The worms in the wild are probably already purged and/or drowned. Susan -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of matt kaufman Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:12 PM To: gsas-member@thekrib.com Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Garden worms why bother? Do you think something purges the worms that the fish eat in the wild? I've always thought of it as a free source of minerals for the fish. Just rinse the dirt off and feed >From: "Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net> >Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member >chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com> >To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" ><gsas-member@thekrib.com> >Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Garden worms >Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:48:02 -0800 > >On color-free (Black and White) moist newspaper or paper towels. > >Susan > >-----Original Message----- >From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com >[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Paul M Wallace >Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:16 AM >To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat >Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Garden worms > > >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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > GSAS-Member mailing list > > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > > > >_______________________________________________ >GSAS-Member mailing list >GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > > >_______________________________________________ >GSAS-Member mailing list >GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member