Feeding elderly relatives bloodworm :-)

[Gill Passman]

I gave my Dad (77 years) a cube of frozen bloodworm to feed the fish
tonight....thought he'd seen me do the other tanks but he
hadn't....woops....Dad doing very well and reports it mixes well with
Chardonnay - lol

Lesson....don't give elderly relatives frozen fish food to feed your
fish without warning - he, he

Gill

[Bill Stock]

Damn, it's going to be a bitch getting the coffee stains off the monitor! :)


"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
.. .
>
> I gave my Dad (77 years) a cube of frozen bloodworm to feed the fish
> tonight....thought he'd seen me do the other tanks but he
> hadn't....woops....Dad doing very well and reports it mixes well with
> Chardonnay - lol
>
> Lesson....don't give elderly relatives frozen fish food to feed your fish
> without warning - he, he
>
> Gill

[Empty]

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:

> Dad doing very well
> and reports it mixes well with
> Chardonnay - lol

I bet it does. Recipe:

3 bottles chardonnay
1 cube frozen bloodworms
1 teaspoon horseradish

Instructions:

Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into horseradish
and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you can
figure out which ones are the real ones.

:D

~Empty

[NetMax]

"Empty" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
>
>> Dad doing very well
>> and reports it mixes well with
>> Chardonnay - lol
>
> I bet it does. Recipe:
>
> 3 bottles chardonnay
> 1 cube frozen bloodworms
> 1 teaspoon horseradish
>
> Instructions:
>
> Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
> magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into
> horseradish
> and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you can
> figure out which ones are the real ones.
>
> :D
>
> ~Empty


Welcome back ~Empty :). It's been a while.

I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine the
squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
(bloodworms).
--
www.NetMax.tk

[fish lover]

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman
> wrote:

>
>I gave my Dad (77 years) a cube of frozen bloodworm to feed the fish
>tonight....thought he'd seen me do the other tanks but he
>hadn't....woops....Dad doing very well and reports it mixes well with
>Chardonnay - lol
>
>Lesson....don't give elderly relatives frozen fish food to feed your
>fish without warning - he, he
>
>Gill
lol

[Empty]

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:59:22 -0500, NetMax wrote:

> Welcome back ~Empty :). It's been a while.

Thanks :)

We had a housefire and a 4 day power outage that destroyed my last planted
tank. We moved but it never recovered (mostly because I was too
heartbroken to work with it). We moved from Seattle to Phoenix and I
stupidly gave it massive southern exposure to AZ sun. Two months ago I
finally got sick of it and decided to bring it back to life, so here I am
again :)

I am up to 3 tanks now, and NO MORE I SWEAR. Well, maybe a brackish to
breed nerites and amano... ARGH NO IT'S STARTING AGAIN!

> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine
> the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
> (bloodworms).

Aw, c'mon. It tastes like chicken!

~Empty

[NetMax]

"Empty" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:59:22 -0500, NetMax wrote:
>
>> Welcome back ~Empty :). It's been a while.
>
> Thanks :)
>
> We had a housefire and a 4 day power outage that destroyed my last
> planted
> tank. We moved but it never recovered (mostly because I was too
> heartbroken to work with it). We moved from Seattle to Phoenix and I
> stupidly gave it massive southern exposure to AZ sun. Two months ago I
> finally got sick of it and decided to bring it back to life, so here I
> am
> again :)
>
> I am up to 3 tanks now, and NO MORE I SWEAR. Well, maybe a brackish to
> breed nerites and amano... ARGH NO IT'S STARTING AGAIN!
>
>> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine
>> the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
>> (bloodworms).
>
> Aw, c'mon. It tastes like chicken!
>
> ~Empty


re: chicken, if I'm ever in Phoenix, maybe we could eat at a restaurant,
instead of your place ;~).
--
www.NetMax.tk

[Gill Passman]

NetMax wrote:
> "Empty" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:59:22 -0500, NetMax wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Welcome back ~Empty :). It's been a while.
>>
>>Thanks :)
>>
>>We had a housefire and a 4 day power outage that destroyed my last
>>planted
>>tank. We moved but it never recovered (mostly because I was too
>>heartbroken to work with it). We moved from Seattle to Phoenix and I
>>stupidly gave it massive southern exposure to AZ sun. Two months ago I
>>finally got sick of it and decided to bring it back to life, so here I
>>am
>>again :)
>>
>>I am up to 3 tanks now, and NO MORE I SWEAR. Well, maybe a brackish to
>>breed nerites and amano... ARGH NO IT'S STARTING AGAIN!
>>
>>
>>>I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine
>>>the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
>>>(bloodworms).
>>
>>Aw, c'mon. It tastes like chicken!
>>
>>~Empty
>
>
>
> re: chicken, if I'm ever in Phoenix, maybe we could eat at a restaurant,
> instead of your place ;~).

