Bloodworms

The boyfriend managed to pick some up for me when he went to get the incorrect plug for the females tank exchanged. Which they've exchanged for the wrong one by the way! So he has to go back again... Bless him, he's getting a bit sick of this new hobby of mine. Will have to buy him lots of fishy-shaped chocolates for Christmas to make up for everything...

So yes, Bloodworms.

Christ they're gross!!

And a little more complicated than I thought...along with everything else! I've been reading up on the correct amount to feed. I'm going to go with 1-2 worms three times a day (depending on size) along with the other goodies they're getting. (This is just for the 2-week fattening up period) Will now cut out the flake food I was using temporarily, or just give one flake in the morning as a little treat as they seem to love it! So now they'll just get bloodworms and betta pellets mainly. From what I've researched, three times a day they should need 3 pellets and 1-2 worms. Will have to see how much they eat to see if this needs to be cut down or upped at all.

The bloodworms I've got are the cube variety, and one cube is clearly far too much for two little fish! Fortunately, the breeding tank has a handy little draw in the bottom with a built in airtight container. So what I'm going to do is a little bit of experimenting! Initially, I'll start with cutting off 1/8th of a cube. (The cubes are just under an inch or so in size) and putting it in the little container to defrost, this I'm hoping will work out sufficient for a days feed as the worms won't last any longer than that defrosted. If it's too much, I'll feed the leftover to the other female fighters. I'm going to line the container with cling film to save cleaning, and I'm hoping to work out a regime which will let me just pop a new cube of frozen worms in every night to last as the feeds for the next day. Will probably take several attempts to get the sizes right methinks...

There is absolutely no way on this Gods Earth I'm touching those revolting things by the way!! So I should have a spare pair of tweezers knocking around the house somewhere which I can pop in the drawer too so I can pick up the defrosted worms and put them in the tanks.