Re: [GSAS-Member] frozen bloodworms (was) Re: Was Bulk chemicals - now Salts...and fin rot in guppies...

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Yes, it's quite a mess to collect real live bloodworms. I catch live
blackworms sometimes by pulling up a small grassy weed and submerging that
in a pond close to the surface so they can breathe, but the neighbor kids
have discovered my spot so I'm going to have move to another pond. Daphnia
needs a fine net.

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Betty Goetz
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:07 AM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] frozen bloodworms (was) Re: Was Bulk chemicals -
now Salts...and fin rot in guppies...

>I've never seen live chironomid larvae here.

I get them all the time in my outside culture tubs. They are easy to
identify. Bright red, look just like the frozen bloodworms when they thaw
out...wierd little mouth parts, segmented. NOT wormy. They sometimes are
dancing around in the water column and most of the time they spend in
little mulm tubes they construct on the sides/bottom of the container. The
egg cases are easy to identify (little dotted sock-like thingies).

Betty Goetz

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