All I can say is I'm pretty sure bloodworm don't taste like chicken :-)
Liver or pate maybe....sure thing is that noone will ever get me to try...

Tried to get him to help feed brine shrimp tonight - he declined
needless to say - :-)

Sorry to hear about your problems and I hope that you and your family
came through OK and you didn't lose too much...

Gill

[Rocco Moretti]

NetMax wrote:
> "Empty" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dad doing very well
>>>and reports it mixes well with
>>>Chardonnay - lol
>>
>>I bet it does. Recipe:
>>
>>3 bottles chardonnay
>>1 cube frozen bloodworms
>>1 teaspoon horseradish
>>
>>Instructions:
>>
>>Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
>>magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into
>>horseradish
>>and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you can
>>figure out which ones are the real ones.
>
>
> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine the
> squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
> (bloodworms).

I'd be concerned about the potential for sensitization by eating the
bloodworms -- if they can cause problems just through skin contact, I'd
be concerned about the trouble caused by ingesting a cube of them.

[Empty]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:44:36 -0500, NetMax wrote:

> re: chicken, if I'm ever in Phoenix, maybe we could eat at a restaurant,
> instead of your place ;~).

But... but... how else are you going to see my tanks? :P

I promise, all chicken served in my kitchen is the terrestrial variety. I
leave the pleco-and-discus eating to the real fish geeks.

~Empty

[Empty]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:07:17 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:

> All I can say is I'm pretty sure bloodworm don't taste like chicken :-)
> Liver or pate maybe....sure thing is that noone will ever get me to try...

I second that one, noone will get that crap in my mouth either. Or did you
mean the bloodworms?

> Tried to get him to help feed brine shrimp tonight - he declined
> needless to say - :-)

You should have put out cocktail sauce with it ;)

> Sorry to hear about your problems and I hope that you and your family
> came through OK and you didn't lose too much...

Yeah, we did, it was more frightening than anything. Now that I have the
55 mostly under control and a new 2.5 and 20g I am feeling much better in
the aquatic part of my brain.

Let me just say, though, that renters/homeowners insurance is NOT a
luxury. The fire did not destroy anything but a picture and some junk
(mostly old computer parts) but the smoke got everywhere. Half our stuff
got carted away by the insurance to either be drycleaned (and my wife is a
princess- the adjuster told me that bill alone was almost 7

[Empty]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:17:34 -0700, Empty wrote:

> princess- the adjuster told me that bill alone was almost 7
....as I was saying before my premature post, $7k) or to be put in an ozone
facility. We paid a total of 500 bucks, and stayed in a hotel for damn
near a month.

~Empty

[NetMax]

"Empty" > wrote in message
. ..
> On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:44:36 -0500, NetMax wrote:
>
>> re: chicken, if I'm ever in Phoenix, maybe we could eat at a restaurant,
>> instead of your place ;~).
>
> But... but... how else are you going to see my tanks? :P
>
> I promise, all chicken served in my kitchen is the terrestrial variety. I
> leave the pleco-and-discus eating to the real fish geeks.
>
> ~Empty

Thanks for the invite :o). I love to see people's aquariums, visit
fishrooms and drop in on new (to me) pet shops. I'm a junkie for this sort
of stuff. It's too bad I don't travel more often. My eyes are set on
finagling a trip to the new public aquarium in Georgia (largest in the
world) now that I've seen the Shedd aquarium in Chicago. It's too bad
Ottawa doesn't have a public aquarium, but it's only the back-water capital
of Canada ;~).
--
www.NetMax.tk

[Empty]

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:06:14 -0500, NetMax wrote:

> My eyes are set on
> finagling a trip to the new public aquarium in Georgia (largest in the
> world) now that I've seen the Shedd aquarium in Chicago. It's too bad
> Ottawa doesn't have a public aquarium, but it's only the back-water capital
> of Canada ;~).

If you can make it to Seattle, check out that aquarium. Very cool- they
have an entire section devoted to seahorses pipefish and leafy sea dragons :)

I wept when I heard the NOLA aquarium had been abandoned without power for
four days, knowing full well that their death rate had to be in the 90%+
range (though I'd bet things like lungfish would survive a lil' ol'
hurricane).

