plecolover

so I bought some frozen bloodworms today . I was wandering do I refrigerate after using or do I put them in the freezer?

M

Keep them frozen until you use them. This is my method, but you might find a different and better one that works for you---then share it!
While they are frozen I whack the bag a few times with a tenderizer hammer to break the block into small pieces. I put the main bag into a Ziploc and then into a plastic shopping bag (I don't want any contamination of BW into my human frozen food!--I'm a nurse!) Then when I'm ready to feed them I take out as many chunks as I need and put them in a bathroom size Dixie cup with very little water--just enough to defrost the worms. Then I use a toothpick to scoop them out and drop them into the tank. I tried a cone feeder, but my frogs don't go for that, so I just drop and let them sink. If you are feeding frogs and fish, make sure you put enough that the frogs will get some. They aren't the quickest hunters of food, but once they smell it they are good to go. Sometimes I will drop BW and wait 15-20 mins so the frogs start to smell them and then I'll add fish flakes for the others. Otherwise, the frogs smell the flakes and not the worms and your left with lots of uneaten worms. The papercup and toothpick are just cheap and easy and I don't have to touch or clean anything.

GOOD LUCK!

-M

plecolover

the package is resealable im thinking im just going to keep them in the reseallable packages . there in a big reseal package with two other resealable packeges that the worms are in. I got them at petco and the brand is biopure.

M

Sounds great. I usually go overboard on the germ/bug thing---don't get me started on raw chicken! A nurse is never the same after microbiology! HA

Good luck with the worms! I'm sure your fish/frogs will love them.

-M

armadillo

Nor a zoologist after parasitology. Since these lectures/exam, I RELIGIOUSLY wash my hands before eating, after touching an animal, etc.

M

Laure-Anne, you WIN!!!

-M

armadillo

At the 'aware of disgusting creatures' contest?

M

Yes! Parasites spook me more than microbes. YECH!

-M

armadillo

They they are really eeeeeeky. And some will resist just about anything. Nuclear warfare and all, and put them in the right conditions (temp or humidity or whatever and BAM! Lifecycle starts again). Really yucky stuff.

M

-M