Live bloodworms

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Not sure if this helps but I've gotten lots of bloodworms from bloodwormdepot.com for fishing purposes. Shipped right to me with no problems. They are in Maine though.
 
~T~ said:
Live bloodworm can harbour parasites and disease. Much better off with frozen.
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I believe you're referring to blackworms which are found in stagnant waters like in ditches. The bloodworm industry has been aquacultured for decades now. And, while there is a common parasite occasionally found in bloodworms (Gordius) it is an insect parasite and does not parasitize fish.
 
Oddball said:
I believe you're referring to blackworms which are found in stagnant waters like in ditches. The bloodworm industry has been aquacultured for decades now. And, while there is a common parasite occasionally found in bloodworms (Gordius) it is an insect parasite and does not parasitize fish.
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Bloodworms can live in stagnant water too and since I can't be sure where they come from then I personally wouldn't take the risk of introducing any nasties to my tank. The average bag of bloosworms from a lfs where I live usually consists of about 50% live bloodworms and the rest is made up of dead/dying ones and random other pondlife. I once found a damselfly nymph in a bag and also a small diving beetle.
 
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