Re: [Killietalk] Roughage again!

[Tyrone Genade <tgenade at gmail_com>]

Hello

On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:19:33 -0500, Kenneth Combs <kcombs at mergerx_net> wrote:

> One thing I've learned is generalizations about anything are not worth

Generalizations are unscientific. 2 data points do not a trend make
but even so a trend is not the essential truth only a good guess. Good
guesses can be made based on anecdotal info as well as scientific
"knowledge". Too much white worm = bad. This is a good guess and
applies equally well to blood worm etc... very few organisms are
designed to obtain all their nutrients from one source. I do not think
white worms are a particular good source of vitamins neither.

> I
> wonder if this is because of the worms themselves or is it some "nuance"
> with indoor culture?

I think it has a lot to do with what you feed them. 

> Many years ago here in Ohio I used to find a type of white worm always
> sandwiched between layers of fallen leaves, 

Leaves are mostly indigestable carbohydrates, aka, fibre = roughage.

> I can see some "Blue water" fish like a tuna not needing "roughage"

Tuna are predators that eat little fishies.

Right food for the right critter.

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