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- Frozen bloodworms are a great food to feed your fish, but some people are dangerously allergic to them. Feeding blood worms to certain fish can also create deadly digestive problems. Feeding too many bloodworms can also create issues. This video looks at tiger barbs eating frozen blood worms, the aquatic larva of a non-biting midge fly, or a chironomus midge. Freeze-dried bloodworms are also available.
My uncle told me about your channel When I was breeding plecos . He Said your video was the best video he's ever seen and I have to say I agree with him .your videos are amazing keep them coming 👍✌️
That is awesome! And thank your uncle for me.
I had no idea! Thank you . Your visits are incredible .
Glad you like them!
Beautiful photography! Live or frozen bloodworms have resulted in raised welts on my skin. I tried Hikari freeze-dried bloodworms but even though I was careful I apparently inhaled a bit of dust. Very unpleasant! No more for my fish. Too bad. They loved them!
Thank you for watching the video and taking the time to leave a comment. Thankfully, the premade foods are so good these days, we really don't need to use bloodworms. :-D
I love the feeding frenzy, it’s great to watch them dig in while listening to your good information on bloodworms. I also really enjoyed your side story on the midge nymph. As always, your work is perfection.🖤🇨🇦
Thank you, once again. :-D
@@TheDave333 😘🖤🇨🇦
I love your videos !!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us !!!
My pleasure, it's a labor of love. . . 😁
Love your videos sir, very instructive thank you 🙏🏾
You are very welcome!
You videos are always awsome and have great imformanation , thanks for sharing 👀👍🏽✌🏽
My pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to watch them. :-D
Wonderful work, as always! I'm beginning research regarding a local species of freshwater midge fly and thought I'd check to see if you had anything on blood worms, and lo and behold, of course you do! This was fascinating and makes me even more excited to begin this research. Thank you for your hard work!
Midge flies are very interesting animals, I get a lot of midge larvae in my outdoor tubs every year. So, I feed live blood worms to some of my fish. I was giving them to my pearl gouramis this year to prepare them for breeding. . .
I appreciate the effort and expertise you put into your videos
Glad you like them!
Thank you for the excellent video and the contained information. I’ve only had my small aquarium for 6 weeks and now know I am feeding blood worms too often. I especially appreciate your information on allergens/dust as I feed freeze dried worms. Thanks again and I look forward to your next video!
You're very welcome, and best of luck with your new aquarium.
Really love your videos Dave. It’s amazingly soothing watching it. It put me sleep very fast. Could you please make more angelfish videos? Thanks!
Yes, I'll get back to the angels eventually. 😁
In nature fish will eat what’s available to them, and what they are eating is not cleaned and sanitized first.
Very true and it helps keep their immune system healthy.
I feed without cleaning I'm afraid what should I do plz help
that's why lifespan in the wild are shorter than in captivity
love your videos!
Thank you!!
in order to walk, one must crawl first, sort of how a pea puffer sees a tiger barb, it first reaction is to flee to stay safe
better safe than sorry :-)
Great content as always, and informative! Have always seen bloodworms being a controversial food for feeding fish, but was not aware of the allergic reaction to some people. I should exercise caution as I sometimes do feed freeze-dried ones from to my livebearers as a treat.
Caution is advised, and reactions can develop over time. Thanks for watching the video. :-D
Another great video. i never knew that about bloodworms
Thanks for watching the video. :-D
Great content!!
Thank you!!
Say thanks to the Tiger Barbs for putting on such a great show
Yeah, there you go. They do most of the work!!! :-D
Very interesting stuff , never thought to even look up bloodworm info and Iv been using them for years ,
Thanks for watching the video.
another great video!
thanks!
I'm glad that I was checking out your videos. Most utubers say that freeze dried are safer. I'm throwing out my omega one freeze dried blood worms. Are frozen brine shrimp safe?
Yes, frozen brine shrimp are safe. As long as you're careful with the freeze-dried blood worms, you'll be fine. Just be careful not to breathe in the dust. Some people are more allergic than others.
Thanks for sharing good topic
My pleasure
Dave: Who's hungry? Tiger barbs: We are!
Yes my friend, they're always hungry. Even if they don't have a stomach!!!
Awesome video!
Thanks!
That was great info! Thank you. Liked, am subscribed and commented 😁🤣
Awesome! Thank you!
WOW! thank you so so much for this video! I just started feeding my pea puffers frozen blood worms. I noticed recently I was getting a slight allergic reaction to something but I had no idea what it could possibly be. I thought maybe one of my plants in my room. Now I know who the culprit is! I will now use rubber gloves, and be very careful when feeding these to my puffers. I cannot thank you enough.
You're very welcome. I'm so happy that my video was able to help you. 😁😁😁
The Dave DOES make really good videos. 👍
Thanks! :-D
I love all your videos
Thank you. I love making them. :-D
After more than 50 years on this planet and probably 35 years keeping fish and coming into contact with bloodworm on a fairly regular basis I suddenly fell victim to the rather unpleasant effects of this particular allergy. Not exactly anaphylaxis, but intensely itchy, red, swollen eyes that felt like they had sand in them. Lasted a couple of days during which time I discovered the cause. Who knew?! I didn't, but I do now! 10/10 do NOT recommend. Quality content as always sir!
Not many people are aware of the potential reactions to these "worms." So, I looked at this like a public service message. . . :-D It's pretty clear that our immune system changes over time, and can weaken if our bodies have to fight off too any toxins.
Wow....I had no idea they are midge nymphs. As a fly fisherman, I am well aware of the midge and many flies mimic the midge in all stages. Good information.
Thanks!
Excellent video! I have been feeding bloodworms for years daily and my discus love them! Have had some trouble with bettas digesting them and overeating them. Thank you for making this video….I learned a lot! Unfortunately so did my wife who heard your warnings! :)
Moderation in all things. . . except my videos of course. :-D
do they die when they over eat?
By the way, new subscriber, thank you for saving me! You should change the name of your video to “ can feeding blood worms to your fish be dangerous to you!”
Hello and welcome to The Dave! Thank you so much for subscribing. 😁
Live or frozen bloodworms are one food I will not feed to my fish. I know many hobbyists that feed them without any issues but, unfortunately, the opposite has been my experience over the years. When I’ve fed them to Bettas they become prone to dropsy and I’ve also had bacterial problems with other species of fish. BTW nice Barb specimens and, of course, great video as usual 🤓👍
Thank you so much. Best of luck in the fish room.
well one things for sure, thanks to The Dave, I will be here tomorrow, unless I get hit by a bus, but I certainly wont keel over from anaphylactic shock due to an allergy to blood worms! ( should I have one)
The Dave saves another life. . . :-)
Excellent video , thanks .
I gave up feeding them years ago for two reasons .
1. They contain very high levels of Haemoglobin which fish apparently cannot digest . This can clump up in the digestive tract ; cause a blockage and fish death .
2. The body segments contain tiny spikes which can puncture fish's small intestines causing death . I have been told that Dwarf Cichlids of the Pelvicachromis genus are particularly vulnerable .
@Ricardo A friend who is involved in research for the aquarium food business .
Better safe than sorry. Thanks for watching the video.
HOLY CRAP DUDE THANKS! So apparently im allergic to bloodworms and this video made so much make sense... 🤣 Bought some freeze dried worms about a month ago and I've had strange rashes and itches etc. Got a weird blister/pimple thing on my nose about 2 days ago. Not sure if it's related but I've never seen anything like it before. Fed my Betta bloodworms the day before it appeared and never washed my hands 🤔
I'm glad you saw the video. Be careful, and you should probably subscribe seeing as how I might have just saved your life!!! lol :-D
Were you thinking you had monkey pox? Lol
Same here! I’m feeding my P puffers, frozen blood worms and noticed a slight allergic reaction and thought maybe it was a plant in my room…… thank goodness for this video!
