Re: Blackworms -- Re: Food & Vitamins

[huntley@ix.netcom.com (Wright Huntley )]

Randy wrote: 
>
>Ed Pon wrote:
>> 

snip...

>... Within a 
>couple of days almost all cichlids receiving the previously frozen 
worms died.  I assume that black worms 
>cannot be frozen as can bloodworms and brine shrimp.

*No* really rich food can be safely frozen after it dies. Blood worms 
and (possibly) brine shrimp will do the exact same things to your fish, 
if not alive when frozen. That's a real problem with some of the 
off-brand SE-Asian frozen products. Several are known to be lethal, for 
the blood worms are rotting when frozen.

Try eating a dead-before-cooking-or-freezing lobster and find out how 
you feel. ;-) Bacteria simply attack too quickly for safety.

Wright


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