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From what I've read, earthworms are great food for freshwater tanks...either just dropping them in the tank if the fish are big enough to eat them...or chopping them finely for smaller fish.
I'm setting up a fish room with a bunch of smaller tanks to raise both show guppies and cory catfish. If I end up with 50 or so tanks with F1, F2, etc along with breeder tanks, that means a lot of chopping and small amounts for each tank. Chopping them sounds like more work than is perhaps needed.
What I haven't seen discussed is just tossing a bunch of red wiggler earthworms in a blender (I know...yuck...THAT blender would have only one purpose...lol) and then using an eye dropper or whatever works to put some of the paste in the tanks.
I did read one place...but nowhere else...that red wigglers can be a problem because they give off some kind of pheremone when threatened that can cause gastric disorder to the fish. But I've never confirmed it.
I don't know...brine shrimp can be raised easy enough...but they are really expensive compared to red wigglers which are a one-time expense and breed really fast. A shelf of 15 or so shoe-box or slightly larger containers can make a whole lot of red wigglers...I mean a whole lot. And it also seems to me that cory's and guppies in the wild don't get brine shrimp..but they probably get a worm every so often.
Anybody have any experience using red wigglers with corys and guppies?
From what I've read, earthworms are great food for freshwater tanks...either just dropping them in the tank if the fish are big enough to eat them...or chopping them finely for smaller fish.
I'm setting up a fish room with a bunch of smaller tanks to raise both show guppies and cory catfish. If I end up with 50 or so tanks with F1, F2, etc along with breeder tanks, that means a lot of chopping and small amounts for each tank. Chopping them sounds like more work than is perhaps needed.
What I haven't seen discussed is just tossing a bunch of red wiggler earthworms in a blender (I know...yuck...THAT blender would have only one purpose...lol) and then using an eye dropper or whatever works to put some of the paste in the tanks.
I did read one place...but nowhere else...that red wigglers can be a problem because they give off some kind of pheremone when threatened that can cause gastric disorder to the fish. But I've never confirmed it.
I don't know...brine shrimp can be raised easy enough...but they are really expensive compared to red wigglers which are a one-time expense and breed really fast. A shelf of 15 or so shoe-box or slightly larger containers can make a whole lot of red wigglers...I mean a whole lot. And it also seems to me that cory's and guppies in the wild don't get brine shrimp..but they probably get a worm every so often.
Anybody have any experience using red wigglers with corys and guppies?
