Earthworms

[Ric]

Every time it rains, my driveway has lots of red earthworms crawling across
it. They are 3 to 4 inches long and about the diameter of spaghetti, not big
like night crawlers. How can I prepare these for an occasional treat for my
angelfish?

Ric

[Mean_Chlorine]

Thusly "Ric" > Spake Unto All:

>Every time it rains, my driveway has lots of red earthworms crawling across
>it. They are 3 to 4 inches long and about the diameter of spaghetti, not big
>like night crawlers. How can I prepare these for an occasional treat for my
>angelfish?

Chop them up.
No other preparation necessary.

It's excellent feed.

[NetMax]

"Mean_Chlorine" > wrote in message
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> Thusly "Ric" > Spake Unto All:
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>>Every time it rains, my driveway has lots of red earthworms crawling
>>across
>>it. They are 3 to 4 inches long and about the diameter of spaghetti,
>>not big
>>like night crawlers. How can I prepare these for an occasional treat
>>for my
>>angelfish?
>
> Chop them up.
> No other preparation necessary.
>
> It's excellent feed.


But do select the better coloured types. Too dark or mottled and you
should pass. Some people leave them in wet newspapers for a day so they
empty their guts. I don't know if the fish care too much one way or
another. If the worm is thin enough, and I have more than one Angelfish
in the tank, I'll even feed them whole (the fish manage to chop them up,
one at a time). Of course, if you have something like Oscars, chopping
the worms would be improper ;~). Remember that fish cannot 'choke' from
having too much food in their mouth, as they don't use their throat for
respiration. They can swim around with a piece of worm in their mouths
for as long as they can protect it from other fish ;~). I agree that
it's excellent feed, though I was given to think that they are high in
fat (but as long as it doesn't rain every day where you live ;~).
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[Elaine T]

NetMax wrote:
> "Mean_Chlorine" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Thusly "Ric" > Spake Unto All:
>>
>>
>>>Every time it rains, my driveway has lots of red earthworms crawling
>>>across
>>>it. They are 3 to 4 inches long and about the diameter of spaghetti,
>>>not big
>>>like night crawlers. How can I prepare these for an occasional treat
>>>for my
>>>angelfish?
>>
>>Chop them up.
>>No other preparation necessary.
>>
>>It's excellent feed.
>
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>
> But do select the better coloured types. Too dark or mottled and you
> should pass. Some people leave them in wet newspapers for a day so they
> empty their guts. I don't know if the fish care too much one way or
> another. If the worm is thin enough, and I have more than one Angelfish
> in the tank, I'll even feed them whole (the fish manage to chop them up,
> one at a time). Of course, if you have something like Oscars, chopping
> the worms would be improper ;~). Remember that fish cannot 'choke' from
> having too much food in their mouth, as they don't use their throat for
> respiration. They can swim around with a piece of worm in their mouths
> for as long as they can protect it from other fish ;~). I agree that
> it's excellent feed, though I was given to think that they are high in
> fat (but as long as it doesn't rain every day where you live ;~).

I love watching a cardinal tetra swim around with a bloodworm (aka
insect larvae) half its length hanging out of its mouth. Even funnier
is when another cardinal swims by and steals the half that's hanging out!

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[Ric]

>
>
> But do select the better coloured types. Too dark or mottled and you
> should pass. Some people leave them in wet newspapers for a day so they
> empty their guts. I don't know if the fish care too much one way or
> another. If the worm is thin enough, and I have more than one Angelfish
> in the tank, I'll even feed them whole (the fish manage to chop them up,
> one at a time). Of course, if you have something like Oscars, chopping
> the worms would be improper ;~). Remember that fish cannot 'choke' from
> having too much food in their mouth, as they don't use their throat for
> respiration. They can swim around with a piece of worm in their mouths
> for as long as they can protect it from other fish ;~). I agree that
> it's excellent feed, though I was given to think that they are high in
> fat (but as long as it doesn't rain every day where you live ;~).
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
>
>

That's the part I wondered about. Just by looking at them you can tell they
have a lot of muck inside them. I figuered at the very least I should rinse
them to remove slime and dirt.

Ric

[Ozdude]

"Elaine T" > wrote in message
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> I love watching a cardinal tetra swim around with a bloodworm (aka insect
> larvae) half its length hanging out of its mouth. Even funnier is when
> another cardinal swims by and steals the half that's hanging out!

My Serpae and Hockey Stick do a similar thing, but with pellet foods - they
try and steal a softened pellet out of each other mouths. Strangely, they
don't trail blood worms or even fight over them - I notice a pecking order
actually with these foods ;)

Oz

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[Margolis]

that's all I do, rinse them well and then toss them live and whole into the
tank. The fish go mad for them.

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[Margolis]

that's an interesting twist on things. corn fed worms, mmm'mmm ;op

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[Larry Blanchard]

In article >, says...
> that's all I do, rinse them well and then toss them live and whole into the
> tank. The fish go mad for them.
>
I think I mentioned this once before. When I was a kid, we'd catch
earthworms and put them in a can full of cornmeal a couple of days
before we went fishing. Cleaned them out and pepped them up. Others
used coffee grounds, but I don't think I'd feed those to aquarium fish
:-).

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[Robert Flory]

I've found the best are smaller sized red worms. Red worms are smaller that
regular earthworms and grow well in composte. Much easier for cardinals to
eat (unchopped).

Bob
"Margolis" > wrote in message
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> that's all I do, rinse them well and then toss them live and whole into
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> tank. The fish go mad for them.
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