ...

[heckelboy]

Welcome to discus keeping

[Mattzilla]

i get conned all the time.... i know it's happening but i can't help it some times...

although i do know when enough is enough.... going too overboard isn't good for them

[weird]

Matt that is amazing, you should not hide that post within this thread ! Wow.

[Mattzilla]

huh????

[goldenpigeon]

yer i agree ....... huh????

lol

[Merrilyn]

Me too - c'mon Dave - explain yourself :P

[weird]

Sorry guys I don't mean to be confusing ... I am referring to the link Matt has kindly posted, I am trying to say the pictures are so good, you should create a thread just to show those pictures so everybody's attention are drawn to them, no just add them to this thread ... those picts are awesome !!!!! :? :D :P :D :lol:

[Merrilyn]

Aaaaaah now that makes sense. Thanks Dave :D

[wild_amazon]

Dave, nice pictures.
What strains are the ones on the right (first picture) and on the very top?
Nice cobalt/powder blue.

[weird]

Red turqs, blue diamonds, one of top Pigeon Blood (and his mrs is hiding round the back) , and believe it or not the small orange ones are young red marlboros :D

[africandiscus]

I thought only one of the parents is a red marlboros (if they are the ones from dreamer)

Only because mine are also orange. Nowhere near red :( :(

[weird]

Hmmmm ... they are from dreamer ... I thought both parents were Red Marlboros and was hoping they would color up as they got older ... but now I don't know. Is that right only one parent was a Red Marlboro , in the his pics both parents looked like red marlboros I thought and also when I saw them ?

Its funny, they think they are Tangerine Pigeon Bloods atm, cause they hang around my 2 adults.

[Merrilyn]

A lot of colour is diet related. Feeding a high percentage of foods containing carotene will increase the red colouration. Try adding prawn, fish roe and spirulina to your beef heart mix and see if that makes a difference. Tetra colour bits also contains a red colour improver.

[kalebjarrod]

carrots contain carotene and so does capsicum

and by the way

and i don't get conned, i make the decsions in my house

hang on the fish need another feed, hungry little fellas just msn'd me for some more food.

i never get con :wink: