Re: Pablum? or What do *you* feed your worms?

[Doug Karpa-Wilson <dkarpawi at indiana_edu>]

>I have always used cornmeal in my white worm cultures.
>
>Funny you should mention whiteworms, depending on what your breeding you may
>want to start some vinegar eels. A lot of the small top feeding fry never get
>enough white worms, whereas the vinegar eels stay on top.
>
>
>Dave


That's actually one of my pet peeves with white worms in general:  they
sink like rocks and burrow into the substrate (most of my tanks are heavily
planted).  With more active fish, or ones that'll pick them out of a dish
on the floor that's fine, but for a number of fish, they might as well not
exist.  For example, I never could get Riv. xiphidus interested, even in
picking them out of a floating worm feeder or out of java moss (although
that seemedto work best).  Nope, things that float or swim are the best,
particularly if they can live in aquaria for a while!

Doug

Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology
Indiana University
Jordan Hall
1001 E. 3rd St.
Bloomington, IN 47405


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