CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to sterilize the red worms you bought (How to sterilize the red worms you bought)

1. How to disinfect and sterilize red worms?

Whether the red worms are collected from the wild or bought from a fish store, they need to be disinfected to prevent the bacteria brought in by the worms from causing casualties to the fish in our fish tank.

The specific disinfection methods are listed below:

1. Disinfection with salt water.

Red worms should be soaked in light salt water for disinfection, but the time should not be too long. It is recommended to do it before feeding, otherwise it is easy to cause the death of fish and worms if the concentration and time are not well controlled.

2. Disinfection with potassium permanganate.

Potassium permanganate disinfection is similar to salt water disinfection, but the color is easy to cause the fish tank water to change color. It is recommended to use vitamin C to restore it after potassium permanganate disinfection.

3. Disinfection with chemicals.

There are many disinfectants or disinfectant tablets on the market, many of which are used for water disinfection. The dosage of this type of disinfectant is relatively easy to control. Although it costs a lot, it is very practical for novices. I also use this type of disinfectant tablet. It is recommended to choose the Jindi brand. It is easy to use and not expensive, and can also be used when washing water.

4. Natural disinfection method.

Quick freezing or high temperature disinfection can also be used, but obviously these will kill the bloodworms instantly, so it is only suitable for disinfection before feeding. And the amount of this operation must be controlled, otherwise the water quality will be seriously polluted if the bloodworms are not eaten by the fish tank. Use this method with caution.

As for the red worms that some friends usually raise in flowing water, although the water is clean and the time of raising them is long, feeding them directly may bring in more or less pathogens, so it is recommended to disinfect them before feeding.

2. How to disinfect live red worms?

suggestion:

1. Cut it into pieces and rinse it with water to prevent the blood of the frozen worms from spoiling the water (I started feeding it this way after it was more than 20 days old. Before that, I had been feeding it with hatched brine shrimp)

2. Take a small dropper, if the fish doesn't eat after feeding, suck it up and feed again (because I always use a straw to feed my fish, as soon as my fish sees water entering the straw, they know it's time to eat, haha)

3. After they have eaten, they will clean up the residue in the water in time to prevent water from being spoiled!

3. How to disinfect red worms?

1. Fill the basin with water and put the red worms into the fishing net. Of course, the size of the mesh should be appropriate, not too small or too large, and the size of the red worms should be appropriate. Put the net on the water surface, soak part of the net in the water, and the live red worms may drill out of the fish net and fall into the water. If there are many red worms, you can prepare several fish nets. 2. This filtration should be done twice, each time for about 2 hours, and two times for about 6 hours. After two filtrations, the worms are very clean. Of course, you can also filter three times. If it is three times, there will be very few dead worms and stolen goods. 3. Disinfect with potassium permanganate: dilute the water into light pink and soak for 20 to 30 minutes. (If the concentration is too high, the water will become dark red or the time will be more than 10 hours, and the red worms will love it.) 4. Wash it several times with clean water and you can feed the fish. Take out some and put them in several small plastic bags. It is best to put one day's food in each bag, freeze them, and feed them later. 5. If you don't freeze them, you can put the disinfected red worms on the fish net again the next day and let it filter. Because bloodworms do have a lot of dirt inside, after filtering three times, if you leave it alone, there will be dirt vomited out of the bloodworms' stomachs. 6. It is best to use a fish net when filtering, and do not use a plastic feeder, which is not effective. When buying, buy those with bright red body color, which is equivalent to having vomited dirt at the JS. Dead worms are easy to filter with this method. Compared with the dirt hidden in the bloodworms' stomachs, it is better to choose those that vomit more cleanly, and do not pay too much attention to whether they are all alive.

4. What is the best way to disinfect frozen red worms?

Frozen red worms need to be disinfected: potassium permanganate + salt

It is not recommended for beginners to use potassium permanganate or other bactericidal drugs for disinfection. The reason is simple. It is difficult to control the dosage, which may cause the death of live bait or drug residue. It is recommended for beginners to use only salt for disinfection.

1. Put potassium permanganate into the water in small amounts until you see a slight change in the color of the water. Soak the live bait for no more than 20 minutes, then rinse it repeatedly with clean water to avoid drug residues.

2. Disinfection with salt: Add salt to water, the amount should not exceed 0.5% of the water mass, soak for no more than 20 minutes, then rinse with water repeatedly to avoid salt powder residue.

5. Do frozen red worms need to be disinfected every time?

Yes

Disinfection refers to the killing or removal of pathogenic microorganisms on the transmission medium to render it harmless.

Usually physical or chemical methods are used to kill, so as to cut off the transmission route, prevent and control the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms into the human body and cause disease. However, different microorganisms have different tolerance to disinfection measures. It is particularly important to note that bacterial spores are very tolerant to some disinfection measures, and not all disinfection measures can kill bacterial spores.

6. Do frozen bloodworms purchased online need to be disinfected?

Soak in salt water and rinse twice with clean water.

The Internet says that disinfection is necessary, but if you don’t know how to do it, you should be careful.

When feeding frozen bloodworms to fish, you need to pay attention to three points:

1. The frozen bloodworms used for feeding need to be disinfected.

2. It needs to be thawed before feeding.

3. Feed it about twice a week.

Feeding fish with frozen bloodworms has nutritional value, but frozen bloodworms contain bacteria, so make sure to disinfect them before feeding.

Frozen bloodworms can only be fed to ornamental fish as a side dish. And before feeding, be sure to thaw and disinfect them so that the fish can absorb the nutrients of the frozen bloodworms.

7. How to disinfect fresh blood worms before feeding them to fish?

Live red worms need to be rinsed with salt water two or three times before feeding fish, and then disinfected with ozone. After disinfection, rinse with clean water and feed.

Try to avoid using potassium permanganate to disinfect live bloodworms. Potassium permanganate residues are harmful to fish.

It is best for breeders to feed frozen bloodworms to prevent parasitic insects from accompanying the live worms and causing harm to the fish.