I developed this allergy, I used to feed freeze dried to my bettas when I was a kid. It has only gotten worse overtime, it’s no joke!
I thought people would think I was crazy or exaggerating. . .
Your videos are perfect! Can we ever see the person behind the scene.
At some point, yes. . .
Awesome
Thanks
I have wanted a puffer for quite some time, but have been scared about having a supply of fresh shelled critters. I briefly thought oh wait, I live in Florida, there are a million snails in the back yard, relatively large, they'd like that... and then I remembered nature is full of parasites...
I guess I'll just stick to my endlers and neocaradina shrimp lol
Ramshorns, mts, and bladder snails can be easily bred in the home aquarium, all, you need is food, two snails, and boom, a lifetime supply of puffer food
It's true, aquatic snails are easily bred in a bucket. . .
If you want to get a pea puffer then getting a bucket of bladder snails is doable. I will say though that after getting bladder snails by accident and starting to feed them to some of my fish, they don't breed fast enough for a daily meal. If you're getting a fish larger than a pea puffer, you may have to supplement store bought shellfish. I know aquarium co-OP feeds their puffer frozen oysters
OMG 😱 i didn’t know it was dangerous….. it was very informative ! Thank you for sharing.I always use frozen bloodworms and rince them with water before feeding my fish . This is another great video 👌just a question, can I ask you what your job is ? If it not too intrusive ,I have been asking myself this question for a long time …. 🤗
I don't mind you asking. This is my job . . . I love it, but I really need a raise. :-D
@@TheDave333 ask your boss 😂you deserve it 👍
Thank you
It's also bad for discus and angelfish. They develop bloat and rarely recover.
But I've heard people use them to condition them to breed
i only ever used fresh live blood worms to feed the gold fish when i had one, considering that an gold fish would kill itself by eating too much. then the moment of self realization that i have an pet that is so daft that it would eat itself to death...
There are humans that do this too. . .
completely agree with your 3rd point :)
Thanks Aussie Aquatic ! :-D
@@TheDave333 tbh, points 1 & 2 were also pretty good 😁👍
Im happy we dont have to worry about fish allergy
Me too, but some people are really allergic to shellfish.
Seems that you have all kinds of freshwater fish, how may aquariums do you have?
22 with water in them, and I still need more. :-D
Could you please tell me where you order your blood worms... I know you said it in the video.. but I am not sure I am hearing it correctly... Thanks so much!!
Hello again. I buy frozen bloodworms from a local store. They sell them at Petco, Petsmart, and at my local "mom and pop" fish store. They're made by a company called Hikari. It's a blister pack with individual portions of frozen bloodworms. I find that Hikari bloodworms are very high quality. NOTE; Shipping frozen items might be a problem if they thaw in transit, and then start to decompose. Have a spectacular day Wendy Sheets . . .
Gained a subscriber The Dave, 🎉
Thank you so much. I appreciate it. 🙂🙂🙂
Do you just pop the cube into the tank?
Yes
What I learned in this video: if tiger barbs were any bigger there would be no other freshwater fish on the planet and Roy Scheider would have starred in the 1975 movie, Barbs. Of course, the remake by that hot new director The Dave in 2020 would be much better than the original…
Jaws kept me out of the ocean for a while when I was a kid. 😁
Flash freezing preserves quality but doesn't kill parasites, which is why many frozen bloodworm manufacturers use gamma radiation
Yikes. . .
@@TheDave333 tell me about it. Even then I still give my predatory fish who get a lot of frozen/live food a dewormer every month.
For me fedding my Betta blood worms is not worth it. There are more cons then pros in my opinion. There are better choices for live/frozen food for fish that are much safer and healthier
Happy fish / happy life.
For example?
