How many of you feed your fishes live tubifex/bloodworms?

**freshfish** · 4th Nov 2008, 17:25

i just wanted to find out how many of you guys feed your fishes live bloodworms
or tubifex .

or are like me , who are afraid of pathogenic bacteria to harm our fishes .

**Nicky** · 4th Nov 2008, 17:27

Live? not even with a 3ft pole.

**freshfish** · 4th Nov 2008, 18:00

haha , why Nicky ??

**Nicky** · 4th Nov 2008, 18:09

Experienced too much death, on too many occasions after using live worms from shops.

When I feed good quality dry food, LFS hate it because my fish lives forever

**freshfish** · 4th Nov 2008, 18:11

haha .... no wonder ... but arent there any live worms that are totally pathogen free ?

**freshfish** · 5th Nov 2008, 13:22

seems the poll at the moment has equal amount of livefeed to no livefeed

**illumnae** · 5th Nov 2008, 14:20

not anymore!

**freshfish** · 5th Nov 2008, 20:03

why illumnae ?

**freshfish** · 5th Nov 2008, 20:13

seems quite a few of you guys use bloodworms

**900801** · 5th Nov 2008, 20:22

Hmm,those who voted for live blood worm care to share where you got them?Quite curious

**freshfish** · 6th Nov 2008, 19:45

yes me too ... i would love to feed my corys bloodworms but afraid of pathogens

**illumnae** · 6th Nov 2008, 22:09

Singapore got ready source of live bloodworms? I think most people probably mean frozen bloodworms?

**quix** · 6th Nov 2008, 22:27

In normal times I'll stay clear of live food. But when fishes like discus is not feeling well and experience loss of appetite, I find that using live food will help stir their appetites.

**freshfish** · 6th Nov 2008, 23:33

Originally Posted by illumnae

Singapore got ready source of live bloodworms? I think most people probably mean frozen bloodworms?

im sorry i dont know if there are .... are there ?

**ranmasatome** · 7th Nov 2008, 00:21

are frozen bloodworms more pathogen free than live bloodworms?? aren't they all bloodworms? do they process frozen ones more throughly? is there additional substances added in the process that might be harmful for our fishes?

blur man.

**freshfish** · 7th Nov 2008, 00:38

Originally Posted by ranmasatome

are frozen bloodworms more pathogen free than live bloodworms?? aren't they all bloodworms? do they process frozen ones more throughly? is there additional substances added in the process that might be harmful for our fishes?

blur man.

they freeze dry them and normally go through process of sterilization and purification . thus free from harmful germs

**ranmasatome** · 7th Nov 2008, 00:56

Really?? do they say that on the package?

neh freshfish san... tatta ima kizuku kedo, honto ni nihon kara no?

**illumnae** · 7th Nov 2008, 11:40

http://www.hikariusa.com/products/bi...ood_worms.html

Hikari says so on their website. I think it's printed on the package too.

**luenny** · 7th Nov 2008, 11:59

If you're looking for live food, I would advise going for live brine shrimps instead. They can be found easily too.

**freshfish** · 7th Nov 2008, 12:10

Originally Posted by ranmasatome

Really?? do they say that on the package?

neh freshfish san... tatta ima kizuku kedo, honto ni nihon kara no?

yup , normally on package ... iie , sofu ha nihonjin desu. boku ha singaporu

ni umareta

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