mcdonald.kk

For a special treat I bought frozen bloodworms for my new fish. Once I had thawed out some I put them in the tank. Now I am worried that I have put waaay too much in. I have 1 loach and 1 ghost shrimp. My tank is newly cycled and I am particularly conscious of the dangers of over feeding in new tanks. How much is too much? There's a big glob stuck on one of my plants and individual blood worms sprinkled around the tank. Should I try to remove them all? Thanks for any tips! Dethawed, I put in the equivalent of maybe a nickel's worth of surface area.

SereneReyn

that is an awful lot... i would scoop out as much as i could with a net, and maybe next time try about 1/8th that amount... if not less.

mcdonald.kk

ok thanks! Im glad you replied so fast! =)

mcdonald.kk

I used a turkey baster to suck up all the bloodworms I could find.Should I keep an extra close eye on my water quality for the next day or two? Thanks so much for your help Serene!

SereneReyn

you only have 2 critters in there, so it seems to me that over feeding would be super easy to do, so yeah, if it were me i'd watch my readings carefully... their stomachs are only so big, no matter how much of a glutton they are.

miker

A water change and gravel vacuum will help too!

mcdonald.kk

cool. thanks Miker =)

Butterfly

Drop in a few at a time over a five minute period, what they don't eat needs to be taken out. Blood worms are high in protein and are bad to cause a protein skim or foam over the water if left in. If they stay in long enough to rot they will cause an ammonia spike. Hope that helps
Carol

COBettaCouple

I like to put a cube of bloodworms in a little container that can be sealed with some clean treated tap water. That thaws the cube and you can store it for up to a week in the fridge and just feed a bit of it at a time.