@@Manus_0813 Frozen: artemia, glass worms, mosquito larvae
Live food: daphnia, Enchytraeidae (I don't know the English name)
im watching this bc i tried frozen bloodworms in my community tank and 6 fish died, most of my panda mollies :( any advice? i used hikari too
Sorry to hear about you losing some fish friends. Are you sure that their deaths were related to the bloodworms, or just a coincidence? If they are related it was most likely due to digestive issues. Eating lots of large bloodworms can cause some fish to become constipated.
@@TheDave333 Thank you for replying :)
It killed most of my fish, twice.
@@linhnguyen-hk9ju that's crazy what kind of fish were they?
Now I understand why my rams died because of bloat!!!
That's why I'm here, to promote understanding . . . :-D
are you sure those are not piranhas
I'm sure, but someone should tell them !
Dragonfly next 😅 that little alien larva eats my guppy fry
Yeah, they're bad news . . .
@@TheDave333 Yeah thats one of the problem with outdoor set up, I hope you can make a video about the dragonfly larva 😊 because you are good at explaining and we understand well ☺️
@Bones
I did make a video them. :-) th-cam.com/video/hZJRXQJgpkg/w-d-xo.html
@@TheDave333 Ay thanks ill gonna watch it ❤️
RIP bloodworm
So sad . . .
I cried an hour for every worm eaten in this video
Why do some people say that feeding blood worms causes holes in the fish's heads? 🤔
Maybe live bloodworms eating their way out of the fish ?
@@TheDave333 I ment "hole in the head disease" no matter if the worms are alive, dried or frozen 🪱
@Salamander Fangskin
Yeah, but that's bacteria getting into the pores and eating away at the flesh. Gruesome stuff! Dirty water is usually to blame.
@@TheDave333 I guess that's why a lot of people blame blood worms for that. 🪱
Omega One blood worms are the best quality
I always buy Hikari. I'll have to buy some Omega 1 and compare.
Whaaaaaat! I guess I never bothered to read the warning!
Neither did I, until I started to dig deeper. . .
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I'm leaving a comment
Thank you, and I'm leaving a reply. Nice work! :-)
The freezing process don't even kill the bloodworms...
I know crazy right!! lol
i've never seen live bloodworms from frozen cubes. but alright.
I fed without cleaning what should i do
clean
@@TheDave333lol
Maybe use gloves when handling frozen bloodworms?
They wear gloves in the warehouses where they work with them. Touch them as little as possible, and wash your hands. Some people never have a problem, and then suddenly one day, they have a reaction.
Found the cadence of your narration quite odd. Other than that, quite informative.
Cool, thanks. I've been working on improving the narration and the strange cadences.
That's not a blood worm but ok
They are most certainly blood worms. The larvae of the chironomid Midge fly.
Razon moonfish/Mene maculata
They remind me of Hatchet fish.
What? Bloodworm are not worms... 😢
Define worm in your world. . .
@@TheDave333My ex
The issue with frozen foods where I live is that I can't trust any of the vendors. Every one of them I've bought appears that it has melted and is re-frozeen for who knows how many times. Even the name brands like Hikari, so I stick with the dry stuff
I understand. That freeze and re-freeze thing causes problems with rotting and bacteria. I wouldn't trust it either.
What happened if live blood worm get in to stone and left over than 5 to 6 days (if fish will not eat them because of stone ) what happened next to blood worm
If the conditions are to their liking, they will grow and change, until they're ready to turn into an adult midge fly. The larva will then come to the surface to change and fly away. Unless, a fish eats it first. It won't do any harm to your tank. With fish in the tank, it won't survive once it comes out of the gravel / stone.
@@TheDave333 Thanks bro ❤️
You're very welcome! 😁
I had hundreds in my tank...all living in the stones and my two goldfish were dying.. I didn't introduce them, midges somehow found their way into my tank, I kept getting rid of eggs and pupa and full grown midges...I added aquarium salt but that doesn't kill them.. I didn't know much about them, I just wanted them gone.