[Pumilo]

I haven't raised vent tads, but, lamasii and tinc tads gobble up dried blood worms. I also use spirulina with brine shrimp and fish flakes.

There are a few good threads about feeding tads. Here's one:
http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/food-feeding/64001-tad-food-powder-recipe.html

That was my thread and my recipe. There is some good nutrition info in that thread but keep in mind the original recipe I posted has been tossed out the window. After that thread and much research, I now feed all my thumbnail tads the following.
1) Approximately 4 to 6 parts Ocean Nutrition Formula One flakes--powdered with a coffee grinder. Use short pulses to prevent heating and oxidation.
2) Approximately 1 or 2 parts freeze dried Cyclop Eeze
3) Approximately 1 part Spirulina Flake fish food. I have been using powder but Ed has pointed out that a lot of nutrition is being lost to soaking in the water. Ideally, a gelatin cube would hold the spirulina's nutrition in the best.

I throw a few flies in from time to time when I am thinking of it and have leftovers.

I am having wonderful results with this recipe.

 

[Pumilo]

I am using a similar flake food for most of my tads. Is there a reason that you grind it into a powder? My tads seem to eat it just fine left in flake form and it is easier for me to portion out. (i.e. one flake the size of an pencil eraser every other day)

The only reason is that it mixes more evenly with the cyclop eeze. You could easily skip the powdering and just feed each ingredient separately.