Bloodworms & Daphnia

Starry^

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Hey,
I was told not so long ago by a somewhat experienced fish feeder of
bloodworm and daphnia, that bloodworm comes from like sewerage and farm run off pipes and things like that, and that he didnt think it was great idea to feed bloodworm - because they might carry diseases that could kill the fish, has anyone else heard of that b4, and had any problems?

I also wanted to add how much I love feeding our fish daphnia, live daphnia that is, the fish seem to enjoy having to actually work for their food, its hilarious watching our tetras battling it out with the daphnia as their mouths are so little and the daphnia is quite a mouthful for them, they tend to spit it out and suck it in until it has stopped struggling :blink: :lol:

I am also thinking about trying my hand at growing some brine shrimp.

Starry^
 
From what I've gathered Bloodworms are actually a larve (Mosquito I think) and should be fine, but I have read that Tubiflex worms are found in sewage and live ones could carry diseases. I guess if the larve were layed in sewage that would apply to them as well, but I believe mosquitoes need stagnant water to lay their eggs.
 
Bloodworms are the larve of one of the mosquito family (non biting kind i think) and are collected from stagnent ponds but a good supplier will make sure they are collected from a uncontaminated source.Tubifix are found in sewage and should only be fed in extreme emergencies (if you have fish that will only take live food and you cannot get anything else).If you are worried about spreading disease through cross contamination you can sterilise live foods by placing them in a solution of Myxazin (at the standard dose) for a few hours before feeding.
 
dafnia on the other hand i have only seen in ponds i will make it my mission to go looking in sewage water next weekend :lol: . i used to breed dafnia in feraro rochet boxes using a bit of straw or hay straw is best. breeding the brine shrim is easy as falling off roller skates. all you have to do is follow the instructions on the little tube then fish them out with a little net. i belive i did it with a sun lamp and some alge salt water.
 
:p

LOL
well I realise Daphnia dont come from sewerage tanks!
but i was rather enquiring about bloodworm, very interesting about the
tubifex worms tho :blink:

Starry^
 

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