Feeding Live Bloodworm

[tom_os]

i bought some live bloodworm recently and i was going to feed it to my fish tonight. i dont have one of those feeding cones. would it be ok jut to pour some into the water?

 

[strangeworld2002]

Yup you can just pour them in. Make sure all of the pink liquid they came in is washed off though. I use a fish net to do this, then just pour them straight in. Don't worry about them getting stuck in your gravel/sand as your fish will go nuts for them so chances are they won't reach the bottom before being eaten.

 

[tom_os]

cheers, how long will they last in the plactic bag? i got them about 2 hours ago from my lfs

 

[strangeworld2002]

Not sure, I would say as soon as you get them home feed the fish. I think if your stockpiling food then frozen bloodworm is the way to go but of course live is fresher. I think I had a bag of live bloodworm that I forgot about and after about 12 hours the bloodworm were all dead.

 

[pippoodle]

i only go lfs once a fortnight and keep the live bloodworm refridgerated for upto 1 week and they are fine

i empty the bloodworm packet into the foot off a pair of (new) stockings over a glass - this way all the liquid goes straight through and none of the blood worms fall out of the net (found this when using normal nets sometimes)
i then use a spork (spoon/forK) from kentucky and get them out and feed to the fish

 

[tom_os]

ok thanks. well i poured them into an old pot from the bag, and then just took some out with a spoon but there are over half left. so i should put them in the fridge. can they still be fed when they are dead?

 

[tom_os]

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