infected frozen blood worms???

[roadrunner]

I just lost one of my bettas Spot and two others are doing really bad. It all happened so fast after I gave them some frozen blood worms from King Ed's. I was wondering if frozen bloodworms have something like parasites, bacteria in them sometimes. I read on the internet (unfortunately after problems started), that they can carry "bad" stuff sometimes. I'm treating my bettas right now, so I hope they pull through. Anybody has similar experience with frozen blood worms? I just cut the chunk off and melted worms in little aquarium water before feeding. Did I do something wrong?
What a "non" treat that was

[davefrombc]

You can normally trust name brands like Hikari. They are treated and certified . . Generics are a lot more iffy .. When feeding frozen foods, just nip off a little of the frozen product and feed it directly . Don't thaw and feed .. It is too easy to contaminate it doing it that way

[hlee72ca]

Dave is right on, Hikari is the best, I use it for my discus and plecos. Angel brand and the others are cheaper, and from China. I trust Hikari, however I remember a case where someone bought some frozen bloodworms which were black, hikari, they were thawed by accident and refrozen, and ultimately spoilt. This was not the fault of Hikari but the retailer.

[roadrunner]

I guess I've had to learn the hard way where I'm not buying frozen food (or any other chemicals) from anymore….

[hlee72ca]

In your case, it is likely the fault of the frozen blood worm company from china, not from the LFS.

[Sanctum38]

That really sucks about your betta loss. Best wishes to your others getting better.

[roadrunner]

So I toss the blood worms. Btw, they were Hikari.
Today I lost another betta - Moonpie (I had him only for one month). I'm trying my best to save Andy, but I don't think he'll make it ;( My bettas usually live 3-5 years, so this is shock for me. Never seen anything like this before. Never lost 3 in less than one week and I've had bettas for 10+ years now. All I wanted, just to get them a treat :""""(

[Tarobot]

was there an expiration date, perhaps king ed sold you expired stuff. i went over to a buddy's house yesterday and found that PJ's had sold him hikari shrimp pellets yesterday that has been expired for over 2 weeks.

[InfraredDream]

Oh dear, this is so sad I feel for you I am so sorry it happened. I wonder what was it in the warms. I hope Andy will pull through. Keeping my fingers crossed for him! Hugs!

[roadrunner]

So I lost Andy too. Now I'm down from 5 bettas to 2
I'm very sad and mad at myself. I'm always so careful.
Now I'm gonna disinfecting everything and start over ......