>BBS it's a good food but maybe giving two different types of food will >fishes to grow better and faster. > >Simone Vicini (psvicini@mdnet.it) > In the current issue of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine, in Wattley's column on discus, Wattley mentions that growing discus should be raised in harder water than what is used for breeding because they need some of the elements for growth (losely paraphased because I don't have the article with me). This supports some of the earlier postings where a couple of people felt their baby apistos grew better in slightly harder water. Feeding a variety of foods is better because we just don't know exactly what crucial elements may be missing if we fed only one type of food.