Re: [GSAS-Member] Free fish food, or trade

[steev ward <steevward@mac.com>]

John-
    We do need to consider if the worms have something harmful on them or
inside them. I collect worms from under the doormat outside my back door,
but I don't use the ones I find out front where cars park. Sometimes too a
worm will have a gut full of decaying crud that can cause a bacterial bloom
in the intestine of the fish.
     Nutritionally we are often warned that worms are high in saturated
fats, and that this can be harmful to fish if they eat worms too often.
     Occassionally a fish can get constipated by over-indulging in worms;
this happens in Discus from time to time and can be quite serious.
      But all in all they make a good food for fish, and I don't know of
any fish parasites that can be transferred by earthworms; not in this
region anyway.

Steev

John Ruhland wrote:
Regarding earthworms, do we need to worry about any

> diseases if we feed worms from our yard to our fish?
> John

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