dried bloodworms -disease carriers?

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Hi, I am new to this forum and was wondering what peoples views are on things such as dried bloodworms and dried tubifex worms...
I myself have never used these as food sources for my fish.. I tend to stick to flakes, pellets, algae tabs and frozen beefheart and brine shrimp...

Just wondering whether these worms in dried form would still be able to harbour disease as they can in live form...
Has anybody got any thoughts on this.. have been thinking about expanding to using these types of food as well.

I currently have 4 tanks... one with guppies, one with discus/angel/bolivian rams/cardinal and rummy nosetetras/clown loaches/bristlenose/pleco and black widow tetras, one with oscars and synodontis eupterus and one with a scat and silver dollar.

am thinking of these foods as an expansion of my guppys diet...

any suggestions.... thanks.... :dive:
 
I'll use freeze-dried bloodworms every once in a while, but have realized that I am allergic to them and get hives whenever I take a pinch out of the container. :D
 
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since they are freeze dried, and most probably uv sterilized, that would kill off any diseases. it's the choice of food over live any day.
 
Interesting, my fish seem to like live food the best, my toads and Newts won't eat it if it is not moving, so i use live bloodworms. Been feeding my newts live bloodworms for over 14 years without any problems.

What is the big issue with them?
 
I dont have an issue with them I have just heard that they can carry parasites or diseases I have never used them myself... so I cant really have an opinion...

I was just wondering what others thought.... I hadnt thought of them being uv sterilised but that does make sense... so they should be fairly safe...
 
every living food item can carry disease

being freeze dried, parasites are not able to live through that

frozen bloods and brine shrimp moved through the water almost like they are live, my discus and angels dont know thge difference..

why take the chance with live? especially if you think they may harbor parasites
 
I currently feed my discus frozen beefheart and brine shrimp and would never contemplate feeding them live foods...
however my oscars are a different story... I feed them bugs that I find crawling around and they Loooooove them! But totally different fish with much different immune systems I think...
 
frozen foods can carry bacteria
its best to rinse them first and dont add the juice to your tank. the juice they are packed in is really really bad
freeze dried is parasite free but in cheaper brands i have noticed a decline in health once, i linked it to the freeze dried tubifex, so maybe it can harbor bacteria still
ill only use hikari freeze dried, its the only label that says free of bacteria and parasites, and its the freshest, you can tell as soon as you touch the cube how soft it is, other brands the cubes are hard and appear stale
 
the issue with blood worms is that they are often collected from severely polluted waters. I still feed them, but I do rinse them and drain the "juice" before adding to my tank. I believe this is an issue with blackworms and tubifex as well.
 
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