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the strange thing is that i have been keeping fish for 17 years and yet i have never used blood worms (I prefer live), but i wanted to try bloodworms but i dont know how to feed with them. i have middle feedding glash catfishes, and a bottom feeding peacock eel. the worms always get sucked up in the filter and my glass cat is the only one who geta a chance to eat them, becausemy filter pipe is on the bottom, any tips on feeding with bloodworms, like a feeder or just putting them under the gravel for my peacock eel? how can i make sure my peacock eel is eating?

ps I have a 3 stage bio wheel and it keeps suking the worms up so when i take the filter out their is a big glob of greyish slime, can i prevent this?!

Last edited by Crazy_Coyote at 25-Oct-2005 01:39

You'd take a clean cup/container (no soap) and put a little bit of tank water in it. Then, break off a piece of bloodworms (or a few cubes, whichever you bought) and let them thaw out. Then, swirl it around a little bit in the cup to break it up, and then pour a little bit in your tank and watch the fish go nuts Repeat. Don't put too much in, or it'll just make a mess.

If you have a biowheel, just turn down the flow (lift the uptake tube a bit, it should slow it down) and feed. This way you're not sucking up any food and keeps clean

You can feed some after lights out so your eel gets some, or you can just place some down there manually if you'd like

i find that sometimes it is better to put the frozen cube in the tank as this allows some bootm dwelling fish to realise what is happening

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Thaw a cube of Bloodworms in some tank water & then pour it in the tank. If the filter is sucking up the bloodworm, you can switch it off at feeding time & them switch it on again after a few minutes.



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I have a worm feeder that works well for live bloodworms. When I feed frozen, I usually thaw the cube, but sometimes when I'm in a hurry, I toss it in. Some always make it to the bottom for my catfish.

You'd take a clean cup/container (no soap) and put a little bit of tank water in it. Then, break off a piece of bloodworms (or a few cubes, whichever you bought) and let them thaw out. Then, swirl it around a little bit in the cup to break it up

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... if it's frozen bloodworms you're feeding, after they thaw out in the cup of water, wait until the worms drop to the bottom of the cup. Then drain off as much water as you can get from the cup without spilling the worms. Then add a little bit of fresh water from your tank to the cup.

Do yourself a favor and buy a big turkey baster and designate it as "aquarium use only." With the baster you can suck up some of the bloodworms, then deposit them right into the middle level of the tank. While the glass cats eat, suck up some more, reach in and deposit them down by where your eel hangs out on the bottom. Just like room service.

Aquarium turkey basters are worth a fortune, just like the "aquarium use only" Toothbrush

I find they're also good for picking up little spots of algae/ BGA off the substrate, rather than using hands or siphons.

But anyway, there ya go! I like the turkey baster method because you can feed shy fish who might not have a chance if you just dump it in in a big muddle. Good luck!

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those worked i just saw my glass cats go crazy and my peacock eel come out of the substrate.

I used Bloodworms for the first time the other day. Great fun!! The fish go NUTS.

I would have suggested the turkey baster also - but worm feeders are nice if you are in a hurry.

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