13stingeln
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The blood worms will cause bloat. I personally would only feed blood worms once a week IF at all. I don't feed at all. They're too high in protein. I use regular fish food because it has everything they need (I have read to avoid ones with a % of ash) and once or twice a week i will treat them with some frozen brine shrimp. It is also something to not feed often along with the bloodworms. Also, with the couple fish you have I would only feed what they can eat in about 30 seconds. That should be plenty of time for them all to get some.
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Okay. I will follow that. Thanks
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Hi, 13sting. Good morning. I really feel sorry for your losses. It's always frustrating to see one of your fish die. If it's a case of bloat, try to withhold feeding for 1 day or 2. They will survive. I don't feed bloodworms. You will put your cichlids at risk for bloat and disease from the worms. Worms can carry a lot of diseases even if they claim that it is clean and free of diseases.
Don't lose hope. Keep on.
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Hi. Every time you use bloodworms, frozen or not, there's always a greater chance for the fish to get some kind if disease from the worms. Worms, because of their breeding conditions, are prone to attracting microbes and bacteria.
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Hi. Every time you use bloodworms, frozen or not, there's always a greater chance for the fish to get some kind if disease from the worms. Worms, because of their breeding conditions, are prone to attracting microbes and bacteria.
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Bloodworms aren't even true annelids (worms), they are midge larvae. While they carry diseases it's very unlikely that they will be passed on to fish.
I've never had an issue feeding frozen blood "worms" in the 15+ years of fish keeping.
While they will cause bloat in fish that aren't meant to eat them, they won't spread diseases.
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