Max......are you sure they die??? Mine always have their heads poked out of the gravel and live until the fishes eat them!!! How about the rest of you guys?? By the way folks.....I'm on spring break and it's "loverly" here in Florida.....it's now almost 11.00AM and it's 75 degrees.........that was a poke at John up in the mountains.......;-) Mike Mike Jacobs Center for Advanced Technologies High School Math Instructor St. Pete, Fl. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Gallade" <mgallade@hotmail.com> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:13 AM Subject: Re: blackworms > I do have two problems with Blackworms: > 1.Allergies,those critters are deadly for me. > 2.Leeches.I noticed leeches in almost all the batches of blackworms that I > bought so far.I've seen Apistos going nuts many times leeches got attached > to their gills. > Other then that I've never lost a fish feeding blackworms.Oh,here's another > problem I had with them in planted tanks.The Blackworms tend to flee into > the substrate once they reach the bottom.They die in the substrate and foul > the water that way. > Just my two Euro cents. > Max > Visit "The Digital Aquarium" and L&M Tropicals at: > http://clix.to/Apisto > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Rich Grenfell <rgrenfell@snet.net> > Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com > To: apisto@listbox.com > Subject: Re: blackworms > Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:15:22 -0500 > > > > Never had any problems with em' i have used them for conditioning > apistos, and raising baby discus. it is improtant not to overfeed them, > but personally I think they are a great food > > Rich > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto