Freeze dried blood worms - snack or daily meal ?

[dramaqueen]

Originally Posted by fightergirl2710

I think I'll stick to freeze dried *gulp*

Me, too!

[fishman12]

Yeah... I was thinking about getting frozen. Hmmmmm

[BETTA DET]

I can't get my betta to eat those betta bites. Last night he just looked at it and then looked at me with the "yeah right" look. I may have to try the Aqueon brand. He loves the FD bloodworms though. The frozen sound nasty.

[andarst]

I bought my fish pellets and he litterally wouldnt eat for two weeks... he'd stare at them and spit them out... I finally bought frozen brine shrimp, and its his absolute favorite. The freeze dried bloodworms were the first thing he ate to he gets them like 3 times a week. But stick with the frozen fresh stuff :] as for my fish... pellets and flakes are simply not an option!

[Littlebittyfish]

I use long tweezers to feed frozen bloodworms. It's real gross at first..but my bettas love attacking them. haha They also love the brine shrimp. :)

[Kytkattin]

Originally Posted by Littlebittyfish

I use long tweezers to feed frozen bloodworms. It's real gross at first..but my bettas love attacking them. haha They also love the brine shrimp. :)

Yes! Though I don't really find the frozen ones gross. I have been around them for my entire life because my mom used to treat our angels with them. I think I would find live grosser.
I do kind of find frozen brine shrimp gross because their eyeballs fall off sometimes.

[Draug Isilme]

I'm curious to know if anyone's used any of the Hikari products of brine shrimp and blood worms. I saw it today and the label seemed promising with 'Multi-Vitamin Enriched' on the label (both apparently have vitamin E, C, B1, B2, B6, and B12). I recall reading that freeze dried foods lacked nutrition, I honestly don't know all that much about frozen foods except for what I've read in this forum, and I kinda like the idea of using live foods, but I'm not sure how doable that option is... I still don't imagine the vitamin enriched foods would still replace regular pellet foods.. but I'd like to know if its worth buying, if there's really a big difference between the regular freeze dried ones or none at all, and so on and so forth.. Any takers?

[Myates]

Used frozen for the last 16/17 years on all my tropical fish, they aren't so bad as long as you don't think about what they are when you touch them.

[dragonflie]

Agreed, they don't have to be that bad. :)

I get the blister packs with the cubes, so I don't have to touch them. Pop one cube in a mini tupperware, fill with tank water to thaw; and feed them to mr. betta with a baby medicine dropper. The community tank gets them with a turkey baster. They all go completely nuts over them, I'd say they are definitely their favorite treats. ;)

[Myates]

I've been using Hikari for 16 yrs or so and I like them. For many fish I use the bloodworm cubes (larger fish in large tanks, not recommended for single or a few fish unless you cut up). Brine shrimp I like because I can just hold a bit of it in the water and let the fish pick it off lol. But then again, it is all frozen I use from Hikari. I would imagine their other stock would be good as well. I would look at the "ingrediants" in the back to compare and see what seems to have more benefits. Also, wouldn't make it a sole meal, a treat, or one meal of it every few days. But that is just my own personal opinion. :)

Edit: Dragonflie! Why didn't I ever come up with that idea???? lol and here I was always spoiling my big fish and cichlids and not my bettas. Sheesh.. *bangs head on desk* Great idea, thanks!