BloodWorms

[gar b3ar]

can put all the live blood worms in my tank? or do i have to put it in only at feeding time?

 

[ThePBM]

only feeding time, unless you have a very well disciplined fish that can stick to its weight watchers program.

 

[gar b3ar]

what would happen if i put them all in? what do they do to the tank?

 

[BushFishRox]

well like all food that is left in the tank that doesnt get eaten, it they could start to rot and cause an increase in your nitrates...

 

[ThePBM]

become fish poop

 

[M|L]

they'll probably die... and bloodworms are not true worms. they'll morph into insects.

 

[ThePBM]

mosquitoes, actually. but you have a short period before they start flying. they'll look less like worms and more like commas (mosquitoes without wings) you can select those out and feed them to your fish before they can fly.

 

[ewurm]

Not much reason to feed live blood worms. As ming said, they will become insects. Almost all fish will accept blood worms in frozen form.

 

[kasper909]

mosquitoes, actually. but you have a short period before they start flying. they'll look less like worms and more like commas (mosquitoes without wings) you can select those out and feed them to your fish before they can fly.

blood worms don't turn into mosquitoes

 

[ThePBM]

blood worms don't turn into mosquitoes

I've had a constant supply of bloodworms in my backyard that did turn into mosquitoes. The betta i had at the time got a steady diet of bloodworms from a water-filled pot i kept in the backyard. These were surely mosquitoes, so you have to be telling me that mosquito larvae are not called bloodworms.