~Empty

[Gill Passman]

Rocco Moretti wrote:
> NetMax wrote:
>
>> "Empty" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Dad doing very well
>>>> and reports it mixes well with
>>>> Chardonnay - lol
>>>
>>>
>>> I bet it does. Recipe:
>>>
>>> 3 bottles chardonnay
>>> 1 cube frozen bloodworms
>>> 1 teaspoon horseradish
>>>
>>> Instructions:
>>>
>>> Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
>>> magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into
>>> horseradish
>>> and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you can
>>> figure out which ones are the real ones.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine
>> the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
>> (bloodworms).
>
>
> I'd be concerned about the potential for sensitization by eating the
> bloodworms -- if they can cause problems just through skin contact, I'd
> be concerned about the trouble caused by ingesting a cube of them.

Fortunately my shrieks as soon as I realised what was happening stopped
too much injestion - father doing well still - maybe the Chardonnay
neutralised it....

Gill

[Gill Passman]

Gill Passman wrote:
> Rocco Moretti wrote:
>
>> NetMax wrote:
>>
>>> "Empty" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Dad doing very well
>>>>> and reports it mixes well with
>>>>> Chardonnay - lol
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I bet it does. Recipe:
>>>>
>>>> 3 bottles chardonnay
>>>> 1 cube frozen bloodworms
>>>> 1 teaspoon horseradish
>>>>
>>>> Instructions:
>>>>
>>>> Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
>>>> magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into
>>>> horseradish
>>>> and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you can
>>>> figure out which ones are the real ones.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine
>>> the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
>>> (bloodworms).
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd be concerned about the potential for sensitization by eating the
>> bloodworms -- if they can cause problems just through skin contact,
>> I'd be concerned about the trouble caused by ingesting a cube of them.
>
>
> Fortunately my shrieks as soon as I realised what was happening stopped
> too much injestion - father doing well still - maybe the Chardonnay
> neutralised it....
>
> Gill

BTW what is the problem with skin contact....I hand feed my fish the
frozen bloodworm - they love it and so do I....I enjoy the fact that
some of my fish trust me enough (or love bloodworm enough) to have the
courage to overcome any natural fear of human hands....

Gill

[NetMax]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
.. .
> Gill Passman wrote:
>> Rocco Moretti wrote:
>>
>>> NetMax wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Empty" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dad doing very well
>>>>>> and reports it mixes well with
>>>>>> Chardonnay - lol
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I bet it does. Recipe:
>>>>>
>>>>> 3 bottles chardonnay
>>>>> 1 cube frozen bloodworms
>>>>> 1 teaspoon horseradish
>>>>>
>>>>> Instructions:
>>>>>
>>>>> Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
>>>>> magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into
>>>>> horseradish
>>>>> and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you
>>>>> can
>>>>> figure out which ones are the real ones.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to)
>>>> imagine the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly
>>>> larvae (bloodworms).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'd be concerned about the potential for sensitization by eating the
>>> bloodworms -- if they can cause problems just through skin contact,
>>> I'd be concerned about the trouble caused by ingesting a cube of
>>> them.
>>
>>
>> Fortunately my shrieks as soon as I realised what was happening
>> stopped too much injestion - father doing well still - maybe the
>> Chardonnay neutralised it....
>>
>> Gill
>
> BTW what is the problem with skin contact....I hand feed my fish the
> frozen bloodworm - they love it and so do I....I enjoy the fact that
> some of my fish trust me enough (or love bloodworm enough) to have the
> courage to overcome any natural fear of human hands....
>
> Gill

I've occasionally heard of allergic reactions (mild rash), but it was
usually to freeze-dried foods like tubifex worms.
--
www.NetMax.tk

[Gareth]

I have a nasty reaction to them, touching that is not eating. My hands get
all itchy, i start sneezing uncontrolably and my eyes swell up. It does not
matter if they are freeze dried or frozen. Unfortunately it is all my Bettas
will eat so i have to put up with it.

