My pond fish had babies. We removed the babies from the parent fish and placed them in an aquarium to watch them grow. After researching the subject, we decided to feed our fry a ground up mix of flakes, pellets, dehydrated Brine Shrimp and dehydrated Bloodworms. They are doing well on this as are our adults and yearlings outside.
We found live bloodworms in the aquarium. We figure maybe there were eggs in the mix just waiting to hatch. After researching them, I found that their bite is toxic and as full grown adult bloodworms, their bite can even hurt a person. We needed to remove them as quickly as possible because our fry are less then a cm long, and the bloodworms are already almost that big. We used a turkey baster to remove them from the tank. That works well. Its also useful for removing the babies that didn't survive, and mosquito larvae.
There are probably more Bloodworms in our big ponds out back. There is a base of leaves and muck in the bottom of the pond that we don't want to remove just yet because we have more fry out there that hatched from somewhere other then where the eggs were that we were able to find and remove. The muck base is the perfect environment for these worms to grow to adulthood. I guess that's the catch. We won't clean ot our pond and risk our babies, but the worms are putting the babies at risk.
We are taking the remainder of the dried bloodworms back to the petstore we bought them from and exchanging them for more shrimp. My fishies LOVE it and their colors are more vibrant everyday.
I posted earlier about how do I get them out of my tank.. But, since we figured out a safe way to do so, I am editing my post.
We found live bloodworms in the aquarium. We figure maybe there were eggs in the mix just waiting to hatch. After researching them, I found that their bite is toxic and as full grown adult bloodworms, their bite can even hurt a person. We needed to remove them as quickly as possible because our fry are less then a cm long, and the bloodworms are already almost that big. We used a turkey baster to remove them from the tank. That works well. Its also useful for removing the babies that didn't survive, and mosquito larvae.
There are probably more Bloodworms in our big ponds out back. There is a base of leaves and muck in the bottom of the pond that we don't want to remove just yet because we have more fry out there that hatched from somewhere other then where the eggs were that we were able to find and remove. The muck base is the perfect environment for these worms to grow to adulthood. I guess that's the catch. We won't clean ot our pond and risk our babies, but the worms are putting the babies at risk.
We are taking the remainder of the dried bloodworms back to the petstore we bought them from and exchanging them for more shrimp. My fishies LOVE it and their colors are more vibrant everyday.
I posted earlier about how do I get them out of my tank.. But, since we figured out a safe way to do so, I am editing my post.