Re: [Killietalk] Black worms

["YoHoHo" <yohoho at insightbb_com>]

I have very hard well water (about 650ppm) and I find that if I rinse the 
black worms with the well water and then use that water to keep them in, by 
the next day the worms have fouled the water to the extent that they must be 
cleaned again, but if I rinse the worms in the same well water but then 
refill the container with DI water, I can keep the worms for at least 5 
days.  By then, I usually reclean them, but only because I think it is a 
good idea not to keep them too long without a water change since the water 
still seems pretty clean.

Obviously the harder water has some quite bad effect.  I would be interested 
what, if anything, any of you have experienced with keeping your worms in 
either hard water, DI water, and soft tap water.
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Frank Carriglitto
AKA#08234, ChiKA, WAKO

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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:22:50 -0500 (EST)
> From: "apistomaster at excite_com" <apistomaster at excite_com>
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Killietalk Digest, Vol 55, Black worms
> To: killietalk at aka_org
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> Hi All,
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> I just wanted to add something to the keeping of live black worms. I have 
> found that if I use Prime treated tap water as my rinse water , the worms 
> last much longer than those rinsed in chlorinated tap water.
>
> Larry 
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