Blood Worms

[Fishman9188]

I'm very interested in raising my own blood worms to feed with and I was wondering if there is anyone on here who has had any success with breeding them?

 

[pat3612]

I havent tryed that yet but you can find info at aqualandpetsplus.com it does not sound to hard. Thay are acually the larve of a midge.

 

[DevUK]

I was soaking some wood in my water butt for several weeks before I used it. When I removed it from the barrel it had some blood worms on it. Looking in the barrel I could see what looked like old casings all over the place.

You might be able to do the same. I don't think I'd like to raise them indoors incase they hatch out and you're swamped by anoying midges all over the place.

Thought about brine shrimp maybe?

 

[3ndl3r]

i believe they are difficult to breed in captivity. best off with brine shrimp or tubifex

 

[Fishman9188]

I was just wondering because I was looking for a cheaper way to feed some of my large sharks.

 

[loachman]

I've heard they are hard to breed.

Be aware they're not worms. They are "fly" larva so you can have some real issues if the flies get out.

 

[jennybugs]

I had a batch of bloodworm recently that were close to pupating. I was really puzzled about where all these mossies were coming from everytime I opened my tank lid, then I realised what had happened. Gave me the creeps I can tell you! Luckily they don't bite (or so I've been told) but I wouldn't like to try breeding them *itch itch itch*