Turkey Baster Usage

[soritan]

I keep BLASTING with that thing. I went to use it to dispense blood worms (a bit of an experiment, usually I use chopsticks), and BOOM, bloodworm explosion.

Is there a trick to using this mighty tool?

 

[Synirr]

I find that a turkey baster is too big and clumsy for small jobs like feeding bloodworm, so I use pipettes. You can get plastic ones really cheaply. The place I get mine is in the back of our local craft store (Hobby Lobby) kinda in the kids section where they have science kit accessories and such.

 

[soritan]

Having used the turkey baster, I now find chopsticks superior on all counts.

I was basically trying to feed my ADFs, but since the betta forum has more experience with turkey baster style feeding, I thought I'd get a better response here.

I'm glad I didn't try it on my bettas first. They'd have jumped out of their socks.

 

[Amerce]

I bought some plastic tweezers and feed a couple of worms at a time, the betta's are great they will tug the worms off the tweezers.

 

[soritan]

Yeah, it's neat. What a cheap thrill.

'omg he's grabbing worms from my hand!'

That alone will forever keep my bettas in on bloodworm day.

 

[nashnut]

I also use tweezers to feed the blood worms as they only get about three at each feeding. Anything more and I lose a fish to either a bacterial infection or dropsy.

 

[FishEnthusiast]

I guess I am one of the only people who uses their finger to feed bloodworms. I don't particularily like the smell, but I do wash my hands before and after I feed. All of my fish eat from my hands, not just my bettas.