Re: [GSAS-Member] What is this red worm?

["Shango Los" <Shango@shangolos.com>]

Thanks, Bryan.

Indeed, they are in a  tank I have been ignoring.  Is there an easy way to
harvest them and feed them top my other tanks?!


-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Nichols
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 2:49 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] What is this red worm?

Tubifex







Size: 2 - 5 cm, 3/4 - 2 inches



Red, yummy worms (used as fish food too) which live inside the
substrate. If disturbed and dig up, they will form a ball, if left
alone, they will gather pieces of sand/gravel around their body forming
a sort of tube where they live in and they'll stick their head out of
the substrate looking like red hairgrass. If there's lots of them, the
substrate is too dirty and might be good idea to do something about it.
Only a few Tubifex in the substrate isn't anything to worry about
though. They are harmless.

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Shango Los <Shango@shangolos.com> wrote:
From: Shango Los <Shango@shangolos.com>
Subject: [GSAS-Member] What is this red worm?
To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'"
<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 2:38 PM

Hi all,

 

In the same tank that I found that small white worm-like creature last week,
I now find some sort of red worm.  They are protruding about ¼ to ½ of an
inch out from the substrate.  They don?t seem to move; just sway back and
forth in the current. They are red.  They are all over the place and have
all arrived in the last 7 days.  Any idea what it would be?

 

Thanks

Shango

 

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