Feeding portion size

[heckelboy]

I know feeding is a function of time and not size. Just as a matter of interest how many block(s) of Hikari bloodworms does an adult eat ? I have read on other forums 0.5 block per adult.

[Aurora]

I have a pair and I put in 1 block, so the same as that rule.

[kkiu]

Hmm maybe ive been underfeeding mine.

Got 5 discii, 2 adult, 1 medium, 2 small and I dont even feed the whole block of worms. But then one of the small ones dont eat it.

[leanne31]

Im not sure either as I have 8 juveniles and they ll eat 3 cubes in 30 secs flat

[mtchye]

Hehe are you guys talking about those individual cubes broken off from the big block or the whole packet?? Half a packet is a lot of worms!!

[leanne31]

Just the little individual cubes

[weird]

I feed hikari bloodworms to my discus, as 1 of 4-5 meals. To my 6 juvs I feed 2 blocks cut in half (they eat like pigs). To my 6 adults (+ 6 clown loaches) I feed 4 ... so that is about right.

[kalebjarrod]

i have 9 medium/large sized discus

they eat 3 serves of discus premium per day while i am a work (a small pile the size of a 50c coin in your hand)

either two serves of homemade BH (one serve is flat and square in shape, 5cm x 5cm i break it up before i throw it in)

or two cubes of blood worm

or two cubes brine shrimp

i mix the last three up all the time for diversity :D