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@ Jun 28 2006, 09:53 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1398"><{POST_SNAPBACK}
></a></div><div class='quotemain'>I have heard of someone doing this for a number of
years and having no issues.
Is anyone else trying this or have you in the past?<!--
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If we're talking bloodworms, like Hikari's frozen
variety, they aren't really worms. They're the larval form of the midge fly. If we're
talking worms, blackworms or bloodworms NOT tubifex then:
I've never done it,
feeding lake africans using frozen or live, without problems like bloat. I've never run into a
problem with riverine africans.
I do know someone, very professional, that uses pounds
of the live stuff very successfully. When I've asked him about it he attributes the source,
duck ponds vs. sewer systems. I don't know if he purges them before feeding. Some of his
success may be a result of the size containers he uses for housing his fish. He uses concrete
burial vaults. He only uses tanks to hold fish overnight before shipping. He also uses pounds of
cilantro and zucchini, blanched or cooked before feeding. He claims that by feeding worms he gets a
bigger belly on his breeder females and correspondingly bigger spawn sizes. That's not really
significant when raising peacocks but means alot of cash raising frontosa.
I
wouldn't mess with tubifex on a bet. They don't make meds for the things they carry. Dan