Hi Folks
I bought a fresh batch of frozen blood worms (BW) from my usual supplier and fed the fish which are predominately a mix of common tetras with a few Platys and the next day I had a couple of dead fish. Prior to this no disease and the water parameters all good in fact the tank hasn't looked as well for a while since I changed the lighting. So I was a bit puzzled as I've fed BW for years with no issues, two days later and two more dead fish with no signs of disease at all so I started treatment with Melafix no more deaths over a week.
So yesterday given everything seem fine and with no signs of disease I fed them BW and today three more dead fish all perfect to look at. My conclusion is that the BW is contaminated with a heavy bacterial load so the lot is going in the bin. It will be interesting to see if I have any more deaths over the next few days . I think I'll be switching to brine shrimp going forward as I believe this is cultured under cleaner conditions.
Anyone else had similar experience?
Andy
I bought a fresh batch of frozen blood worms (BW) from my usual supplier and fed the fish which are predominately a mix of common tetras with a few Platys and the next day I had a couple of dead fish. Prior to this no disease and the water parameters all good in fact the tank hasn't looked as well for a while since I changed the lighting. So I was a bit puzzled as I've fed BW for years with no issues, two days later and two more dead fish with no signs of disease at all so I started treatment with Melafix no more deaths over a week.
So yesterday given everything seem fine and with no signs of disease I fed them BW and today three more dead fish all perfect to look at. My conclusion is that the BW is contaminated with a heavy bacterial load so the lot is going in the bin. It will be interesting to see if I have any more deaths over the next few days . I think I'll be switching to brine shrimp going forward as I believe this is cultured under cleaner conditions.
Anyone else had similar experience?
Andy