Nutritional value of frozen bloodworms?

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Hey all, I was wondering just that, what is the nutritional value of frozen bloodworms? Will a fish actually be able to put on some bulk by eating them? I recently got some new fish and one of them is quite emaciated. Out of desperation, I fed them some frozen bloodworms. The emaciated fish snapped them up vigorously and had a nice little belly bump.

Should he be able to bulk back up on the bloodworms? I can't imagine they'd be any worse than feeder fish. FWIW, the babies were taking the blood worms from the surface. That makes me optimistic that they should be fairly easy to pellet train! :)

Thanks all!
 
I dont know about the nutritional value but I dont feed any frozen food to my fish, when I was younger and worked in a LFS the frozen products always use to come in half defrosted and it cant be healthy for them to be frozen, defrosted then frozen again who knows how many times. Why not dig in the garden and get earthworms, they are pack full of protein and my fish love them.
 
Nova 8 said:
I dont know about the nutritional value but I dont feed any frozen food to my fish, when I was younger and worked in a LFS the frozen products always use to come in half defrosted and it cant be healthy for them to be frozen, defrosted then frozen again who knows how many times. Why not dig in the garden and get earthworms, they are pack full of protein and my fish love them.
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The earthworms I have around here are way too big for my fish. On top of that, we've had some major flooding and I wouldn't be so much digging for the worms as swimming for them. :lol2:
 
Even if the aren't the best nutritionally, calories are calories. The healthiest choice for an emaciated fish is what it will eat. If anything, you'll know where your starting point for pellet training is. And....pics of the new acquisition! Lol


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strollo22 said:
Blackworms are a lot better nutritionally. Blood worms contain just enough nutrition to sustain life. Bare minimum as they are 90% water.


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Good stuff, thank you.


oneyedfish said:
Even if the aren't the best nutritionally, calories are calories. The healthiest choice for an emaciated fish is what it will eat. If anything, you'll know where your starting point for pellet training is. And....pics of the new acquisition! Lol


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For example- this a pic of frozen bloodworms compared to frozen mysis shrimp. While both have a very low protein and fat content, the blood worms have far less. I know blackworms have about 15-16% protein. ImageUploadedByMonsterAquariaNetwork1376102292.546100.jpgImageUploadedByMonsterAquariaNetwork1376102300.362548.jpg


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As stated above, Hikari adds vitamins and supplements to enrich frozen bloodworms.

From the Hikari website (http://www.hikariusa.com/products/bi...lood_worms.php):

Ingredients: Blood worms, water, beta carotene, vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), riboflavin, thiamine mono-nitrate, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, pantothenic acid, inositol, niacin.

Compare that to San Francisco Bay Brand blood worms (http://www.sfbb.com/product_popup.as...loodworms&id=2)

Ingredients: Bloodworms

Bloodworms alone are best used as an incentive to get difficult fish to feed in aquaria. As with all foods, a variety is best to ensure your fish receive proper nutrition.
 
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