Worms

[pauly]

I gave my fish their first worm today, and although it tried its hardest to bury itself under the bogwood, they eventually got to it. However, my biggest fish grabbed most of it and slowly digested it like the way kids eat spaghetti. Was fun to watch, but I guess I'd be better off chopping it up next time.

Anyone else feed worms to their fish?

Pauly.

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Question is what kind of worms and what kind of fish?

Im ashamed to admit that I actually have a bit of a phobia about worms so could never feed them to my fish. However if they are normal earth worms and your fish arent massive (like over 10inches) then chopping them up is good.

I vaguely recall that there is something you are supposed to do with worms to make them better for putting in the tank (was something to do with getting the dirt out of them). I think it was something like putting them in a tub of sawdust for a day or something (I could be completely wrong though).

 

[Honeythorn]

I made a thread about raising and feeding earthworms. I'd link it but father has disabled the link thingummy.

Basically if it IS earthworms you're feeding, try to use small or baby worms for small to medium fish, and chop them up into 2-3 mm pieces.If they are very tiny ( about 1 cm long and 1mm thick roughly ) then you can simply drop them in whole. It is tricky but if you use small very sharp nail scissors it gets easier with practice. If you do not like the idea of cutting the worm while it's still alive, then pop your chosen victims in a small plastic bag or a pot and put them in a freezer for a while. Then chop them and store them in a pot for later use when you can defrost some bits and feed them.

I keep worms in a pot overnight to flush as much dirt out of them as I can ( big worms can be squeezed of dirt but I dislike doing this ) I also wash them before processing.

Do make sure you only get worms from a wormery or your own compost bin though , if you simply dig them out of the garden you don't know where they have been and what pesticides they may have consumed in the upper layers of earth. If you " grow your own " so to speak, you know exactly what they've been eating because you are the one who feeds them.

My fish go BESERK for worms. The loaches do the crazy worm dance of doom and the danios chase eachother and try to steal eachothers worms!

 

[pauly]

The loaches do the crazy worm dance of doom and the danios chase eachother and try to steal eachothers worms!

Sounds like good entertainment!

I just lifted a stone in my garden, picked one up and whacked it in. It was only a small one, but so are my fish - probably best to chop it up in future.

 

[xxBarneyxx]

My fish go BESERK for worms. The loaches do the crazy worm dance of doom and the danios chase eachother and try to steal eachothers worms!

LOL