If the leeches are blood feeders, they need a blood meal for the best growth or reproduction.
It is blood feeder but i want to know except blood what is the best food for it?
Many immature leeches feed on aquatic worms and larvae, but if you have it at a stage where it has already fed on blood these may not be enough. Have you considered seeing if it might be able to feed on the bacterial medium called 'blood agar' which does contain blood (and this might help remove some of the issues with blood)?
Other materials should be added to the medium?
Solid or semi-solid? However, do not use blood?
I am not sure I understand. Export to where? Why do they not have any blood? Have your tried to feed them small aquatic invertebrates to see if they eat them? Also, most blood feeding leeches can survive fairly long periods of time between their blood meals and this would allow shipping without any food in container.
Why do you need to feed them? Leeches don't need any diet for along time. If asked growth or reproduction, amphibian's blood is best.
Dear Safoura
I understanding what do you say. You can feed them with algae but it`s not enough. If you intend to export them, You must cut off feeding from 32 weeks ago.
Hi Saeid, Thanks for your answer. How we can used algae for leech feeding?
Thanks
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