Glassworms

[Andreeuh]

I just bought a pack of frozen glassworms. Has anyone tried these before? It says its for all tropical fish so I figure it'd be okay.

 

[Amerce]

I had fresh glassworms earlier this year, everyone loved them especially the bigger fish as they were quite large.

You don't see them very often but they seem to be OK.

 

[Synirr]

I use these most often when I feed frozen to my bettas as I use gravel in my tanks and they tend to float when thawed . The bettas love them too

 

[Andreeuh]

How do you usually feed it to them? Do you think it's good food for conditioning or for fry?

 

[Synirr]

I just thaw it out in warm water and dish it out through a pipette. Any frozen food is good for conditioning if you ask me, but glassworms are too big for fry.

 

[BWBettas]

I'm sure you could feed them to fry as long as you had grated them or cut them up

Bret

 

[happyannie]

Synirr, could you explain what a pipette is for the uniniated which includes me. I'm always looking for new feeding methods for these types of things.

 

[Andreeuh]

Synirr, could you explain what a pipette is for the uniniated which includes me. I'm always looking for new feeding methods for these types of things.

Me too.. I'm clueless!

 

[black jack1]

This is a pipette here... PIPETTE

Its made out of rubber and you press the top so it sucks in liquid/food from the other end...it then holds the food/liquid in due to a vacumme. Then you squeeze it again and the liquid/food comes back out!

 

[TammyLiz]

Haha, it's like a mini turkey baster! Where do you get them? I wouldn't mind having one of those!

 

[Amerce]

You can get pippettes like this with fish medication or you can use the medical measuring syringes that vets give you for giving your pets their medication.

I keep all the syringes that my old dog has for his medication (washed really well of course!).

 

[Synirr]

I get my pipettes from Hobby Lobby, it's a craft store and they have a little science kit section that you can find them in. I'm sure there are other places too, I just wouldn't know where... I've seen them sold at specialty bird supply places as disposable baby bird feeders, and I bet you can get them at pharmacies. I get the plastic ones and cut the thinnest part of the tip off so it's easier to suck up bloodworms . I've been using the same one for months, I just get a new one when the old one starts to mold inside since they're practically impossible to clean.

 

[TammyLiz]

There is a bird specialty store near me. Maybe I'll ask about them. Thanks.

 

[happyannie]

Thanks for the info!