I'm not sure why you would do that.
I don't believe that is necessary as in the wild the fish would be eating the dirt as well as the worm and passing it naturally. My fish have shown no negative effects from eating worms covered in a light layer of dirt. Nor has my tank shown any detriment to...
Little late to this but I have some large freshwater eels that prefer either shrimp or worms (nightcrawlers or red wigglers). I also have some A. crassipinnis and had a peru purple wolf fish (that we had to euthanize recently) that love both red wigglers and nightcrawlers as well.
I have an...
So it's been a bit since I updated this journal. Unfortunately Dusty the Borneo passed before we could move him.
I moved the Three Amigos! (A. crassipinnis) from the 125 to the 120 as they were harassing the heck out of the eels anytime we tried to feed them worms, shrimp, mussels or clams...