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Question: how often can i feed bloodworms to my fish? i've got a community tank consisting of neon and cardinal tetras along with a dwarf gourami, 2 rams, 1 krib, and a BN. I've also got brine shrimp- could i alternate with these every other day or do i absolutely have to use dry food every now and then to preven defficiencies? also, is fat content a concern with either type of food?

I don't have a degree in fish food , but I believe that too much of anything is not a good thing. Alternating dry, frozen, and fresh or live foods is a good way to keep the fish healthy, imo. I don't think it matters how you have it set up, as long as it is a variety. I feed my fish dry one day, frozen the next, dry again, live , frozen, dry, dry, frozen, frozen, live, dry, dry, frozen, , , etc. No real particular method, just not too much of any one kind. Even as far as the frozen goes, sometimes its bloodworms, sometimes mysis shrimp, frozen veggie cubes, brine shrimp and the dry its aquadine, shrimp pellets, nutrifin, bio blend, etc. Live its brine shrimp, flightless fruit flies, grindal worms, etc. Not too much of any one thing.

In my opinion, if you're feeding a fish only one type of food, you're pretty dependent on that fish food to be comprehensive enough to maintain a fish's health and provide every nutrient it could need, and I don't have that confidence in any one food.

Dunno if that answers your questions or not, but hope it helps at least.

fat content is fine, its the high protien in the bloodworms that can be an issue with smaller, more herbivorous omnivores.

its like eating steak day in day out, you will end up deficient in a lot of things... and rather constipated.

add some green matter to the diet, preferably in a commercial food (they have added nutrients) and in fresh veggies.

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I feed mine four frozen blood worm cubes three times a week Mon, Wed, & Sat.

I dissolve these in the tank water first for a few minutes.

Keith

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thanx for the advice, i've got algae sinking wafers for plant-related food. Originaly i got those for my BN, but the dwarf gourami, krib, and pair of rams are eating the peices i put in too. I think i'll keep a good variety going, but the bloodworms are going to be regulars- my kribs are looking more colorfull today, and the bloodworms are all thats changed.