Frozen Bloodworms - Aquarium Advice

MyDog · 03-06-2005, 06:43 PM

I just fed frozen bloodworms to my bettas and to my community tank. The bettas watched it sink to the bottom and didn't move waiting for their floating food. The community tank went nuts

My question is should I melt them in water or just drop them in frozen to get the best use out of them?

buckshot · 03-06-2005, 06:55 PM

i melt them personally, more natural

TomK2 · 03-06-2005, 07:38 PM

I melt them, otherwise as it gets soft one greedy bugger will stuff a whole bunch in its mouth and make off with it. Melted in a shot glass, I can swirl them in and drop them in around the tank to control where they go, and to some extent who they go to.

**Fishyfanatic** · 03-07-2005, 12:49 AM

We do both. If we are feeding to the eels, frozen. If they are being given to the cichlid I fill a cup half full of tank water, drop in the frozen chunk, mix it around until it breaks up completly, then drop it. That way you can put it where you want it.

mattrox · 03-07-2005, 02:44 AM

If they are frozen they will float for a bit. The bettas might think of it as food than. Just a thought.

youronlysin · 03-07-2005, 03:11 AM

I always put mine in a small cup and use a small turky baster to add tank water to it. Once its thawed, I use the baster to squirt it in the tank. My Bettas love them once they are thawed and floating through the water. If I jsut drop a frozen cube in, it usually floats around on the surface untill it thaws enough to sink...usually in the midst of a dense planted area, then my fish tear it apart and uproot all my plants.

03-06-2005, 06:43 PM	#1
MyDog Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada Posts: 23 Images: 5	Frozen Bloodworms I just fed frozen bloodworms to my bettas and to my community tank. The bettas watched it sink to the bottom and didn't move waiting for their floating food. The community tank went nuts My question is should I melt them in water or just drop them in frozen to get the best use out of them? __________________ The Choices You Make Today Will Affect Tomorrow Say What You Mean & Mean What You Say

03-06-2005, 06:55 PM	#2
buckshot Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ft. Belvoir, Va Posts: 28	i melt them personally, more natural __________________ Feel free to ask me any questions

03-06-2005, 07:38 PM	#3
TomK2 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Glen Ellyn, IL Posts: 1,953 Images: 2	I melt them, otherwise as it gets soft one greedy bugger will stuff a whole bunch in its mouth and make off with it. Melted in a shot glass, I can swirl them in and drop them in around the tank to control where they go, and to some extent who they go to. __________________ Tom's Tank - The web's best (only?) Motorcycling, trap shootin', aquarium site - IS BACK! With a new url. Oceanic 55+,two Fluval 404's,In-line 300W heater,Moderately planted with Polyvinylus Chloridus sp.=the only plants that last in my tank

03-07-2005, 12:49 AM	#4
Fishyfanatic Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 10,303 Images: 15	We do both. If we are feeding to the eels, frozen. If they are being given to the cichlid I fill a cup half full of tank water, drop in the frozen chunk, mix it around until it breaks up completly, then drop it. That way you can put it where you want it. __________________ Vote for Aquarium Advice 10 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 29 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Community 55 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid Fry 150 Gallon Lake Malawi Cichlid

03-07-2005, 03:11 AM	#6
youronlysin Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toano, Virginia! Posts: 649 Images: 10	I always put mine in a small cup and use a small turky baster to add tank water to it. Once its thawed, I use the baster to squirt it in the tank. My Bettas love them once they are thawed and floating through the water. If I jsut drop a frozen cube in, it usually floats around on the surface untill it thaws enough to sink...usually in the midst of a dense planted area, then my fish tear it apart and uproot all my plants. __________________ I almost dated a psychic..... She left me before we met.

03-07-2005, 02:44 AM	#5
mattrox Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,328 Images: 36	If they are frozen they will float for a bit. The bettas might think of it as food than. Just a thought.

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