NLS & Discus-need help!

[sunvalley aquarist]

I just got some NLS for my Discus and they didn't even seem to notice the pellets when I tried to feed them. When I put the blackworms in they went crazy. My Discus are 6 to 7 months old. They have been eating blackworms and emerald entry.
Is anyone feeding NLS to their Discus? Did you have to teach them somehow to eat pellets.

 

[Aquanero]

If you keep feeding black worms they will never eat the NLS. What size pellets do you have? I feed NLS Thera-A 1mm sinking pellets. I had to stop feeding everything else in order to get them on it but it is much better for them than black worms. Don't feed them for a couple of days then start feeding the NLS exclusivly for a couple of weeks, then you could treat with black worms every once and a while. Another good food I found they like is Omega One Marine pellets. It is worth the effort to get on the NLS.

 

[Burto]

I feed my pair NLS discus food. They don't go crazy for it, but if they're hungry they're happy enough to eat it. I only feed in very small amounts at a time since they're pretty slow to eat. I'll sprinkle half a dozen pellets, much more than that and it will sink before they get to it and someone else will eat it.
They go crazy for black worms though. I don't give them more than about a dozen each per week.

 

[Mr Pleco]

I weaned my breeding pair off of black worms, takes a couple of days.

However they are eating "ocean nutrition-Prime reef flakes, formula 1 small pellet " and as a treat Frozen blood worms along with beef eye round (ground)

 

[papawoody]

have you tried discus bio-gold ?

 

[RD.]

The following discus are but a small sample of a local breeders stock that vary in age from 6-12 months. Some German stock, as well as some Malaysian stock. All of the fish shown below have been raised on a near exclusive diet of 1mm NLS cichlid pellets. (NLS makes up 90+% of their diet - the rest blood worms)

Sorry about the dirty tanks, but with approx 3,500 gallons worth of tanks I guess keeping the glass spotless isn't a high priority.

I should also add that these photos were taken with a $200 point & shoot, and only shop lights over the fish.