Worms as food

[ReefKeeper64]

This article also states what you said. That White worms are an excellent live food for fish and are incredibly easy to raise.
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Greene_White%20Worms.html.

I'm searching for a place that sells starter cultures now. Thanks for the idea!

 

[Paul B]

Maybe they read what I wrote, or maybe I read his first. :lol:

 

[bugs713]

Okay, I'm sold on white worms and other worms!
So where can I buy starter cultures online?
Got worms?

 

[Paul B]

Just Google "white worm cultures " like I did. I forgot which one I ordered from but they are cheap

 

[jahmic]

Thanks for posting this, definitely going to give this a try as I used to feed blackworms to my FW fish to encourage breeding.

I've avoided blackworms in the reef up til now, but a white worm culture sounds promising.

 

[ReefKeeper64]

Okay, I'm sold on white worms and other worms!
So where can I buy starter cultures online?
Got worms?

This search brings up several outfits that sell white worm cultures. http://www.bing.com/search?q=white+worm+cultures+for+sale&qs=HS&form=QBLH&pq=white+&sc=8-6&sp=1&sk=&ghc=1

 

[Rybren]

I can't get live black worms around here, but I can get frozen. I've been using them for about a year now and the fish just love them. They even made some signs that read "Don't forget to thank Paul for telling you about the worms"

So, on behalf of my fish, thank you Paul!

 

[Paul B]

On behalf of your fish, Your welcome.

 

[knight2255]

Any major difference between white worms and grindal worms?

 

[dryworm]

cool. i love learning something new everyday. how much fish oil do you put on your matzo?

 

[Paul B]

I never used or even saw grindal worms so I don't know.

how much fish oil do you put on your matzo?

I don't measure it but I take a 2"X2" matzo and put like two lines of oil across it with an eye dropper. They eat the entire thing and they have fish on their breath so I know they are eating it.

 

[knight2255]

I was just reading that grindal worms can tolerate higher temps and breed best at 72 degrees whereas white worms like it in the low 60's. YMMV tho

 

[TimeConsumer]

Here is an update for you paul. All the fish eat the worms now, quickly too. And my clowns have started to show breeding behavior tonight. You might have something here.

 

[ReefKeeper64]

my order of white worms arrived doa. The way they were packaged, they didn't have a chance. I live in the south and they need to stay cool. I may try another vendor and go with grindals.

 

[Jerry Gonzales]

Could you show some pics of how you keep them and harvest them. I am already thinking of places to keep them in my basement thanks

 

[Paul B]

I took a picture of them as soon as I got them. But now the thing is full of worms and I may have to start throwing some out soon as they multiply a little to quickly. Remember I also feed blackworms and clams so I don't use to many white worms every day.
This is when I got the culture so just make believe there are white worms all over the surface now congregating on the Cheerios or Matzo's that I feed them. I also put fish oil on their food and they don't seem to care, they will eat anything.

 

[saf1]

Hi Paul, others.

Your tank continues to look amazing as do your older pictures of life. It still amazes me what you and your generation went through in regards to how people and the media treated returning vets. Today, some people talk and brag about the accomplishments (ST6 for example, and the sniper who wrote the book) they have done but in years past you wouldn't know if your neighbor next door had a purple heart or bronze start. Only on a good day would you hear your uncle, mother, or father passing along a story about something they did and why. I know that was my biggest gift from my uncles. Heck, I didn't know one shot down two zero's during the attack on peral harbor until he recently passed. Anyway, I disgress.

I did want to ask a question through about the worms. The question is in regards to terrestrial food or what they would find in their surroundings. For example, we know giving lettuce, iceburg being more common, to tangs adds no nutritional value at all. Heck, it doesn't really add much to people. Nori, on the other hand, does wonders.

Now that I think about it I really have no idea where they even come from naturally so maybe this is a stupid question. I guess now that I think about it the worms are providing protein so it probably doesn't matter much and I'm just over thinking this...

Side note, during survival school I ate several worms. My punishment for not killing the rabbit

 

[SaltwaterSensei]

How do you prepare the white worms for feeding? Its seems it would be hard to seperate them from their grow culture.

 

[Paul B]

It still amazes me what you and your generation went through in regards to how people and the media treated returning ve

They didn't treat us like much of anything, maybe dirt. My last day in the Army was in the Jungle of Cambodia, I got on a small helocopter and my "Frend" flew me to a place where a fixed airplane could land. On the trip (While drinking a bottle of Wild Turkey wiskey) :crazy1:he flew under a few bridges, hit the top of a few trees, tried to turn the thing over and flew 3' over a dirt logging roat right into a logging truck until all the Vietnamese loggers jumped off. It was an interesting flight for my last day. When the TWA jet took off from Nam we all gave a standing ovation. We landed in New Jersey after the 24 hour flight eating only baloney sandwiches with nothing on them. No movie of course. In McGuire Air Force Base, (I was still dirty) there was no one up to check us out so we started tearing the place apart until someone who could type came in. My wife (who was my girlfriend) and my Sister n Law filled out our discharge papers. Then they gave me a 15 cent subway token and showed me the door. There are no subways in New Jersey so if these people did not come the 100 miles to pick me up, I would have had to hitch.
That is how I got out of the Army.:worried:

Side note, during survival school I ate several worms. My punishment for not killing the rabbit

I also would have eaten the worms. No problem.

To prepare the worms for feeding, I usually read to them in a darkened room so they don't get scared. Then I let them eat anything they want, but it is usually Cheerios with fish oil on it. Then I gently throw them in the tank and let the fish feast.
When I feed them Cheerios, there are so many worms on the Cheerio that I just pick up the Cheerio and put it in some fresh water. The worms jump off and whatever little piece of Cheerio that is left I suck out because the fish won't eat it for some reason. It is like a donut shaped ball of worms.

Hey are you Army Guys still on here? Your artillery correct? Here are some pictures, I am in 4 of them. Anything look familiar?
http://www.77fa.org/photos177.html

 

[Derbird]

Thank you for this thread. I recently bought some live black worms for my fresh water tank and decided to give some to the salt tanks too. I didn't know if I was doing a good thing or not but EVERY fish loved them. From the Tangs to the Wrasses no fish turned them down