Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms

["Tom Watson" <onefish2fish@comcast.net>]

No
Tom
West Hyblos Creek Drainage
Washington State
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>
To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" 
<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms


> Are you Tom Watson, Dr. Ruhland's friend with the huge solar home?
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Tom Watson
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:15 PM
> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>
> If you can get a picture I will be able to tell.  If they are Tubifex, it 
> is
>
> quite common for them seek refuge in the gravel or plant roots if they
> escape the fish during a live feeding.  There are always a few that 
> survive
> the drop from the feeder to the gravel.  They can live for months in an
> aquarium and can be passed to other aquariums on the roots of plants. 
> They
> are completely harmless and will eventually get eaten by the fish in the
> tank.
> Tom
> West Hyblos Creek Drainage
> Washington State
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>
> To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'"
> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>
>
>> No Tom, they are nothing like blackworms. Blackworms have rings, these 
>> are
>> like hose with fluid and cannot support their structure like blackworms
>> can.
>> I can send you picture if you like. Maybe someone through the Salmon
>> project
>> you work with might know what they are? Steev?
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Tom Watson
>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 5:08 PM
>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>>
>> Probably not tubifex then.  They resemble black worms (except for color).
>> Tom
>> West Hyblos Creek Drainage
>> Washington State
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "SUSAN WELENOFSKY" <welenofsky@comcast.net>
>> To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'"
>> <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>>
>>
>>>I feed black worms and they're nothing like this worm. It's stringy like
>>> snot, and then it's alive and can move, but can't do anything out of
>>> water,
>>> like the blackworms squiggle.
>>>
>>> Susan
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
>>> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Tom Watson
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:19 AM
>>> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
>>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>>>
>>> Probably Tubifex left over from live feeding.  If so they are harmless.
>>> Tom
>>> West Hyblos Creek Drainage
>>> Washington State
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <tgill880@comcast.net>
>>> To: "GSAS Email List" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:55 PM
>>> Subject: [GSAS-Member] Red Worms
>>>
>>>
>>>>I bought a bunch of plants at todays auction. I set them in my isolation
>>>>tank, and see several plants had red worms in the roots. Could someone
>>>>please explain what they are, and if they would be a problem in my
>>>>community planted aqaurium?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a bunch.
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