Black Worms

blixem · 06-27-2005, 04:32 PM

Anyone here raise black worms?

**TheOldSalt** · 06-27-2005, 06:13 PM

Nope, not me. Tried it a couple times, but had to finally give up on it.

By the way, Atlantic Butterflyfish will gobble up blackworms with gusto. Banded, Reef, Foureye, Spotfin, Banks... these guys have a big reputation for not surviving in captivity because they won't eat, but a diet of blackworms keeps thm going just fine as long as they get some chopped anemone every week. We had a whole big display of these butterfies at the Aquarium, and everyone would ask me how I did it. Well, that's how.

I love blackworms. When I had my store I went through two gallons a week of them, and the fish went bananas for them.
They may be a pain to grow, but they're worth it. I hope you can find a better way to raise them than I tried. ( which shouldn't be too hard )

blixem · 06-27-2005, 08:25 PM

Right now I've just got them in about 3/4" of water, with shredded up pieces of brown paper bag, and a few pieces of fish food in there. I've had a hard time actually finding accurate breeding information. I know they are asexual and reproduce by splitting, but trying to find any information on what water qualities and lighting is needed to make this happen the fastest is a pain.

(oh and btw, if you do freshwater, cory's go ga ga for blackworms if you can manage to put a few in their path.)

redpaulhus · 06-29-2005, 08:12 AM

I raise white, grindal, and micro-worms, but I usually just buy the blackworms (a guy in my local fish club, the Boston Aquarium Society, orders a bunch from http://aquaticfoods.com, and sells them for basically cost at our monthly meetings).

My understanding is that the folks breeding these are using cold water trout ponds - too much work for me !

But I do love adding these to my food rotation - it gives my other cultures a bit of a break

06-27-2005, 04:32 PM	#1
blixem Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Athens, GA Age: 33 Posts: 145	Black Worms Anyone here raise black worms?

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06-27-2005, 06:13 PM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,250	Nope, not me. Tried it a couple times, but had to finally give up on it. By the way, Atlantic Butterflyfish will gobble up blackworms with gusto. Banded, Reef, Foureye, Spotfin, Banks... these guys have a big reputation for not surviving in captivity because they won't eat, but a diet of blackworms keeps thm going just fine as long as they get some chopped anemone every week. We had a whole big display of these butterfies at the Aquarium, and everyone would ask me how I did it. Well, that's how. I love blackworms. When I had my store I went through two gallons a week of them, and the fish went bananas for them. They may be a pain to grow, but they're worth it. I hope you can find a better way to raise them than I tried. ( which shouldn't be too hard )

06-27-2005, 08:25 PM	#3
blixem Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Athens, GA Age: 33 Posts: 145	Right now I've just got them in about 3/4" of water, with shredded up pieces of brown paper bag, and a few pieces of fish food in there. I've had a hard time actually finding accurate breeding information. I know they are asexual and reproduce by splitting, but trying to find any information on what water qualities and lighting is needed to make this happen the fastest is a pain. (oh and btw, if you do freshwater, cory's go ga ga for blackworms if you can manage to put a few in their path.)

06-29-2005, 08:12 AM	#4
redpaulhus fishgeek Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boston Age: 38 Posts: 452	I raise white, grindal, and micro-worms, but I usually just buy the blackworms (a guy in my local fish club, the Boston Aquarium Society, orders a bunch from http://aquaticfoods.com, and sells them for basically cost at our monthly meetings). My understanding is that the folks breeding these are using cold water trout ponds - too much work for me ! But I do love adding these to my food rotation - it gives my other cultures a bit of a break

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