Re: [GSAS-Member] Garden worms

["A JACOBSON" <amjacobson52@msn.com>]

I think fish in the wild have a higher death rate than we want to see with our 
fish, once they are juveniles or older. . . 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: matt kaufman<mailto:igotadose@hotmail.com> 
  To: gsas-member@thekrib.com<mailto:gsas-member@thekrib.com> 
  Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:12 PM
  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" 
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  >To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" 
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  >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
  >
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  >[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
  > >
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