Re: Blackworms good food? (fwd)

[Marco Lacerda <marcolacerda@ax.apc.org>]

A. Inniss wrote:
> 
>         Thought I'd forward this, since it seems relevant.
> 
> ~^~
>  ~
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:24:36 -0500
> From: Nestor10 <nestor10@mindspring.chkr.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
> Subject: Re: Blackworms good food?
> 
> >GOSH!  Now you've got me worried...
> 
> Don't be. According to Carolina Biological Supply, the blackworm
> 
> "...is a common freshwater annelid, Lumbriculus variegatus. Also known as a
> California blackworm, or mudworm, _Lumbriculus variegatus_ is a member of
> the Order _Lumbriculida_, a small subgroup of oligochaetes that includes
> neither earthworms nor freshwater tubifex worms..."

By the way, does anybody has the e-mail, tel or fax number of "Carolina 
Biological Supply"?

Thanks, Marco.