RE: Black face

[tmroz@art-inc.com]

Max - I have no doubt that bloodworms in excess are not good for apistos (or
anything else for that matter), and that very clean blackworms are OK.  But
I have to smile - I am incredibely allergic to bloodworms, and thus do not
feed them any longer.  I am not allergic to blackworms, but I just had a
couple apistos go through the bloat problem you describe after feeding it to
them. I have a feeling that the amount of discussion on this fact comes from
most people's experience similar to the latter.

I guess the bottom line is, not unlike for people - feed in moderation, vary
the diet and feed only clean, fresh food.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Gallade [mailto:mgallade@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:19 AM
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: Black face


Gabriella,
You're right about Bloodworms being Midge larvae.The problem is their hard 
outer shell which is tough to digest for young Discus and DC's.
DC's seem to over indulge on Bloodworms and their intestinal track could get

blocked by the Bloodworms.I had this happen to some of my  rarest fish.The 
fish's stomach starts to bloat.Then the fish stops eating and eventually 
dies. I have not had this problem since I stopped feeding Bloodworms.
I'm not saying feeding Bloodworms is wrong.I'm just sharing my experience 
that I had so far with them.
I also used to feed a lot of Blackworms but started to get bad allergic 
reactions just having them around.I never had a problem with them other then

allergies.
Just my zwei Pfennige
Max
http://clix.to/Apisto


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