Feeding Tubifex Worms Options

[CyberET]

k, thanks

[void]

hehe... what book is that? possible to scan or take a shot of it?

sorry for taking so long... here is the book...

[desireless]

I always take my fishes out into a small 12-litre tank "feeding tank" (5 fishes share in the same one ) when I want to treat them with live food. Like that the water in the main tank won't be infected with unknown diseases the worms may carry. The feeding tank I use the main tank water. After feeding I "wash" them in a small container (about 2 litre) of treated water, then put back main tank. So you see live food seebeh ma2 fan2 for me coz I don't want to dirty my main tank (But nao hia... my fishes always "bu4 shi2 huo4" - just won't take those delicious food. Make me waste time go market & buy those worms Even those freezed blood worm they also won't take.)

So I was thinking maybe can also use this method feed your fishes with tubifex worm. Don't know if this is advisable.
(But ah... er.. how does tubifex worm look like ah? I never use before leh.)

[CyberET]

doh... u put them together liaoz, its almost the same as feeding them in the main tank.. how u wash them? what kinda treated water? your fishes only take pellets?

[desireless]

Got a bit difference ah. If put the smelly worms in the main tank, the whole 100 plus litres kena "contaminated". So if put them in a feeding tank only the 10 litres kena and so can throw away the water later.

After feeding time I always put them one by one into a 2 litre small container with strong yellow powder treatment (each stays there for 5-10 mins) before putting them back to main tank. Very leh cheh one...

Ya lor... my fish... jian one
Only take Hikari sink pellet
Other food all mai jia...

[HappyBuddha]

Got a bit difference ah. If put the smelly worms in the main tank, the whole 100 plus litres kena "contaminated". So if put them in a feeding tank only the 10 litres kena and so can throw away the water later.

I think what CyberET was trying to tell you is that the live tubifex itself carries the disease. Once your fish eats them, the parasites are in their system leow. The "cleaner" and seperated water don't help much if at all. Imagine yourself eating a plate of parasite infected raw beef in a squeeky clean surgical operating theatre; the clean environment is useless since you're eating the contaminated food itself.

At LFS, they usually place a tray of live bloodrooms outside the shop (makes you wonder why eh?) Next to that tray is another tray... usually containing Tubixfex worms. "Kao Hoon" is tubifex worms.

[HappyBuddha]

Ya lor... my fish... jian one   
Only take Hikari sink pellet 
Other food all mai jia...

Try starving them for a day. My new baby ryukins refused to eat frozen bloodworms initially. Heart pain heart pain I starve them one day (bad for baby fishes...) The following day they chomp down the worms quickly. Now they go after the bloodworms first before they eat the pellets.

[desireless]

Wah... is it? The fish eat inside stomach liao still can kena disease? Then to feed or not to feed?

The reason why I don't want to feed in main tank is because I don't want to dirty the main tank water. The worms (the brownish thin thin one) I bought from market comes with very chao smell. I remember the uncle told me the worm feed on sai. So it could be.... ... that's why so smelly. I figure that the fishes themsleves got some resistance against diseases so having eaten the worms (with dunno-wat disease) inside their stomach liao won't kill them lah.

The 2-litre treatment thing is to HOPEFULLY "wash away" any parasites passed on from the worms that could hook on the fishes' body. What's inside the stomach I can't control also.

So it is actually my main tank water and filter that I worry about when I started out the whole "feeding tank" thing. Because the fishes will be inside the water for most of their time. And I don't know what kind of upset will the worm's "sai water" do to my filter. So that's why I never feed live food in my main tank.

[desireless]

Actually I want to fast them and train them to feed on live food. But every morning my heart soften and feed them with pellets again
For my case, only one out of my six ranchus knows how to eat the worms. Her own sai she also eat and never spit out so the stomach dam big. Inside dunno is wat.
So you can imagine my tulan-ness when I go thru those leh cheh things and my fishes just won't eat the worms.

[desireless]

This one. My girl-girl. Own sai also eat one. But I adore her the most. I see her everytime eat also like not enough... so can't bear to fast her to train her eat other live food other than worm which she can eat a little.
See the stomach so big I also quite worried. Like dropsy leh.

[HappyBuddha]

Ha ha ha. That's one of the fattest ranchu I ever seen. It's actually cute!

Ferrero Roche... do you and mrchoco hang out to eat chocolate and watch ranchus change colour or get really fat together?

[void]

hmm... one of my ranchu also like your girl-girl... very fat... extremely fat... scared it will one day explode... but when i touch her stomach... soft soft leh... so should be ripe with eggs liau... Maybe your girl-girl is pregnant too...

[desireless]

Ha ha.. no lah I go his house more often cos his ranchu nicer.

My girl-girl really fat until swim very clumsily. Void, your girl also like that huh ? It kind of thrill me everytime to see her "darting" for food. Always the last one to reach coz she struggles thru the water like a fatty pushing thru a crowd.

ummm... I also suspect she pregnant and the body a bit soft soft also. But she just laid eggs abt 2 weeks ago leh. The other males in the tank also not chasing her But the stomach really too big liao... Like anytime will explode

[void]

actually, it's not unusual for females to spawn every two weeks... i've put 4 males into the same tank as my fat girl but none of them chase her... either they are not sexually ready or err.. they are turn off by the fat girl... ck-ck-ck.. even fish also see physical appearances....

This post has been edited by void: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:41 am

[desireless]

HAHAHA My males all kena turned off by the fat gal! I sometimes see the males chasing each other... .... so gay