Advise on how to feed a loach...

[shazam26]

Bloodworms?
No matter what I do, I can never seem to keep the suckers down!
The loaches love these guys, and will come around the top for them- but I'd rather get it down near the bottom, where they're more comfortable eating. How do I do this?

[angelfish83]

Try a tube, doubt you have ridgid tubing there... get something non toxic, PVC if you have to and rinse it forever and ever before you use it. Basically you put the frozen bloodworm in the top end sticking out of the water, put the bottom end on the gravel, wait for the bloodworm to melt and sink to the bottom, remove tube, and instant bloodworm on the bottom

[Jim Powers]

You can also do the same with clear rigid tubing of various sizes found in some fish stores. I do that myself to make sure that the bloodworms male it to the bottom and don't get blown around in the high current of most of my tanks.
Another thing to consider is the brand of bloodworms. Some brands tend to have lots of floating blooworms in the mix. Hikari, however, seems to have higher quality worms with fewer "floaters".

[Graeme Robson]

I just use a Cup of tank water and let the frozen Bloodworm's defrost in it (add a little stir with ones finger) and then simply cover one end with your hand and lower the Cup to the substrate, then pour.

[shazam26]

Thanks everyone!
The tips seem foolproof enough... even I should be able to pull this off.

[angelfish83]

Yup. theyll all work