Feeding Them Worms?

[Tiger Tiger]

So up pops Mr Worm from your lawn and it's time to feed the fish. Mr Robin looks at you as you steal his breakfast.

My Polyepterus used to love em. A bit messy but did him no harm.

What about Cichlids?

 

[blue acara]

Yup they are a good food, high in protein. Larger cichlids love them.

 

[minxfishy]

You need to give em a good ol clean first

 

[mike os]

You need to give em a good ol clean first

not really.....

 

[Tiger Tiger]

Might be worth starting up a wormery then

 

[chesterscot]

just start a compost bin then when you want some have a dig around
scot

 

[Truck]

yes. find an old bucket fill it with 50% compost 50% manure. and fill it with about 20 biggish worms leace it a few months and hey presto you have a wormery and make sure you give them vegatble peelings every few days

 

[minxfishy]

You need to give em a good ol clean first

not really.....

But wouldnt they be all muddy and stuff

 

[mike os]

think the fish are worried?

 

[minxfishy]

Dunno, but I wouldnt want to eat muddy worms, then again I wouldnt want to eat any worms

 

[oakes]

You need to give em a good ol clean first

not really.....

But wouldnt they be all muddy and stuff

Actually it is very important to make sure the dirt/compost is clean, if that makes sense.
I once lost an entire tank full of cichlids to internal bacterial infection caused by contaminated earthworms. This can occur due to meat scraps being placed in the compost, or runoff from septic/wastewater disposal areas etc.