So someone on craigslist is selling micro worms to culture and use as a live food source for fish... good or bad?
"microworms" a good food source?
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It's good for a few days or weeks for fry but not if feeding as a major food source. I usually feed microworms to fry that are a few days old but switch to live BBS once the fry are able to eat BBS or the BBS doesn't hatch and I need to feed the fry that day.
They are very small, I am assuming you are planning to use it for fry. If thats the case yes they are good for fry, but they are so tiny adult fish may not be able to see them.
They are also fairly easy to keep, I believe all you need is blended oat meal and a little water. Just be warned while it's rare live food can carry parasites of some type. Safest "live food" is frozen food where you can be sure it's dead. But most fry will only eat life food.
Another option is getting something like Hikari first bites, or I think ken's fish has a fry food as well. They are both flakes though and won't be eatin by all fry.
BBS= Baby Brine Shrimp
They are also fairly easy to keep, I believe all you need is blended oat meal and a little water. Just be warned while it's rare live food can carry parasites of some type. Safest "live food" is frozen food where you can be sure it's dead. But most fry will only eat life food.
Another option is getting something like Hikari first bites, or I think ken's fish has a fry food as well. They are both flakes though and won't be eatin by all fry.
BBS= Baby Brine Shrimp
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It's true, the microworms are far too small for most adult fish, who probably won't even notice the worms are in the tank and floating in the water.
That being said, they are good for young fry. Also, very small fish, fish with small mouths and bottom feeders like kuhli loaches and pygmy cories will still savor them once they've collected in the substrate. Plus, I see you have an RCS tank -- those guys LOVE microworms.
That being said, they are good for young fry. Also, very small fish, fish with small mouths and bottom feeders like kuhli loaches and pygmy cories will still savor them once they've collected in the substrate. Plus, I see you have an RCS tank -- those guys LOVE microworms.
Definitely. I use them for fry and smaller fish. I usually also feed some sort of other fry food, like golden pearls, as well.
all of my fry love them...killi fry...guppies, convicts, and paradise fish.
they aid in fast fry growth and super easy to keep..my adult guppies even pick them out of the water..everyone loves them^_^.
they aid in fast fry growth and super easy to keep..my adult guppies even pick them out of the water..everyone loves them^_^.
I use them for fry and my glowlight danios love them as well. The sub-adult nanos actually figured out they were food so now they go after them too.