Fruits and vegetables

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Fruits and vegetables

Post by Poddan » 20 Feb 2008, 23:50

Anyone who like to share any tips about fruits or vegetables in food mix.
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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by stanchung » 21 Feb 2008, 19:14

spinach and egg fruit for yellow, carrots for orange... I might try dragon fruit for purple colour! :garv:
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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by gep » 21 Feb 2008, 20:04

I use strawberries, blueberries, mango and a lot of different fruits in me mixes!
Most because of all the fibers an carbohydrates. I believe that we give especially big adult fishes to much protein and to little of the rest of the stuff they need.

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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by stanchung » 21 Feb 2008, 20:33

gep wrote:I use strawberries, blueberries, mango and a lot of different fruits in me mixes!
Most because of all the fibers an carbohydrates. I believe that we give especially big adult fishes to much protein and to little of the rest of the stuff they need.
That's cool, do you see any difference in colour and health?

IMHO fruits that are high in sugar are not recommended as they cloud water if I'm not mistaken. Not a problem if it's 100%WC everyday/meal or gobbled up quickly and cleanly. [discus never clean eaters with meat mix! :mad: ]
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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by gep » 21 Feb 2008, 20:59

I mix the fruits whit a granulate made from fish whit a protinlevel of 58% and a fat level of 9% i blend it so its gets firm and thick. I have not notist any clouding of the water.

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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by Poddan » 21 Feb 2008, 21:02

Thanks, only color improvement ? No health ?
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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by gep » 21 Feb 2008, 21:13

To early to tell but me heckels are in supershape! (color and health)I believe that it it will be good in the long term.

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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by stanchung » 28 Jul 2008, 17:28

I'd use some spirulina at most. Discus are carnivores according to a Dr Alexander Chong in and article here http://forum.discusnews.com/discus-sion ... php?t=6707
Add some carotene juice perhaps for some colouring?
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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by Heiko Bleher » 05 Jan 2009, 23:08

Hi,

this is Heiko Bleher and again all the very best, a healthy and happy new year to all of you.

I am writing here, as I wanted to know why this thread never continued? Has anyone feeding those fruits come up with some nice (positive or even negative) results?

Come on guys, tell us all about your almost 1-year-long experiment.

All the best from a discus collectors, writer researcher, keeper, importer, exporter - and that discus are carnivorous fishes is a MYTH, that is for sure and I was able to prove it....

Best regards

Heiko Bleher
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Re: Fruits and vegetables

Post by Poddan » 06 Jan 2009, 00:58

Well no experiment from my side.

Cant really tell the differance between put banana or kiwi in the mix or not.
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