Nightcrawler/earthworm

[lightsout]

How long can they remain the tank before getting bad? Trying to get my motoro to eat and not sure if i should leave it in overnight

 

[FishyTJ]

How long can they remain the tank before getting bad? Trying to get my motoro to eat and not sure if i should leave it in overnight

I would leave it in overnight but only one worm cut up. I just went through this stage, he/she will start to warm up to eating them and in the dark is when most eat

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Just get some live freshwater mussels and Snails to get them eating,

 

[Wailua Boy]

I've had compost worms live for weeks in aquariums

 

[lightsout]

I would leave it in overnight but only one worm cut up. I just went through this stage, he/she will start to warm up to eating them and in the dark is when most eat

Hes about 6". Seems big enough to eat one whole, think i should still cut them into pieces?

 

[FishyTJ]

mine is the same size, im not a ray expert just speaking from personal experiences. but nightcrawlers tend to stay alive for a while and the movement spooked mine when he was biting it, so i cut it up to lessen that

 

[Keemofish4ever]

I believe worms can survive In water for several weeks aslong they are provided with some oxygen in the water but the will suffocate at some point

 

[Hendre]

I believe worms can survive In water for several weeks aslong they are provided with some oxygen in the water but the will suffocate at some point

Yep, i found an earthworm that had recently died in the tank that was put in a month prior

 

[Keemofish4ever]

Yep, i found an earthworm that had recently died in the tank that was put in a month prior

Yep it's pretty cool they can survive that long

 

[FishyTJ]

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Just get some live freshwater mussels and Snails to get them eating,

when feeding live mussels do you leave shell on? my LFS was telling me about a customer who had a 3 year old mbu and the shell blocked off his digestion and eventually caused him to burst