Which brand of blood worms should I buy?

Which brand of blood worms should I buy?#344811

By Artchic528 -  Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:37 am
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- Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:37 am #344811

Not that my seedlings are growing particularly fast, but I want to be ready with blood worms when they do get traps going. Are Top Fin or Aqueon brand blood worms best?

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Re: Which brand of blood worms should I buy?#344812

By Coco -  Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:52 am
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- Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:52 am #344812

Most ingredients of the blood worms are more or less the same where some has vitamin E in it. Personally, I look for simple ingredients and if the price is right. I use the Tetra brand over at Wal-Mart for months and it works great.

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Re: Which brand of blood worms should I buy?#344819

By mcgrumpers -  Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:32 am
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- Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:32 am #344819

I'm also using the Walmart brand. No complaints so far. Blood worms are gross but they work well and I've kind of gotten used to them, though I refuse to make blood work paste for my VFTs. They just get a whole worm or two followed by a drop of maxsea.

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Re: Which brand of blood worms should I buy?#344821

By optique -  Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:45 am
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- Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:45 am #344821

I am using "Omega One" with no issues.

Re: Which brand of blood worms should I buy?#344924

By DesertPat -  Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:57 pm
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- Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:57 pm #344924

I have used the Omega One blood worms and suspect the vitamin E supplement added to them caused multiple traps to die prematurely. I switched over to Tetra brand and have not had any issues at all with them. Just make sure to re-hydrate properly before feeding! And GENTLY massage the traps every few minutes to ensure proper feeding response.

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