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

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

I use a (dollar store) turkey baster to grab individual detritus worms
(see
http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/03/trematodes-and-nematodes-in-fish.html
for a photo) from my gammerus tank when I'm using them as killi-treats,
but I haven't found the magic trick to getting them to reproduce in
numbers similar to (non-aquatic) redworms...

I've seen plenty of diy how-to's on blackworms and tubifex, but I think
it's hard to produce sufficient amounts without a pond...   Someone on
killitalk posted some photos of a "professional" setup (it looked nicer
than anything I've set up for my fish!) a month or two ago for culturing
blackworms...but I think for the size of the rack, I'd stick with the
redworms that will produce all the food my fish can eat for the price of a
free bucket or two from the grocery store bakery.

I kind of like the way they "float" on the substrate surface (um,
poor-man's coral, anyone??)...they're a little mezmorizing.  I'm
embarrased to say one of my nicest aquarium (29gal acrylic eclipse) now
housing nothing but worms, bugs, shrimp, and other pond-life.  It actually
makes a fairly cool display.

Cliff



> Thanks, Bryan.
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> 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?!
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> -----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?
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> Tubifex
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> Size: 2 - 5 cm, 3/4 - 2 inches
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> 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.
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> --- 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
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> Hi all,
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> 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?
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> Thanks
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> Shango
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