kra-z-fishmumm

Hi everyone. I defronsted a cube of bw's and some of them were brown,,, I did not nuke them. Is this normal? I didn't feed it to my fishies,,, too scared of possible disaster. So, how can you tell if the worms are still good? I have kept them in the freezer and they are about a month+ old. Thanks

COBettaCouple

What brand is that? We use Hikari brand ones and they're always red.

kra-z-fishmumm

FROZEN BLOODWORMS San Francisco Bay Brand RED MOSQUITO LARVAE FOR ALL FRESWATER FISH

And even frozen, they don't smell very good. I can't find any Hikari brand bloodworms

Allie

That's what we feed our fish. It's always red even after awhile. I dunno if being brown means if there is something wrong with them or not. Doesn't sound good tho.

susitna-flower

I would say that them being brown, and not smelling so good, both indicate that they have been thawed at some point....They are probably OK if they were frozen when you bought them, and you kept them frozen. I have had this happen to me in the past as it is 1 1/2 hr home from the LFS.... I've never had a problem, but it is just your call.....something to remember to look for at the store next time you buy....

kra-z-fishmumm

I think that with my recent run of bad luck, I will just trash them. I don't want to take any chance of hurting the fish. I thawed two more cubes and they were just as bad.
The smell is horrible. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!

COBettaCouple

Sounds like the right call. Hope the next box of them is much better.

hssea

the same happened to me with some frozen brine shrimp. The had gotten defrosted on the way home i refroze them, but they didn't look right after that.

peter

It happened to me about 8 months ago I lost 4 angles over it, over 2 weeks traced it down to the bloodworm's they were bad went to the shop I got them from they blamed the transport company they were not frozen when they got them ,don't go to that shop any more they should of never sold them to start with if they were thawed out.throw them away its not worth it.

kra-z-fishmumm

Hmm... what were your angels symtoms?

peter

They were swimming very slow and just stay in the corner of the tank they looked fine on the outside but just not happy, but they still come up for food then go back in the corner, I had 7 they were all doing the same thing, when the 4 died I stopped the bloodworm's the 3 left recovered still got them.