Re: Is this a safe food?

["Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>]

Gabriella,
I don't know the scientific name of your "white worms" but I can tell you
they are safe to feed to your fishes.  As you stated they are larger than
microworm, the next size worm is grindal and then you have whiteworm (all
different).  I would say you have whiteworm culture in you box.  They will
gather and stick on to the cover of the box which makes them easy to
collect.  Also they are very prolific, disease free and don't cost you a
penny.  More to the point fish love them but shouldn't be fed these as their
main diet, I feed them to my fish as an extra treat!
Helen
> I keep a worm composting box into which I put stale, dry, mouldy bread,
> veggies and chopped up corrugated cardboard boxes, egg shells, peat moss
> etc.  There are hundreds of African red wriggler worms in the box that my
> big cichlids love to eat.  Today, when I lifted the lid, I noticed what
> looked like microworm culture on the moist inside of the lid.  The worms
are
> larger than micro-worms (about 3 to 8 mm long, white, and thin).  Does
> anyone know what these may be and if they are safe to feed to the fish?
> Whatever they are, I'm impressed with this 'ecosystem' of sorts.
>
> This is one of those recycling kits where eventually the worm castings
> become top dressing or soil addition to my house plants.  Seems everyone
is
> benefitting from our leftovers. :)
>
> Gabriella Kadar.




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