Dixon1990 Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Hi everyone i have 2 dwarf gourami, 8 tiger barbs, 2 albino kribensis, 1 male bristlenose and about 5 baby ones, 2 dwarf loaches and 3 kuhli loaches and would like to know what the best food to feed them with is and often i have to do so. at the moment i am feeding them a flake food a few times a day and blood worms 2-3 times a week.And for the bristlenoses and loacjes i throw in a couple pleco tabs a fay. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 I wouldn't recommend bloodworms with dwarf gourami, I found mine often developed a dropsy condition when bloodworms were on offer leading to death. Bloodworms are known to carry a lot of parasites etc, I still feed them to my fish just not the dwarfs. I know some products like Tetra ColorBits are great for enhancing fish colours etc Hopefully some more folk who are more up to date on fish foods than me can help more with that I recommend feeding twice daily, no more than can be eaten in 2 minutes. If food hits the bottom and stays there, it should be gravel vac'd out within 24 hours. I normally just work out which tanks need 1 pinch, 2 pinch, 3 pinch etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Thanks Spidersweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 It really depends on your source of blood worms. If they come from a reliable source, one you're sure is free from disease, they're perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 i got some frozen aqua one premium gold bloodworms.Should this be alright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 With frozen bloodworms you really can't tell, I mean, they should be but what do I know. Bloodworms go crazy in my daphnia ponds, every net full is practically 1/4 bloodworms, it's awesome. If you're interested in culturing them (they're the larvae of a non biting midge, so don't worry) all you need is rotting organic matter and water that's outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 i feed bloodworms once a day (its the olny food my rams eat) the d gourami love it two ive never had a problem with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 ive found my fish to do better when fed blood worms, so i feed about every 3 days & flake, pellets, pleco chips etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 I find that if I feed bloodworms too often to my fighters I also have problems with dropsy. Seems to be - no bloodworms, no dropsy. Could just be some fish are more prone to it than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 i have pearl gauramis in a community tank that eat bloodworms & flake every day. I use Kongs bloodworms that i get from my LFS. I only feed them once a day & i have never had problems with water quality & have had very few fish get sick at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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