Frozen Bloodworms

[mattlee]

Hi, just bought some frozen bloodworm cubes but all it says on the back is to only feed the fish what they will eat in 3 minutes..... do i put them in frozen? or do i defrost them? i am guessing they need to be defrosted first but thought i would check on here first.... also how many fish will 1 cube feed? i have 2 x dwarf gouramis, 1 x polkadot loach and 1 x asian sun catfish. is 1 cube too much?

cheers, Matt.

 

[babyd]

Hi, just bought some frozen bloodworm cubes but all it says on the back is to only feed the fish what they will eat in 3 minutes..... do i put them in frozen? or do i defrost them? i am guessing they need to be defrosted first but thought i would check on here first.... also how many fish will 1 cube feed? i have 2 x dwarf gouramis, 1 x polkadot loach and 1 x asian sun catfish. is 1 cube too much?

cheers, Matt.

Best tip I got was to put one cube in a freezer bag and bang it with a spoon so it breaks up. Scoop out the tiny bit you need and it will defrost in a minute or two. I keep a spoon especially for the fish and it defrosts on there in a few mins.....then I feed my minnows with tweezers, they love it and you get the most out of each cube, maybe 4-6 meals that way.....

 

[arobinson1984]

Scoop a cup of tank water out of the tank and put the cube in that to defrost then pour into tank.

A full cube will be too much, cut it in half with a sharp knife first.

Andy

 

[saz_jam]

Hi Matt, I feed these to my fish frozen but I only ever put 1/3 of a cube in at a time, I put half a cube in once and there was way too much! It soon defrosts in the water and my fish like to nibble at it while it is floating. The cubes can be hard to cut so I take one out and put it on the draining board, put a knife on the point you want to cut and press down hard using the palm of your hand, easier to do it that way Then put the bit you aren't using back in the packet and back in the freezer.

 

[Amunet]

Def try to cut it in half. Be careful though!
I would just take a cup put some tank water in it, and plop the frozen food in to it. Few mins later and it should be thawed out and then you can pour it back in to the tank

 

[lilacamy931]

I use do to defrost a whole cube and keep in the fridge using what needed daily, found though this way was wasteful. Now I cut in half to defrost and use this way. Though reading other peoples methods may try the smash with a spoon thing as may prevent further waste!

 

[mattlee]

thanks for all your tips, fed the fish with the bloodworms and they went crazy..... obviously a nice meal if your a fish!

 

[OldMan47]

The easiest way to cut a cube into pieces is an old fashioned ice pick. It will go through a cube like a hot knife through butter with just a little pressure. To defrost and feed frozen food, I have a small jar that still has a lid. I put my sample of frozen food and a little water into the jar and seal it. Once I have done that I can shake and stir it to my heart's content without spilling a drop. Feed by pouring directly into the tank when the pieces are fully thawed. Most tanks could use a bit of water every day so I use RO water as my water of choice for thawing frozen food.

 

[waterdrop]

OM47, Amunet et.al., do you think of frozens like these bloodworms as more or less a once a week treat? Seems the discussions here often revolve around whether once or maybe twice might be enough of these rich, high-protein things, but perhaps you thing of it on a more complicated species by species basis.

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~~waterdrop~~

 

[OldMan47]

It depends on the fish in my tank. For most of my fish, the frozen foods are a treat. I do have some that are very much predatory in nature that must have a diet high in live or almost live food. For those fish it is close to being a staple diet although I still try to get them to eat a balanced diet that includes a nutritional flake food. My latest food that I am feeding has a trace of spirulina in it but is mostly a fish meal concoction. I will alternate that with the frozen foods about equally for my carnivorous fish. The fish don't like the spirulina as well as their frozen food but I am in charge of feeding, not them. They will eat a healthy diet as much as I can force it on them. In the meantime, this time of year the mosquitoes are breeding and there are larvae to be harvested in my local ponds and other wet spots. Everyone is going to get more live food than usual because there is little that can compare to live mosquito larvae for food value.