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Re: [Killietalk] Are bloodworms egg eaters?



Hello Mark!
Where does one acquire 'Live" blood worms?
thanks
Markus
Astoria, Or
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Pearlscott" <mark at pearlscott_com>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Are bloodworms egg eaters?



Hello All,

Though I know I didn't get a response on my earlier post, I thought I would share a little experiment that I started a while ago.

To test this possibility, I placed 15 bloodworms with a fertilized egg in a very small container with water. That was probably two weeks ago. While all but one of the bloodworms has died (during transformation?), the egg is still there... intact and good.

So while this little experiment is far from scientific, it would hypothesize that bloodworms do not eat eggs. Now before you (sarcastically) say, "Wow, aren't you smart. I already knew that bloodworms are herbivores," keep in mind that I had a fish species that I lost (and live bloodworms were in the peat). So put one and one together, and you have the possibility for bloodworms being egg eaters. It was worth a test. Now my theory on that pair of fish is that they just were not very fertile. Too bad too, as they were nice.

I thought someone might find this interesting.

Cheers,

Mark
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