Alternative Sto Bloodworms...

[drain_bamaged]

Hello

Posting this for a friend...

His girlfriend REALLY REALLY does not want him to keep bloodworms in the freezer...and he is thinking of getting a betta...can you give an alternative to frozen bloodworms? maybe some something he can keep in a container by the aquarium?

Thanks

 

[Miss Wiggle]

you can get freeze dried ones and he could also look into the tetra delicia range which is meaty foods such as bloodworm in sachets of gel type stuff.

i wouldn't suggest getting frozen bloodworm anyway if the only fish he wants to keep is a single betta, the frozen stuff comes in portion sized cubes, the portion is about right for a 40 gal community tank fully stocked so he'd either be massivley overfeeding or he'd have to defrost a full cube feed the betta part of it and throw the rest away which is pretty wasteful.

a betta really doesn't 'need' bloodworms in it's diet, he's best finding a good quality flake/pellet type food and using that predominantly supplemented with the odd bit of meaty stuff or fresh veg every so often.

 

[Colin_T]

you can feed the betta on prawn/ shrimp. Buy some and keep them frozen, then take a bit out, defrost it and cut it into little bits. Offer a few bits at a time.
If you don't want frozen food at all, then grow mozzie larvae and daphnia outside in ponds of green water.