my discus won't eat...

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i just got my discus yesterday and until now it wont eat any pellets,freeze dried bloodworms or tetrabits complete granules. It seems to have gotten used to live bloodworms the lfs used to be feeding it all this while and rejecting any other food im giving to him.. (I have gotten a few bettas from the same lfs and have the same similar encounters before)
i tried placing a few smaller fishes like guppies and baby oscars (for a short time interval) and make the discus watch them eat pellets but to no avail my big sized discus went after the smaller sized fishes for potential meal target instead.

[wllm33]

try starving them for a few days,and re-try giving the dry food.
perhaps frozen blood worms first, then to pellets/flakes.
sooner or later they will convert once they get hungry.
good luck.

[elmo]

It might be due to stress since you mentioned that you only got them yesterday..give them some time to settle down.

If its the food issue...try starving them,,,it works for mine.

[AquaObsession]

ask previous owner what they eat!
if they have been kept with a heater?

this is what I was advised to do !

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ya thx for the replies. my discus had already started eating granules already. im feeding it the tetrabits and notice it colour itensifies and its growing thicker in its width already=D

[whale66]

ya thx for the replies. my discus had already started eating granules already. im feeding it the tetrabits and notice it colour itensifies and its growing thicker in its width already=D

Good news, normally they will start eating when they're hungry. Just maintain good water with regular water changes.

[sglascow]

haha. Discus are very stressed out fish. I got like 3 blue sapphire ones. they didn't eat for about a week. the i got 2 more and then they all started to eat together.

Usually it's just stress and sulkyness in fish ! :P

Good news they're eating