Hi all, I have read on here quite a lot about feeding bloodworms and fry choking on them, but adult fish are ok etc.
At present I am feeding my plecs bloodworm pellets, but at what age would you say its safe to feed frozen bloodworm and have no fear of choking, are we talking months or years, the majority of my fry are about 6-9 months old.
My adults love the frozen bloodworm but would just like to get the wee uns some "fresh" meat.
I have even thought about defrosting a bloodworm cube and getting a pair of scissors and cutting the worms up.
I also have live white, grindal and microworm cultures and also brine shrimp hatcheries for my other fish, will zebs eat these?
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I've lost a fry to bloodworm choking and have tried multiple methods to chopped up frozen food for both the adults and fry I had - from buying a coffee grinder and tossing the cubes in there, to trying a small food processor - and none of them gave me the results I was comfortable giving to my fry - especially after witnessing that fry choke to death
The best results I had was I purchased a small chopping block (I think it was called a bartender cutting board - about 6"x4") and taking each frozen cube and cutting them in small slices, almost mincing them. I would take some tank water in a cup and squirt the board to flush the food into the feeding cup and use a turkey baster to squirt the food to where my zebs were.
- Angela
The best results I had was I purchased a small chopping block (I think it was called a bartender cutting board - about 6"x4") and taking each frozen cube and cutting them in small slices, almost mincing them. I would take some tank water in a cup and squirt the board to flush the food into the feeding cup and use a turkey baster to squirt the food to where my zebs were.
- Angela