Blood worms and wrasses

[TUSI]

Maybe it's a coincidence. I started feeding blood worms and out of the blue started loosing wrasses of the same family without any signs of diseases on them. Has any body experienced anything like this?

 

[KathyC]

Live or frozen?
Much discussion on whether they are a good food for marine fish as they aren't something our fish would run across naturally as they are the larvae of red mosquitos, nor are they nutritionally sound..and they carry parasites and diseases as they aren't cultured in the cleanest circumstances (think feeder goldfish )


I know folks who use them on the FW side of the hobby and they keep them in their fridge (yuck!!) and change the water daily until they poop out all of the crud in their gut, but they are only using them as a small part of a balanced diet.


There is plenty of good foods available for SW fish, better to stick with what we know is safe :fish:

 

[albano]

I don't use blood worms, but i do feed my tank live black worms a few times each month...never a problem

 

[Mattl22]

I was trying them to get finicky wrasse yellow tail tamrin to eat not sure if this is why but right around same time I started greeting fish with bacterial infection in eye who knows but I don't feed them anymore

 

[TUSI]

I agree I think I screwed up. I was feeding blood worms to get a bandit to eat cause that's all the fish seemed to eat and three earlie wrasses died one after the other. I stopped since and hope for the best.

 

[Mattl22]

U got a bandit angel ??? How's it doing amazing fish

 

[thirty6]

I have been using frozen blood worms on/off r 6 months. Haven't had ny issues, my angels got crazy for them. I also feed black worms, mysis, ocean plankton, rods, and algae sheets Didn't realize be were potentially harmful. I have 2wrasse in system

 

[TUSI]

U got a bandit angel ??? How's it doing amazing
No it's a copper bandit

 

[TUSI]

It's a waiting game now. I have to see what happens now.

 

[TUSI]

Live or frozen?
Much discussion on whether they are a good food for marine fish as they aren't something our fish would run across naturally as they are the larvae of red mosquitos, nor are they nutritionally sound..and they carry parasites and diseases as they aren't cultured in the cleanest circumstances (think feeder goldfish )


I know folks who use them on the FW side of the hobby and they keep them in their fridge (yuck!!) and change the water daily until they poop out all of the crud in their gut, but they are only using them as a small part of a balanced diet.


There is plenty of good foods available for SW fish, better to stick with what we know is safe :fish:

Cathy you are right. Once I heard a guy say never feed something that grows in fresh water to saltwater fish and versa and did not listen over a stupid $20 fish and here I am with possibly loosing more fish but will see what happens. Figured ill post this just in case if other people have experienced same problem but maybe didn't think of it

 

[albano]

No it's a copper bandit

Copperbanded butterfly?

 

[TUSI]

Copperbanded butterfly?

Yes thank you for correcting me that's what I meant

 

[Mattl22]

Joe any obvious signs of disease on the fish u lost ??
Copperbands love worms I did same thing but I've realized if u used a turkey baster to blow mysis on sand bed atleast in my case the copperband went right for the I figured it thought it was getting a yummy worm

 

[TUSI]

No Matt no signs whatsoever don't get it how three of the same species disappear

 

[KathyC]

Any luck getting the copperband to eat anything else?
Long ago someone here had a blind copperband and he fed him mussels (IIRC) and he survived a long time(the fish) ..and loved them.

 

[TUSI]

Any luck getting the copperband to eat anything else?
Long ago someone here had a blind copperband and he fed him mussels (IIRC) and he survived a long time(the fish) ..and loved them.

Yes he is eating everything now but I got him started with blood worms.