earthworm suprise

[zoowks]

i put an earthworm in my tank for my eel on the 2nd day of the fall semester, aug. 8th, and today i'm looking at my tank, and there is the worm, i thought it was dead and finally came up from the gravel, i went to net it and throw it out and it dove back into the gravel, turns out i just kicked it up when i was replanting

who knew an earthworm could live in a tank for 5 months?

 

[Andrew.]

That is pretty

 

[jaysen]

you sure its an earthworm? on other threads everyone is confident that they drown in hours or at most, days.

 

[Bk718]

you sure its an earthworm? on other threads everyone is confident that they drown in hours or at most, days.

thats what i was thinking since earthworms need air to survive.. hence they come out when its raining...

 

[lovemybarbs]

:nilly: Yikes.

 

[soobie]

"Earthworm Surprise"...Sounds like a fancy new dessert.....

 

[FreshWtrMermaid]

can we see pics of this creature please?

 

[zoowks]

well, its a worm, and i found it after it rained on the sidewalk (i kno i prob shouldn't of put it in the tank but too late now) so i guessed it was an earthworm, and i put it back outside when i found it today, on afterthought i shoulda kept it, or atleast took a picture, oh well

i did some research on earthworms and they actually can live in water, the reason the come out in rain is that the water is not oxygenated enough, but i have a good air pump in my tank with heavily planted, so i know oxygen is never a prob in mine

 

[jaysen]

in that case you should have left it in there. maybe it would have multiplied and helped establish an ecosystem.

 

[lovemybarbs]

These threads make me freak out at every root I see floating in the water.