Re: blackworms

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Like John said Tom blackworms have their followers and
those folks who say to avoid them. Being that I
started out as a discus breeder before i got into
Apistos I initialy stayed away from blackworms. I must
admit I have not had any problems feeding them to my
fishnor can I attribute and problems by feedingthem. I
am sure you will hear diffrent. I must say that for
those of you up north where live food is not
plentifull I wouldnt even dream of stayiong away from
blackworms. They get apistos into breeding readiness
so fast. Well take it all in with a grain od salt and
deciede for yourself. Personally I like them.

Dave Sanchez


--- John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net> wrote:
> Hello Tom
> 
> I used to regularly feed blackworms to my apistos
> for several years.   I
> never had any problems with my apistos after feeding
> them blackworms..
> the only problem i have ever seen that could arise
> from feeding
> blackworms was that if black worms are not properly
> housed in a cold
> fridge and cleaned very thoroughly each day, they
> foul easily and could
> then pose a problem feeding bad worms to your fish. 
>  I always made sure
> i had rinsed my worms very good several times before
> i even thought of
> feeding them on any particular day.   I also only
> fed them to my fish 2
> to 3 times a week..  I didnt want my fish so fatten
> up that they were so
> full and didnt feel like spawning.    I did find
> blackworms to be a very
> good conditioning food.   There has been alot of
> disagreement on this
> list about the use of black worms.    I presently
> dont feed them
> anymore, not because of the fact that they are bad
> for my fish, but on
> the fact that i dont have a good source for them
> anymore.   I keep
> anywhere from 10 - 20+ species of apistos at any
> given time now for at
> least the last 8 years.   My experiences with black
> worms been very
> positive.   If i had a good source reasonably
> inexpensive again i would
> be using them now.    
> 
> If you can get a good source of healthy worms, go
> ahead and use them.
> Everyones experiences will vary no matter what you
> try.   What works for
> me doesnt always work for someone else and vice
> versa.   
> 
> John
> 
> 
>
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