Re: Raising grindle worms on cat food

["Barry J. Cooper" <bjc3 at cornell_edu>]

>Thanks to everyone for the advise on Grindle worms.  I think I'm going to
>try the cat food suggestion but I have a couple of questions.  One person
>suggested Purina and one suggested Science Diet.  Does the brand of cat food
>really make a difference?  Also when you use the cat food do you break up
>the pellets or do you just place them in whole.  Finally, I don't have a cat
>but I do have a dog.  Would using dog food vs cat food make a difference?
>Has anyone tried it?  Thanks again.
>

steve,

I haven't tried dog food, but the cat pellets are smaller and don't 
need crushing. I also use Science Diet. It and other good cat foods 
are supplemented with vitamins, including vitamin C. This gut loads 
the worms and the fish ingest those materials when they eat the worms.

Barry
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