Bloodworms?

[fishboyt]

Where do bloodworms live? I think I found some growing in my pond filter.

[szidlon]

Re: Bloodwrms?

Here's a link to a good article on them, they are larvae.

http://www.raingarden.us/bloodworms.htm

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

Great! So, those are bloodworms then? If so, can I feed them to my fish?

[szidlon]

Re: Bloodwrms?

Humm, I personally would not try them on my Discus, but on hardier fish I don't think it would be any different than feeding mosquito larvae.  Having not actually raised them you couldn't be sure of what they had been injesting.  Most of the commercial brands have multi-vitams added.  I prefer Hikari Bio-Pure as they say they are also parasite free with no harmful bacteria. I will feed my fish mosquito larvae that I run across, but I always worry about insecticides sprayed by the city that may be in the water.

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

What if I raised them like the link said (In the container)?

[szidlon]

Re: Bloodwrms?

That would be better, pretty much same as growing your own micro food from cultures such as micro or walter worms.  If you do a little more research on them you might come across some better suggestions for raising your own.  For me personally it seems like too much work with too little reward.

Let us know if you try it and how it works out for you, I'd love to know the results.

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

Sure. Thanks for all the help!  :)

[szidlon]

Re: Bloodwrms?

You're welcome, good luck on your experiment.

[spyke1969]

Re: Bloodwrms?

will you be getting any school credits for this?

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

will you be getting any school credits for this?

What do you mean by "School credits"?

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

You're welcome, good luck on your experiment.

Thanks!

[spyke1969]

Re: Bloodwrms?

like a science experiment, arent you home schooled, use what you where you can.

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

like a science experiment, arent you home schooled, use what you where you can.

Yeah, I'm home schooled. I don't think I'll get credits for this.

[PhishPhreek]

Re: Bloodwrms?

like a science experiment, arent you home schooled, use what you where you can.

Not a bad Idea.
My wife was a science teacher and she was always using daphnia...
for some reason fish were a no/no.

[fishboyt]

Re: Bloodwrms?

I'll talk to my mom about getting a credit.