What food do bloodworms eat, and how are they generally bred?

Anglers all know that bloodworms are excellent fishing bait, because bloodworms have many innate advantages, such as a body that is a striking red color and a content that is very rich in protein, so they are a rare high-quality food for fish in winter. So naturally, for fish they have a very strong attraction. So what food do bloodworms eat? How are they usually bred?

1. What food do bloodworms eat?

Bloodworms mainly feed on organic detritus in the mud, and are especially fond of bait with a sweet and sour taste. Livestock and poultry manure, domestic sewage, and waste from agricultural product processing are their main sources of bait.

Bloodworms mostly live on the banks of river basins or in the sludge at the bottom of rivers, densely gathered on the surface layer of the sludge, with one end fixed in the sludge and the other end extended out of the sludge and quivering in the water. Upon encountering any disturbance, they immediately retract into the sludge. Aquatic earthworms have extremely high nutritional value. Before feeding, they must be repeatedly rinsed in clean water. They are bait that goldfish and koi love to eat very much, and are also the main bait for eel fry and young soft-shelled turtles.

2. How are bloodworms usually bred?

1. Selecting bloodworms

First, the worms you buy should as much as possible be worms that have just been brought in, because this way they can be fed for a very long time without dying. Speaking of this year, in early autumn when the water became cold, using worms for crucian carp fishing with a sea rod gave faster bites than earthworms. Since there were no local bloodworms, I had some brought back from elsewhere. When they arrived, I saw that some of the worms were blackish and some were dead. As a result, no matter how I handled this batch of worms, they only lasted about half a month before they were no good. When ice fishing was about to start, some tackle shops brought in bloodworms. On the second day after the worms arrived, I went and bought over one liang of worms and kept them in a basin. As a result, during the first week, not a single one died. This shows that you must buy freshly arrived, lively worms, and they can be kept for a very long time;

2. Bloodworm breeding density

The density for keeping worms must not be too high. If the density of the worms is too high, they are prone to dying. I generally keep one to two liang in a 30 cm stainless steel basin. The density is just right, and the water is basically filled to the top;

3. Change the water frequently

The water must be changed once a day, and they should be kept in a cool place. If there is no cool place, then put them on a windowsill on the shady side close to the window, as this can make it a bit cooler. Generally there will be a heater below the windowsill, and there is warmth below, so put a foam board under the basin, and this can insulate against the heat. The water for keeping bloodworms is best left to sit for a day, so that the water temperature is close to the water temperature in the basin, and the worms are more likely to survive;

4. Frequently clean the bloodworm equipment

First, wash the basin. Each time you change the water, after pouring the worms into the sieve net, wash the basin well with clean water. At this time the basin will have some mucus stuck to it, sticky. Wash all of this off and rinse the basin clean. Second, wash the worms. Take some water from the basin and use the water to rinse the worms in the sieve net, rinsing off the mucus and dirt on the worms' bodies.

5. Pick out dead worms

That is, each time after changing the water or before changing the water, pick out the dead worms, to ensure there is no blood water from dead worms in the water polluting the water.