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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / May 2004Bloodworms
on 2 seperate occasions bloodworms have almost instantly made my tiger barbs sick. one would not eat after the BW's for 3 or 4 weeks, he is only now coming back to normal, the other seemed to instantly develop paralysis on 1 side of his body only being able to swim to 1 side, he is getting better too. could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar experiences? I hope not I just gave blood worms to my cichlids for the first time.  SignatureCraig Williams _________________________________ www.Canadiancray.tk > on 2 seperate occasions bloodworms have almost instantly made my tiger barbs > sick. one would not eat after the BW's for 3 or 4 weeks, he is only now [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar > experiences? Just like any food, if these frozen bloodworms were allowed to defrost and then refreeze bad things can happen. > on 2 seperate occasions bloodworms have almost instantly made my tiger barbs > sick. one would not eat after the BW's for 3 or 4 weeks, he is only now [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar > experiences? >Just like any food, if these frozen bloodworms were allowed to defrost and >then refreeze bad things can happen. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar >> experiences? What type of cichlids are you feeding bloodworms too? none i surely wouldnt feed my convicts bloodworms that made my tiger barbs sick, why do you ask?? > >Just like any food, if these frozen bloodworms were allowed to defrost and > >then refreeze bad things can happen. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What type of cichlids are you feeding bloodworms too? > on 2 seperate occasions bloodworms have almost instantly made my tiger barbs > sick. one would not eat after the BW's for 3 or 4 weeks, he is only now [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar > experiences? Ask at the store you bought them from. I've had bad frozen live food before. All it can take is a thaw, and refreeze at any level of the delivery, including the store itself. SignatureJK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island Memories www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories I have many large cichlids and I feed them frozen blood worms all of the time. I always buy my frozen foods from a major chain such as Petsmart. I have never had any problems. Blood worms are really more suited for carnivores rather than omnivores such as your Tiger Barbs. The blood worms tend to stay in there systems longer and causes them to get bloat. The staple of my carnivores cichlid's diets are frozen brine shrimp. These are recommended more Lake Malawi omnivores rater than blood worms because of their tendency to get Malawi Bloat. You could have gotten a bad batch of blood worms, but most likely brine shrimp will better agree with your omnivorous cichlids. SignatureJOHN TYCE > on 2 seperate occasions bloodworms have almost instantly made my tiger barbs > sick. one would not eat after the BW's for 3 or 4 weeks, he is only now [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar > experiences? > could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar > experiences? Yeah, it's possible. You're lucky you fed them to hard-as-nails fish like barbs - I killed a tankful of more sensitive fish with bloodworms. Within just a few days they developed dropsy (intestinal bacterial infections) and died. It's much harder to tell when bloodworms are off than when, say, white or black mosquito larvae are. Plus bloodworms are strongly allergenic to humans. I simply don't feed it anymore. Not worth the risk. Were the bloodworms that gave you trouble frozen? Have you tried live blackworms or are you avoiding those as well? Jonathan > > could it be "bad frozen bloodworms" or has anyone had any similar > > experiences? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I simply don't feed it anymore. Not worth the risk. > Were the bloodworms that gave you trouble frozen? Have you tried live > blackworms or are you avoiding those as well? They were frozen, and had probably died, and started to rot, before being frozen. I know they smelled slightly, but not very, 'funky', and the water the worms were thawed in turned red, but like an idiot I thought "it's probably nothing" and fed them to the fish. You'd think I'd have learned not to feed things I'm uncertain of the quality of, but no. Basically I think the fish got food poisoning, always a risk with fatty foods. I don't think it was the bloodworms in themselves that caused the dropsy, I think that with live worms, my fish would still be alive. However, even the live worms are, AFAIK, allergenic to humans, and since I already have one allergy (birch pollen) I would personally avoid exposure also to live worms. |
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