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This article is from the Aquaria:
Food FAQ, by Oleg Kiselev, Don Wilson, and Steve Bartling.
07 Black Worms
Uses:
These disgusting, bacteria-infested stinkers are among the best
sources of protein for the fish and are an excellent
conditioning food for breeding preparation.
WARNING: frequent feedings will cause the fish to become fat
and impair breeding. Also, diseases are far more likely on a
steady diet of worms.
ANOTHER WARNING: if too many worms are fed to the fish at one
time, the worms will burrow into the gravel and hide, risking
fouling the tank.
Culturing:
May not be worth it. Worms will live on the bottom of a tank,
eating scum and breeding. They can be fed banana peels. Filter
water intensively. Collect them by sieving gravel with worms
through a net. Messy, laborious and there are easier sources of
protein.
Sources:
Most aquarium shops have these uglies.
(Tubifex are even uglier and stinkier and the aquarist should
not attempt to raise them. It is possible, but consider -- they
live and feed in sewage and may carry hepatitis or other
potential pathogens.) If one buys tubifex, it is reported that
since it is their, uh, "food" that smells, not the worms
themselves, they may be successfully kept in cold running water
without producing odour. Alternatively, 2 oz. of worms can be
kept for up to three days in a medium sized bucket of cold
water in a fridge).
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