bloodworms
#1 Guest_tglassburner_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:01 PM
#2 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:04 PM
#3 Guest_tglassburner_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:09 PM
Bloodworms are midge larvae. If you want to just get some eggs and raise them, get a bare ten gallon tank and throw some eggs in there. They're like little blobs with dots in them, a lot like snail eggs. Look for them in fishless ponds/puddles and containers and such. The adults are non-biting midges that live for 4 or 5 days to breed. If you don't mind a few gnats flying around for a few days, you can let them breed in a top-less container.
I guess I'll have to wait till spring as all the fishless ponds/puddles in my area are frozen.
#4 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:11 PM
#5 Guest_tglassburner_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:16 PM
Free frozen bloodworms. They pretty much are permanent. Just break some ice and scoop up some mud(if it's not completely frozen).
I've never seen live ones anywhere around here, once I locate some I will be good to go.
Just looking for some live food options, other than brine shrimp. If I could locate some gammarus or triops, I would try to culture them.
#6 Guest_fishlvr_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:41 PM
I've never seen live ones anywhere around here, once I locate some I will be good to go.
Just looking for some live food options, other than brine shrimp. If I could locate some gammarus or triops, I would try to culture them.
They live in little mud tubes during the day. They hate light. Look for them at night.
Triops would be a good option.
#7 Guest_truf_*
Posted 20 December 2007 - 11:48 PM
This summer, I found some larvae that appeared to be bloodworms just under the sand, a few inches out in the water along the Great Miami River, at Shawnee Lookout in the SW corner of Ohio (or was it SE corner of Indiana?). It was a sluggish sand/gravel beach area of the river. I dug in with my fingers, and out they floated, where I could net them with a small aquarium net. This may not help you in the NW Ohio area, but maybe you have a similar area near you. I have no idea if these were indeed bloodworms, or if they are available all year. Maybe someone could add to this??
-Thom
#8 Guest_tglassburner_*
Posted 21 December 2007 - 07:31 AM
Thanks, I'm in NE Ohio by the way.This may not help you in the NW Ohio area, but maybe you have a similar area near you.
I'll just have to wait till spring.
Tom
#9 Guest_truf_*
Posted 21 December 2007 - 08:03 PM
Thanks, I'm in NE Ohio by the way.
I'll just have to wait till spring.
Tom
OOPS! Sorry, I knew you were in NE Ohio,
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