feeding night crawlers ?

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ramman

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Is it safe to feed most tropical freshwater fish night crawlers?,,,i plan to harvest some this summer,,,cut them up in small pieces and freeze them,,,,examples of fish i currently keep-kribensis-rams-clown loaches-bala sharks-rosy barbs-various tetras ,,,,,,i know that the smaller tetras are prob. to small to eat them,,,,but are they safe for the others in regards of diet and general water safety ?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,P.S , my bloodworm bill is getting to large :eek:
 
my electric catfish considered them a delicusy. once five minutes after he ate five large nightcrawlers my freiend wanted to touch it. I put it in a shallow bowl, it jumped, i but him back into the tank, he starts regergitating the food out a a large cloud of worms bits then ate 5 more directly after
 
ramman said:
Is it safe to feed most tropical freshwater fish night crawlers?,,,i plan to harvest some this summer,,,cut them up in small pieces and freeze them,,,,examples of fish i currently keep-kribensis-rams-clown loaches-bala sharks-rosy barbs-various tetras ,,,,,,i know that the smaller tetras are prob. to small to eat them,,,,but are they safe for the others in regards of diet and general water safety ?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,P.S , my bloodworm bill is getting to large :eek:


Id just buy them instead of harvesting them from the ground.Unless your sure that the area you would get them from has no fertilizers or any toxic materials that the worms can potentially ingest. That could prove deadly for your fish.
 
A very good source of protein. Fish love them. I highly recommend live earthworms, just make sure they come from a clean source.
 
i feed mine worms, chop them up and umumumu, all fish love worms.
 
Never had a problem with them and almost everything eats them, if you mince them even small tetras eat them.
 
there great for fish but for aros i shoot some air into them with a needle so they float
 
I feed them to my Spotted Gar and Jar. They love them. You can get a real good deal on ebay on nightcrwalers. Fast shipping too...
 
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