Freezing Live Bloodworms

nagukush

nagukush

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Hi Friends !

With great difficulty, I have arranged for Live Bloodworms and I'll be getting a large qty of them tomorrow. Just wanted to know if I can keep them alive for a day or even better can I freeze them and use them for a few days ?

If yes, then how do I freeze them ?

Kindly advice...
Thanks and Regards
Kush
 
Why not just keep them live? I have kept live bloodworms since about a year ago. Just get a little brine shrimp net, (The white kinds) put the bloodworms in and rinse them with cold water every day. I keep them alive for weeks using this method. It also helps if you keep them in a little tupperware container.

I forgot, store them in your fridge because they live in cold water lakes in the wild. If you don't want to look at them, just put a paper bag over the container.
 
I agree. Bloodworms are fairly easy to keep alive. If you do wish to freeze them, you can use an ice cube tray; put water and a small amount of bloodworms in each well. Pop them in the freezer and voila! If you wish to store large quantities, pop the frozen worm cubes out of the tray and store them in an airtight bag or other container.

Just be sure you don't get the bloodworm tray mixed up with your regular ice trays!
 
DAVIDFBT said:
Why not just keep them live? I have kept live bloodworms since about a year ago. Just get a little brine shrimp net, (The white kinds) put the bloodworms in and rinse them with cold water every day. I keep them alive for weeks using this method. It also helps if you keep them in a little tupperware container.

I forgot, store them in your fridge because they live in cold water lakes in the wild. If you don't want to look at them, just put a paper bag over the container.
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Hi Friends !

Thanks so much for the kind help and advice - So to keep them alive, do I keep them in a Tupperware container in the fridge - with water or just the worms ?

Also what should I do to live bloodworms before feeding them to my fish ? I mean I know that these can be carrying disease or parasites - so what should be the cleaning procedure ?

Also wanted to ask - My Fronts just seem to chew up the freeze dried bloodworms for a few seconds and then spit them right back. Infact they do this to everything I feed to them - Is this normal feeding behaviour for fronts ? Dont they just swallow the food ?

Kindly advice...
 
understand the life cycle of the bloodworm. Chironomidae aka midge fly.

they live as larvae in detritus, feeding on the detritus. they gradually morph to pupae and shortly work their way to the surface where they hatch out to midge fly.
the bloodworms we normally see is usually the larval stage of the bug.

I suspect you should keep them in with detritus...if you want them to eat ;)
 
nagukush said:
Hi Friends !

Thanks so much for the kind help and advice - So to keep them alive, do I keep them in a Tupperware container in the fridge - with water or just the worms ?

I usually just keep them with enough water to cover them, not too much.

Also what should I do to live bloodworms before feeding them to my fish ? I mean I know that these can be carrying disease or parasites - so what should be the cleaning procedure ?

Aside from the rinsing, none. I have been feeding live worms for about a year and none of my fish have had sicknesses realting to their diet. Keep in mind I only feed worms as a treat once a day, but are my Dwarf Gourami's and ADF's main food.

Also wanted to ask - My Fronts just seem to chew up the freeze dried bloodworms for a few seconds and then spit them right back. Infact they do this to everything I feed to them - Is this normal feeding behaviour for fronts ? Dont they just swallow the food ?

How long have they been doing this?

Kindly advice...
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They've been doing this ever since I got them - about a week... Should they be swallowing the food ?

I guess I have a serious problem with Temperature - its about 34 C ! My Room Temp is 32 to 33 C and I cant do anything to lower it... Is this temp very dangerous to the fronts ?
 
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