Bloodworms

sallysblooms · 09-03-2011, 09:51 PM

We bought some bloodworms today. I defrosted them in tank water and the fish LOVED THEM. Do I give a couple times a week?

susankat · 09-03-2011, 10:35 PM

Yes you can! depending on the fish. livebearers would just need to get it once a weeks.

holly12 · 09-03-2011, 11:15 PM

Agreed with Susan. You can give the blood worms a few times a week as long as your fish aren't live bearer's - which need a mostly veggie diet.

sallysblooms · 09-04-2011, 11:18 AM

I guess once a week then. I have what is below in the signature. Thanks a lot.

holly12 · 09-04-2011, 01:52 PM

Good plan - just a 'treat'.

I had guppies and didn't realize I had been feeding them too much protein and too little veggie matter, and they ended up all getting super bloated (and I mean super bloated!) Some lived for a long time like that, but some died soon after bloating up.

NeonShark666 · 09-04-2011, 05:41 PM

I don't thaw them, I just break off a small piece and drop it in the tank. Most fish go crazy over them. If you thaw them first, rinse them in a net with fresh water before feeding them, this washes away some of the juices that you fish can't eat anyway. Make sure you have some bottom feeders, like Corys, to clean up pieces of left over Blood Worms. Raw Food pollutes easily.

sallysblooms · 09-04-2011, 05:57 PM

What veggie matter would I feed?

joevw007 · 09-04-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sallysblooms

What veggie matter would I feed?

I use Omega One Veggie Rounds. break them up and throw them in. they sink and my live bearers love them.

ufimych · 09-04-2011, 07:59 PM

I keep platies with tiger barbs, a pair of kribensis and glowlight tetras and I feed them all the same: flakes, grindals and maggots of unwanted small flies contaminated my grindals culture. I will try frozen bloodworms as soon as I get them.

danilykins · 09-04-2011, 08:09 PM

I give my gups and mollies seaweed salad, and algae wafers

sallysblooms · 09-04-2011, 08:21 PM

great ideas....going to the store tomorrow. I just hope I can leave without another moss ball.

holly12 · 09-04-2011, 08:53 PM

Algae wafers work, but I also feed a good spirulina based flake food to my livebearers.

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NeonShark666 Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 806 Name: Jim Location: Salem, Oregon Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 78 Times Said "Thanks" 4 Times Was Thanked 247 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Bloodworms I don't thaw them, I just break off a small piece and drop it in the tank. Most fish go crazy over them. If you thaw them first, rinse them in a net with fresh water before feeding them, this washes away some of the juices that you fish can't eat anyway. Make sure you have some bottom feeders, like Corys, to clean up pieces of left over Blood Worms. Raw Food pollutes easily.

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