Feeding frozen bloodworms

[Ruturaj]

I usually take some tank water out in a container and put bloodworms in it do thaw. Then I feed it to my 6 inch flowerhorn. He is big enough to ear the whole cube but the worms get everywhere in tank and he gets stress bar when he eats them. Today I threw the cube in thinking my fish will eat worms as it melts but he gulped almost whole cube within seconds, some worms floated away, he got those immediately after. Is it bad, cube being frozen?

 

[esoxlucius]

I usually take some tank water out in a container and put bloodworms in it do thaw. Then I feed it to my 6 inch flowerhorn. He is big enough to ear the whole cube but the worms get everywhere in tank and he gets stress bar when he eats them. Today I threw the cube in thinking my fish will eat worms as it melts but he gulped almost whole cube within seconds, some worms floated away, he got those immediately after. Is it bad, cube being frozen?

Now that's a thing.....a flowerhorn with brainfreeze!!! Lol.

I occasionally feed frozen bloodworm to my little fish in my 180. I just throw a cube in and they go at it like crazy. There's no fish in there that could manage a full cube.

However, my giant gourami in my 360 also loves bloodworm cubes and he could eat several cubes, whole, all at once if I let him. But I just throw the odd cube in as a treat once in a while. Eating them whole, whilst frozen doesn't seem to bother him.

Although fish love them bloodworm are a pretty poor food really, mainly water. So feed sparingly along with more nutritious foods.

 

[Ruturaj]

Now that's a thing.....a flowerhorn with brainfreeze!!! Lol.

I occasionally feed frozen bloodworm to my little fish in my 180. I just throw a cube in and they go at it like crazy. There's no fish in there that could manage a full cube.

However, my giant gourami in my 360 also loves bloodworm cubes and he could eat several cubes, whole, all at once if I let him. But I just throw the odd cube in as a treat once in a while. Eating them whole, whilst frozen doesn't seem to bother him.

Although fish love them bloodworm are a pretty poor food really, mainly water. So feed sparingly along with more nutritious foods.

Lol.

Thanks. Yes, he is mostly on pellets, 2 times a day, I feed NLS ultrared mostly, for smaller portions northfin krill pro and NLS algemax. Twice a week, I feed one of the 3 frozen foods I have, brine shrimp spirulina mix, Frozen blood worms and frozen krill because I like how how he reacts to frozen food.

 

[Shane templar]

I was just wondering the same thing this morning if it was ok to just throw the frozen food cube straight in! I’ve always defrosted them in tank water before but it always just ended up with bits floating around cause my fish are probably to big for little bits of krill and beef heart now! Is it safe to just throw the cubes in frozen?

 

[Ruturaj]

I was just wondering the same thing this morning if it was ok to just throw the frozen food cube straight in! I’ve always defrosted them in tank water before but it always just ended up with bits floating around cause my fish are probably to big for little bits of krill and beef heart now! Is it safe to just throw the cubes in frozen?

I think we need RD. Here on safety of throwing frozen cube.

About beef heart, It's not a good idea for fish, there was a good discussion here on that

I posted the following last year in response to the feeding beefheart to fish question .......



Fish aren't hard wired to assimilate the fatty acids found in beef, chicken, etc anymore than they are hard wired to assimilate large amounts of carbs. These excess lipids get stored in & around the organs, and eventually shorten the fishes lifespan. Can these foodstuffs offer amino acids, and solid growth, yes, no question about that, but that doesn't qualify them as being a good source of food for a fish.

Even a lot of the major discus keepers have moved away from beefheart over the past decade, for these exact reasons. It's a great food for breeders that simply want quick growth in their juvie fish (so they can take them to market quicker) but it is most certainly not an ideal long term diet. Lee Newman, Curator of Tropical Waters at the Vancouver Public Aquarium has spoken out against feeding beefheart many times, for the same reason as I do, it tends to lead to fatty degeneration of the liver.

Dr. Peter Burgess MSc, Ph.D.,of the Aquarium Advisory Service in England, is not only an experienced aquarium hobbyist, but also a scientist that specializes in the health & disease in fish. He has written over 300 articles and five books on fish health and is a visiting lecturer in Aquarium Sciences and Conservation at Plymouth University, where he works with the University of Plymouth training students in scientific research. Among his other positions, Dr. Burgess is a senior consultant to the Mars FishCare business and regularly runs fish health & husbandry courses for aquarists, fish scientists and vets. He's also a regular contributor & Fish Health consultant for the Practical Fishkeeping Magazine, as well as other magazines devoted to the fish keeping hobby.

Below is an excerpt from the Practical Fishkeeping Magazine and written by Dr. Burgess, titled;


Liver Damage and Red Meats





Add to that, FH are not carnivores, and their digestion system is not designed to digest large amounts of protein, no matter the source of that protein. There is no need to feed a FH prawn, tilapia, etc. If you feel the need to supplement their diet with live food, feed them some vegetable matter.

 

[RD.]

I only use frozen BW when presoaking pellets for training purposes. Not sure that it would harm a fish, but swallowing chunks of frozen, or semi-frozen food, is probably not a great idea.

 

[Ruturaj]

I only use frozen BW when presoaking pellets for training purposes. Not sure that it would harm a fish, but swallowing chunks of frozen, or semi-frozen food, is probably not a great idea.

Thanks RD. , By training do you mean getting them to start eating pellets? I do think of bloodworms as a candy, that's not needed but makes fish happy. I wasn't really sure feeding frozen as being bad as fish are cold blooded animals and my lack of knowledge on their digestive system, thanks for the input on it. I would rather not risk doing it for now.