Re: Black face

[Rich Grenfell <rgrenfell@snet.net>]

Me too, I use the same brand, and feed em' pretty often.... no problems
so far. Not to say your wrong Max, just sharing my experience....

Rich

gkadar wrote:
> 
> >Rich,
> snip
> >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
> 
> Huh?
> 
> I thought that Tubifex and Blackworms because they live in similar
> conditions and are similar creatures are both potential carriers of
> pathogens which can result in tropical fish tragedies.
> 
> But Bloodworms??  First off they aren't worms.  They are midge larvae.  I've
> been feeding frozen (Hikari) bloodworms to my fish for the past 5 years and
> have had no problems with them whatsoever.  The only negative postings I've
> read about them is that if they have been thawed out at some time and
> re-frozen they can be rotten and thus make the fish ill and./or kill them.
> Allerigies to the hemaglobin: yes, definitely.  Seems most people are
> sensitive to this.
> 
> I haven't had the opportunity to read Whattley's article as of yet, but are
> you sure he's not on about Blackworms?  I know he's dead set against Tubifex
> although Asian discus breeders feed these almost exclusively to their fish.
> 
> Gabriella Kadar
> Toronto, Canada
> 
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