Can I Feed My Fish Earthworms?

[Spader]

I have hundreds and i want to feed my fish some. is it safe for the fish? (platys, guppy, and bettas)

 

[Anthony!]

I know they are... but it depends on the ground you pull them from. Do you use any (ANY) chemicals in your yard? If you don't I do not see a problem in plucking them out, giving a good rinse and chucking them in. I did it once before with an earthworm, but them I thought of the fertilizers that get used in it... and I stopped. Luckily, nothing happened

 

[Spader]

yeah, i got it from the unfertilized portion of the lawn under a pool tarp full of mosqito larvae, but are too small to catch for my fish to eat. ill tell u how it goes.

 

[timmystood]

Should be ok! Just give them a good rinse first and like PapaSmurf says, make sure there are no chemicals in the ground!

 

[Spader]

a female betttas grabbed it and was swinging it around like crazy, i took the worm out and cut ti up and a platy had some,a nd the bettas got the rest

 

[Snick]

nice, yeah ive heard that they are ok... just be careful! out only normal earthworms in, as some are (here in mexico) poisonous.

 

[Thuggerz]

Hi all, i was just about to post a question on earth worms but no need now...thanx

 

[Liam]

I use them, though I don’t like killing and cutting them up. I put them in a damp container with air holes for a day, the food in them passes through so they are cleaner. I wash them in a net I cut them up into bite size for the fish. The fish love them. I throw organic kitchen and garden scraps in a big flowerpot and the worms live off the food.

 

[fishwatcher]

I'll have to try that then, too. I bet my DPs would love it!

 

[Spader]

im not doing it anymore, the fish dont seem to like it after all lol, they prefer flakes grr