Nope that never happened to me... Max Gallade wrote: > > Rich, > Did you ever lose a fish that looked bloated and just wasted away? > If your answer is yes,you should be worry about Bloodworms.I read the aticle > about the bad effects of bloodworms on young Discus in the latest TFH > issue-Wattleys( here's that name again,I'm not related or affiliated to > him)Discus Corner last night.Again I've seen the same thing that Jack > mentioned many times until I found out it was the darn Bloodworms. > Nothing wrong with clean Blackworms.I'm just very allergic towards them. > Got to go > Max > > >From: Rich Grenfell <rgrenfell@snet.net> > >Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com > >To: apisto@listbox.com > >Subject: Re: Black face > >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:57:36 -0500 > > > >I have had good results with both blood worms and blackworms, should i > >be worried? I finally got some L. dorsigerus after a LOOOOOONg hunt so I > >don't want to do anything dumb..... I wouldn't get within 10 feet of > >tubifex! > > > >Rich > > > >Max Gallade wrote: > > > > > > Whatever is on sale,hehe.Just kidding.Let me see,here's a list of what I > > > currently feed: > > > BBS live and decapsulated > > > BS frozen with Omega 3 oil,Spirulina added > > > BS live(my Discus love the hunt) > > > Daphnia frozen > > > Red wiggler worms (live) > > > Krill frozen for red color > > > Mysis shrimp frozen > > > White worms frozen > > > Wattleys health Discus community food for red color also(my apisto love > >the > > > stuff.I got good color and growth feeding it combined with krill)I hope > >ol > > > Jack sends me some free Discus for promoting his food line here again > >:). > > > Cichlid chow > > > Tetra color bits > > > Spirulina flakes > > > I don't feed Beefheart to my Discus it fouls the water to quickly in a > > > planted tank.I mentioned here before that I'm highly allergic towards > > > Blackworms,Bloodworms and tubifex.I just read again last night about the > >bad > > > effects of Bloodworms on fishes digestive track.Trust me I lost a lot of > > > rare fish due to over indulging on the darn worms.Looking at my fishfood > > > bill I 'll probably start mixing my own fish food soon. > > > Oh yeah anybody out there wanna buy a can of cyclop eeze,I pay shipping. > > > Max > > > http://clix.to/Apisto > > > >From: "Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@OCE.ORST.EDU> > > > >Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com > > > >To: <apisto@listbox.com> > > > >Subject: Re: Black face > > > >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:26:57 -0800 > > > > > > > >ok Max, so what are you feeding your fish with ? > > > > FLI USA > > > > > > > >Yvan Alleau > > > >712 Kings boulevard > > > >97330 Corvallis, Oregon > > > >home # 738-0606 > > > >College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences > > > >Oregon State University > > > >office (Burt 222) # 737-3649, to be used wisely ! > > > >yalleau@oce.orst.edu > > > > > > > >"When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the > >essential" > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com> > > > >To: <apisto@listbox.com> > > > >Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 1:23 PM > > > >Subject: Re: Black face > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom, > > > > > My A.sp.Rio Marmore didn't die right away he lived on another 1/2 > >year > > > >after > > > > > his stroke. > > > > > His normal coloration even came back.I think my fish died of a > > > >intestinal > > > > > problem due to bloodworm feeding.I totally avoid bloodworms > > > > > in all my fishes diet nowadays.I'm sorry that my first post was > > > >misleading.I > > > > > made it sound like he died of his stroke condition. > > > > > HTH > > > > > Max > > > > > http://clix.to/Apisto > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Thomas Wilkinson" <ttwilki@mindspring.com> > > > > > >Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com > > > > > >To: <apisto@listbox.com> > > > > > >Subject: Re: Black face > > > > > >Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:18:57 -0800 > > > > > > > > > > > >Eric > > > > > >I have seen this condition in a number of apistos over the years. > > > >Because > > > > > >of > > > > > >the exact distribution of the black discoloration, I agree that it > >must > > > > > >have > > > > > >a neurologic basis. If I remember correctly, males seem much more > > > >prone > > > >to > > > > > >this. Bad news is every fish that gets this soon dies. > > > > > >Tom W. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > > > > > >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > > > > > >email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > > > > >Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List > >Archives"! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > > > > > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > > > > > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > > > > Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List > >Archives"! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > > > >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > > > >email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > > >Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > > > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > > > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > > > Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > >For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > >email apisto-request@listbox.com. > >Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. 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