Are bloodworms any good?

[bmvbab]

Live are best, followed by frozen and the last is freeze dried. I dont get good cubes here of the frozen dried ones, so I stick to the freeze dried ones that are available as whole worms and not as cubes. These I have found to be well accepted by all my fish.

 

[cichlid2006]

See. I want some clarification on the bloodworm thing. It ain't worth buying and keeping those frozen cubes if I ain't getting no benefit from them.

to put it simply its like the hybrid debate, the yes and no brigades will never agree that it is right or wrong.
balton has stopped it because he felt it unnecessary but ive used it for 19 years and the growth and health on all my fish have always been excellent. others will be like balton and others will have experiences like me.
try it and see if you get results. if not then dont use it again but if the fish love it then give them the treat as its our job to make them as happy as possible. its not expensive so try a few blister packs in a month and see what happens.

 

[Modest_Man]

For the cost of frozen bloodworms you're really not getting much bang for your buck, as the frozen cubes are what, 80% water? By volume (which you buy them as) the protein content is pretty crappy.

That's the only reason why I don't feed them.

 

[darth pike]

I think it also depends on the species you are feeding them to. They are deffinately the food of choice for my dwarf pikes, as it's as close to what they eat in nature (well bloodworms, glassworms and apisto fry). Never bothered with it for larger centrals or americans though, but discus, angels and dwarf cichlids it seems to work well for me. My female wallacii pikes didn't color up with their pink bellies until I put them on bloodworms.

 

[benzjamin13]

My fish love frozen bloodworms. Seems to work the best if I want to get them off live foods.

 

[cichlid2006]

For the cost of frozen bloodworms you're really not getting much bang for your buck, as the frozen cubes are what, 80% water? By volume (which you buy them as) the protein content is pretty crappy.

That's the only reason why I don't feed them.

then i suggest you change your brand because my frozen blister packs are full of worm not water. ive never come across any frozen food that is more water than meat, at least not water that is noticeable.

 

[balton777]

But why? and what did you substitute? I only feed bloodworms to small predators that I'm trying to grow out. Then when they get bigger, I switch them off. I've had a lot of success with many different breeds this way, but I'm interested to learn what you use.

I tried to feed bloodworms as the main staple to my IT Dats when they were tiny. They experienced zero growth on the bloodworms. I substituted market prawns along with mysis shrimp and they finally started growing. Now they take pellets thank goodness.

See. I want some clarification on the bloodworm thing. It ain't worth buying and keeping those frozen cubes if I ain't getting no benefit from them.

IME you're money can be spent on much better foods for your fish. I'd even go as far as to say you're wasting your money.

For the cost of frozen bloodworms you're really not getting much bang for your buck, as the frozen cubes are what, 80% water? By volume (which you buy them as) the protein content is pretty crappy.

That's the only reason why I don't feed them.

then i suggest you change your brand because my frozen blister packs are full of worm not water. ive never come across any frozen food that is more water than meat, at least not water that is noticeable.

95% moisture means 95% water and 5% bloodworms. Read the nutritional information on the package.

BloodwormsSKU: SKU-LF-00 Price: $6.99

Details

Your discus, eels, betas, loaches and other community freshwater fish will thrive on this primary food. Choice for community tanks. Bloodworms are a natural product that may cause allergic reaction in some people.

Ingredients: Bloodworms

Guaranteed Analysis:

Crude Protein Min 4.50%
Crude Fat Min 0.20%
Crude Fiber Max 0.70%
Moisture Max 95.00%
Dry Protein 90.00%

 

[radioaktiv]

be interesting to let one of those melt and dry out, and see whats left

 

[invisyblegypsey]

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+16865&pcatid=16865

 

[balton777]

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+7927+16865&pcatid=16865

I see Ocean Nutrition brand is even worse at 4.7% protein and 97% water.


Please click on "More Information" for ingredients and guaranteed analysis.



Ocean Nutrition Frozen Blood Worms



Ingredients: Blood worms, water, vitamins (ascorbic acid, beta carotene, biotin, hydroxocobalamin (source of Vitamin B12), niacin, riboflavin, thiamine HCL), amino acids (dl-methionine, l-lysine, taurine), and trace elements (calcium chloride, potassium iodide, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, magnesium carbonate, and zinc sulfate). Guaranteed

Analysis:Crude Protein 4.7% min

Crude Fat 0.3% min


Crude Fiber 0.8% max

Moisture 97.0% max