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Feb 8, 2016 18:39:43 GMT -5
Post by phish on Feb 8, 2016 18:39:43 GMT -5
Microworms are a great food source for many fish . Once all the fish realize that it's food falling through the water column they will devour it with joy. Thx for the confirmation! I guess they just need time to figure it out. Have they figured it out yet? I'm still contemplating whether or not to add micro worms to the fry menu. They don't seem to mind eating baby brine shrimp everyday but I would like to have a back up food for those times when I forget to make a batch of BBS.
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Post by jbows on Feb 8, 2016 19:37:32 GMT -5
Thx for the confirmation! I guess they just need time to figure it out. Have they figured it out yet? I'm still contemplating whether or not to add micro worms to the fry menu. They don't seem to mind eating baby brine shrimp everyday but I would like to have a back up food for those times when I forget to make a batch of BBS. Thay have figured it out but they prefer the pellets. Weirdos
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Post by gabor129 on Feb 8, 2016 20:04:15 GMT -5
I give micro worms to newly out of the cave pleco babies and they go nuts for them after a couple of days!!! All the Endler's are eating them, as well as my corys!
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Post by lesfromwindsor on Feb 8, 2016 21:37:15 GMT -5
All my tanks get some micro worms, even my adult african cichlids eat them.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:45:32 GMT -5
Post by phish on Feb 8, 2016 21:45:32 GMT -5
All my tanks get some micro worms, even my adult african cichlids eat them. I'm surprised they see them as food. Do you add baby formula to the culture? I've read that it adds more nutritional value to compete with the nutritional benefits of baby brine shrimp.
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Feb 8, 2016 21:48:14 GMT -5
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Post by lesfromwindsor on Feb 8, 2016 21:48:14 GMT -5
I don't add baby formula but that is something I can try.
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Feb 8, 2016 22:04:38 GMT -5
Post by phish on Feb 8, 2016 22:04:38 GMT -5
Hmm... This is my main concern about micro worms though:
Dracunculus medinensis:
A parasitic disease caused by infection with the micro worm. Once it infects a person, the micro worm migrates through their body. It eventually emerges from the body (through the wound in 90% of cases) causing intensely painful edema (swelling), a blister and then an ulcer. Infected persons may remain sick for some months. The disease is tranmitted by close contact with the infected intermediate hosts of the parasite, called cyclops. The full-grown micro worm begins to migrate throughout the infected person's body within about 3 hours after ingestion. There are no drugs to treat the disease. Prevention of the disease is based on effective surveillance systems; it depends on the chemical treatment of water to eliminate the vector; and health education. Fortunately, micro worm infection will heal itself in less than 5 hours, leaving no sign or prolonged signature of harm. There have been reports that the infected person may eventually become potential betta champion.
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Post by lisachromis on Feb 10, 2016 10:19:19 GMT -5
You'd have to eat them for that to happen. Those are also known as guinea worms. Quote from wiki - "As of 2015, the species has been reported to be near eradication" The only countries still with it are African. I seriously doubt you need to worry on that.
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