whats best?

[Tener ds]

frozen blood worms?
frozen brine shrimp?

my LFS has an offer on both
to feed,L081,L134, neons, otto,platty,amano shrimp.
to feed just after lights out.

 

[Lornek8]

Either is good so long as its a quality brand. Hard to tell when frozen but easy to see once defrosted. Brine would be easier for your smaller fish to eat but blood worms would probably go over better with your larger fish.

 

[Tener ds]

cheers lornek8.ill get some tomorrow.

 

[macvsog23]

feed blood worm sparingly as it has a hard outer case that feed in abundance can cause problems

 

[D-MAC]

Bloodworm will have more nutritional value than standard brine shrimp but you can get omega3 enriched, spirulina enriched and garlic enriched brine shrimp.

 

[IanB]

feed blood worm sparingly as it has a hard outer case that feed in abundance can cause problems

Does that apply to freeze dried too??

 

[Tener ds]

Bloodworm will have more nutritional value than standard brine shrimp but you can get omega3 enriched, spirulina enriched and garlic enriched brine shrimp.

not sure what is added to these ones,will look tomorrow as im going back there to get some normal food.

 

[Art_Gal]

Not sure what brand you guys buy in the UK or Australia, but I just read on the angelfish forum that some of the frozen bloodworms may cause health problems. Not at all sure if its true and I think it has to do with bacteria. Someone said that Hakari (again not sure if it's US brand only) is better than San Fransisco Bay brand. I give mine bloodworm every now and then, but now I'm worried. Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't feeling.

 

[D-MAC]

Not sure what brand you guys buy in the UK or Australia, but I just read on the angelfish forum that some of the frozen bloodworms may cause health problems. Not at all sure if its true and I think it has to do with bacteria. Someone said that Hakari (again not sure if it's US brand only) is better than San Fransisco Bay brand. I give mine bloodworm every now and then, but now I'm worried. Its a damned if you do, damned if you don't feeling.

I don't believe that the frozen bloodworms are the problem, but more to do with how they have been handled...If they have been defrosted and frozen many times before you purchace and you may find them to be smelly and darker in colour, almost going black... I wouldn't give any fish bloodworm that is not bright red and totally in a frozen state on arrival to me.

 

[Art_Gal]

Thanks D-Mac, I feel a better now. Someone wrote on the angelfish forum that if you feed your fish bloodworms, you should feed your fish food laced with Metro 2x per month (to de-hex them). I thought that was a bit excessive, so I asked the person who posted that response if he worried that his fish would build up a resistance to metro, rendering it useless down the road. His response was "how long will they survive if you feed them foods that are infected with problems anyway". Call me crazy, but shouldn't you avoid feeding them infected foods???

 

[D-MAC]

Call me crazy, but shouldn't you avoid feeding them infected foods???

Exactly! I have had no issues in feeding bloodworm as long as is good quality and not the fishes staple diet.

 

[Lornek8]

Thanks D-Mac, I feel a better now. Someone wrote on the angelfish forum that if you feed your fish bloodworms, you should feed your fish food laced with Metro 2x per month (to de-hex them). I thought that was a bit excessive, so I asked the person who posted that response if he worried that his fish would build up a resistance to metro, rendering it useless down the road. His response was "how long will they survive if you feed them foods that are infected with problems anyway". Call me crazy, but shouldn't you avoid feeding them infected foods???

Be aware that in certain parts of the world people use the term "bloodworm" to refer to what we in the US call tubifex worms. In has long been known that tubifex can harbor diseases and cause problems. Bloodworms (chironomid larvae) are generally thought to be safe.