My fish absolutely love the red wriggler worms. The bigger cichlids eat them whole, the smaller ones, get them cut up. That's a gross job, but a sharp pair of scissors does the trick. I agree with the statement that they are safe seeing as how I know what they are getting in their diet. It's marvellous because they eat all the stale mouldy bread, veggie peelings, chopped up plain corrugated cardboard and every so often I add crushed egg shells to keep the pH from going to acidic. 3 times a year I separate the worms from their castings and use those for my house plants. It's a really great way to recycle, reuse and have healthy fish. :) Gabriella ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!