Does fish food go bad?

[hisc1ay]

I was organizing my gear now that I have a nice stand with cabinets to put it in, and I found a can of freeze dried blood worms that I picked up a while back. I'm wondering if this stuff goes bad. Should I just pitch it, or is it cool to feed it? The manufacturer date on the label says 1996, and I know it wasn't that long ago when I bought it (maybe a year or so).

-j

 

[DeFeKt]

if it's still sealed it will be fine, but if opened i don't know how long they last sorry.

 

[Jchillin]

I would think that so long as it was never opened (still vacuum sealed) that stuff could probably last forever.

 

[hisc1ay]

It was open. I can't really judge the smell because that stuff always smells.

-j

 

[Meredith]

Just to be safe, I would say if its more than say 6 months old, I would throw it out. I don't think I would be comfortable feeding my fish anything older than that.

 

[Tiffi]

Unless it looks funny you could still feed it, but that would probably like throwing wood shavings into the tank for fish food. I don't think there are many vitamins, minerals etc. left.

 

[shawmutt]

I third that.

However, how can you tell if bloodworms look funny?

 

[Tiffi]

Well, if they got all soft (humidity), if they look paler than a year ago, discoloration etc. Hence, different than they looked a year ago, when you bought them.

 

[Andos99]

Toss it....buy fresh food.