+1 right here! lol
Live BlackWorms: Best Fish and LPS Food Ever?
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+1 right here! lol
thanks!
FWIW, I tried a culture with burlap, that I also heard was a good material, but it didn't seem to work well. I don't know if the burlap didn't decompose fast enough or what. I think the paper towels would be a better option. And maybe it was my burlap, but it didn't seem like the culture was multiplying, maybe it takes some time to start the culture, but once its going its good.
I would like to hear some results of people culturing them.
I would like to hear some results of people culturing them.
can anyone post me a good link to culturing them... plz and thank you
Sure! :wave: http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/foods_nutritions/livefood_cultures/blackworms_cultures.shtml Notice that this author advocates burlap as the best substrate
jonathansruelas
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thanks snorvich i will be using this link as well. great thread..
where do can i buy bloodworms? my LFS doesnt sell them
where do can i buy bloodworms? my LFS doesnt sell them
Robka
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Black worms NOT blood worms. Very different.
lvpd186
Reefing in NE
After reading through this thread myself and another local reefer (huskerreef) are going to give black worms a shot. We are going to use an "all-in-one" type tank that was originally built for corals frags but I think it will work well for the black worms. In the photo its kind of hard to see, but there is a raised center area that is divided in to a winding back and forth trough. At one end there is a mj900 pump that pulls water from the main tank and on the other end the water overflows back in to the main tank. The flow is really gentle so I don't think there will be any problems with too much flow. I think we are going to put bio-balls in the main tank; I read where the tank should cycle so the bio-balls should work well for this application. I would think this would work fairly well as a culture tank.
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Paul B
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I myself keep the worms in shallow 1/2" deep moving water. The water is pumped to the left side and runs over the worms to the small tank below.
I feed small 1" squares of paper towels that the worms completely destroy. I use small pieces because you will not be able to get the worms out of the towels but being most of them can't fit in the small pieces, I harvest the ones that make it to the tank. In the tank they first fall into a small container where they sink. The water overflows the container and gets to the pump in the tank. I don't have to deal with tryiong toseperate the worms from the towels.
The thing needs to be cycled and will not keep worms alive until it grows a bunch of bacteria. I also have eggcrate in the tank to produce more surface area for bacteria.
I feed small 1" squares of paper towels that the worms completely destroy. I use small pieces because you will not be able to get the worms out of the towels but being most of them can't fit in the small pieces, I harvest the ones that make it to the tank. In the tank they first fall into a small container where they sink. The water overflows the container and gets to the pump in the tank. I don't have to deal with tryiong toseperate the worms from the towels.
The thing needs to be cycled and will not keep worms alive until it grows a bunch of bacteria. I also have eggcrate in the tank to produce more surface area for bacteria.
Rhodes19
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I got some black worms from a lfs this weekend and fed them to my fish. The occellaris' and 6 line wrasse eat them right away, the green chromis' really didn't care for them to much and the blue tang in QT tried them. The next day all of the fish went straight for them. Oh, and my duncan liked them too.
jonathansruelas
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would blood worms be as effective as black worms ? bc i have a pond where they grow and was wondering if they would be good to feed my saltwater fish? i did some research and they're sold as tubifex worms once their dried and resold..
would frozen blackworms be as good as live
I think you are a little mixed up....
1) I am also unaware of frozen blackworms.
2) Bloodworms are a good food source, but an insect larvae, so the only people I know of who feed live bloodworms are serious freshwater people, but even so I think they are getting phased out because of the adult insects.
3) Tubifex worms are totally different, and usually come freeze dried in blocks that you can feed by sticking the block to the inside of the aquarium. I have used them in freshwater tanks many times and the fish love them, but never tried it in saltwater.
Both blackworms, and tubifex worms are worms, bloodworms are insect larvae.
