Re: [GSAS-Member] Garden worms

[Paul M Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

I remember reading a long time ago that collected worms can be placed on 
something (moist paper towel?) for a few hours to 'void' so that they are crud 
free.  With other life food (daphina?) you can also gut load.  This would be a 
useful way of medicating internal problems.


-Paul

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, steev ward wrote:

> 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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