From: Rich Grenfell <rgrenfell@snet.net>
Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: Black face
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:43:15 -0500
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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