Whatare bloodworms

[MimicTang]

What are bloodworms and what did they eat? Not blood I'd hope.

[Andrew]

Bloodworms are larva. Don't feed them to your fish. They cause liver problems.

[MimicTang]

Seriously. How about if they're frozen ones?

[TekCat]

Somewher I read that bloodworms are mosquito larva. But I did not know that they could cause liver problems.... Vodka perhaps, but worms? :)

[Andrew]

All blood worms will cause this problem.

[MimicTang]

How so? Even if they're frozen? I think they're hikari ones

[Andrew]

Frozen ones will cause liver problems also. I'm not really sure why they cause liver problems but I've read it a number of times on differen't sites.

[MimicTang]

Chironomus mosquito larvae.

Crap I'll stop using them then. Hope my clowns are ok. I was going for the varied diet.

[fraggin]

i use bloodworms for bait, great for stripers :D

[MimicTang]

Anyone use bloodworms in their tank? Guess they're not mosquitoes and feed on algae.

[old salty]

I feed them to my freshwater fish all the time. They are pre-frozen (not live), and the fish seem to love them. I don't really know anything about liver problems and I'm not really sure if fish get jauntice.

[skippy2]

I do remember reading an article by Dr. Ron that bloodworms have absolutely no nutritiunal value for s.w. fish.