Duzzie

"NetMax" > wrote in message
...
> "Gill Passman" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Gill Passman wrote:
>>> Rocco Moretti wrote:
>>>
>>>> NetMax wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Empty" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 23:42:04 +0000, Gill Passman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dad doing very well
>>>>>>> and reports it mixes well with
>>>>>>> Chardonnay - lol
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I bet it does. Recipe:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3 bottles chardonnay
>>>>>> 1 cube frozen bloodworms
>>>>>> 1 teaspoon horseradish
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Instructions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Drink all but two glasses of chardonnay. Wait until the two glasses
>>>>>> magically turn into four or six glasses. Plop bloodworms into
>>>>>> horseradish
>>>>>> and eat all at once. Drink the last two glasses as chaser if you can
>>>>>> figure out which ones are the real ones.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no comment on this post, as I can't (or don't want to) imagine
>>>>> the squishy sensation of biting into a block of midge fly larvae
>>>>> (bloodworms).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd be concerned about the potential for sensitization by eating the
>>>> bloodworms -- if they can cause problems just through skin contact, I'd
>>>> be concerned about the trouble caused by ingesting a cube of them.
>>>
>>>
>>> Fortunately my shrieks as soon as I realised what was happening stopped
>>> too much injestion - father doing well still - maybe the Chardonnay
>>> neutralised it....
>>>
>>> Gill
>>
>> BTW what is the problem with skin contact....I hand feed my fish the
>> frozen bloodworm - they love it and so do I....I enjoy the fact that some
>> of my fish trust me enough (or love bloodworm enough) to have the courage
>> to overcome any natural fear of human hands....
>>
>> Gill
>
> I've occasionally heard of allergic reactions (mild rash), but it was
> usually to freeze-dried foods like tubifex worms.
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>

[Rocco Moretti]

Empty wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:44:36 -0500, NetMax wrote:
>
>
>>re: chicken, if I'm ever in Phoenix, maybe we could eat at a restaurant,
>>instead of your place ;~).
>
>
> But... but... how else are you going to see my tanks? :P
>
> I promise, all chicken served in my kitchen is the terrestrial variety. I
> leave the pleco-and-discus eating to the real fish geeks.

For those who don't already know:

===

geek, n., Slang

1. a) A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.
1. b) A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or
technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

2. A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as
biting the head off a live chicken.

===

Geek

....

A person who swallows live animals, bugs, etc., as a form of
entertainment at fairs etc. This often included biting the heads off of
chickens. The Geek would usually perform in a "geek pit." This probably
comes from the Scottish geck, meaning 'fool', in turn from Low German.
19th century

===

So pleco-and-discus eating really *would* be for the "fish geeks".

[NetMax]

"Rocco Moretti" > wrote in message
...
> Empty wrote:
>> On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:44:36 -0500, NetMax wrote:
>>
>>
>>>re: chicken, if I'm ever in Phoenix, maybe we could eat at a restaurant,
>>>instead of your place ;~).
>>
>>
>> But... but... how else are you going to see my tanks? :P
>>
>> I promise, all chicken served in my kitchen is the terrestrial variety. I
>> leave the pleco-and-discus eating to the real fish geeks.
>
> For those who don't already know:
>
> ===
>
> geek, n., Slang
>
> 1. a) A person regarded as foolish, inept, or clumsy.
> 1. b) A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or
> technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
>
> 2. A carnival performer whose show consists of bizarre acts, such as
> biting the head off a live chicken.
>
> ===
>
> Geek
>
> ...
>
> A person who swallows live animals, bugs, etc., as a form of entertainment
> at fairs etc. This often included biting the heads off of chickens. The
> Geek would usually perform in a "geek pit." This probably comes from the
> Scottish geck, meaning 'fool', in turn from Low German. 19th century
>
> ===
>
> So pleco-and-discus eating really *would* be for the "fish geeks".

Thanks Rocco, I enjoyed that. As a footnote, I think that Discus and Plecos
are routinely caught and eaten by the natives of Brazil and the neighbouring
Amazonian countries, so perhaps it's not quite as geeky as it would seem
;~).

Personally I could eat Discus, and maybe even Pleco if I was there
(notwithstanding their association with the hobby), but I would draw the
line at bloodworms ;~).
--
www.NetMax.tk

[NetMax]

"Gareth" > wrote in message
...
>I have a nasty reaction to them, touching that is not eating. My hands get
>all itchy, i start sneezing uncontrolably and my eyes swell up. It does not
>matter if they are freeze dried or frozen. Unfortunately it is all my
>Bettas will eat so i have to put up with it.
>
> Duzzie



That's unfortunate. I suggest that you try some alternatives. True
mosquito larvae is a lighter colour and sometimes sold as bloodworms. There
are also many types of shrimp (frozen & FD), earthworms (FD) and worm
cultures (white worms harvested on bread crumbs) which could be equally as
nutrition without eliciting an allergic reaction from you.
--
www.NetMax.tk