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Switching from live to frozen food?

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My axie gets diarrhea quite often and I was told it could be from the live tubifex/bloodworms that he eats. Would it be ok for me to switch from live worms to frozen ones?
 
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allieambush said:
My axie gets diarrhea quite often and I was told it could be from the live tubifex/bloodworms that he eats. Would it be ok for me to switch from live worms to frozen ones?
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It would be perfectly fine but I question that persons knowledge. I never heard of them getting diarrhea. I experienced the opposite with my newts when I fed them to much blood worms. Mine got constipated when used as a staple. I honestly cant see a difference taking place.

I would start off by checking other things like water temperature and nitrites and ammonia.

I feed my Axies some earth worms and some chopped shrimp with tongs.
 
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