Vacuum to collect wild worms?

[knifegill]

Areas around me are flowing with sand worms. Tubifex-like red worms that are probably neither blackworm nor tubifex. Annelids are a vast group of animals... Anyway, I'd like a decent way to harvest these worms for food. Is there some sort of filter vacuum I can use?

 

[kevinfleming21]

you sir are like a mad scientist LOL, get a dust buster and go to work!

 

[Tojo09]

You can stir up the sand, release your pet fish in the area(on a leash of course) and then bring him back when stuffed. If trying to get the worms to other fish use SN oscar cause they spit out half they ingest anyways lol

 

[knifegill]

Love the new avatar, Kevin.

 

[petspoiler]

Areas around me are flowing with sand worms. Tubifex-like red worms that are probably neither blackworm nor tubifex. Annelids are a vast group of animals... Anyway, I'd like a decent way to harvest these worms for food. Is there some sort of filter vacuum I can use?

there are warm springs & creeks right near me with lots of red worms, so I understand what you're talking about. LOL.
I think they are newly hatched bloodworms- SO thin, and I'd like a harvesting method too. they are too dispersed throughout the water for netting!

 

[petspoiler]

You can stir up the sand, release your pet fish in the area(on a leash of course) and then bring him back when stuffed. If trying to get the worms to other fish use SN oscar cause they spit out half they ingest anyways lol

I could wrap my oscar wagon in mesh & roll him down in to the feast.
but he'd chase the mosquito fish.

 

[boldtogether]

I would look at those worms and say,"I wish I wasn't so afraid of my fish getting a potentially fatal parasite, or I would be all over those worms with a net and a jar!!"
Unless you are 100% sure of the worm, steer clear! Your fish don't need to be that country!

 

[knifegill]

Actually, being a coward about collecting live food has set me back hundreds of dollars. I quit being a pansy last year and have had 0 problems. Live tadpoles, worms, woodlice, you name it. All went over well and no issues.

 

[petspoiler]

I would look at those worms and say,"I wish I wasn't so afraid of my fish getting a potentially fatal parasite, or I would be all over those worms with a net and a jar!!"
Unless you are 100% sure of the worm, steer clear! Your fish don't need to be that country!

I do say that, but the temptation is pretty bad when you're paying for frozen bloodworms & see all kinds of goodies floating right by in ponds & creeks! and just down the dirt road from me too.

 

[boldtogether]

Actually, being a coward about collecting live food has set me back hundreds of dollars. I quit being a pansy last year and have had 0 problems. Live tadpoles, worms, woodlice, you name it. All went over well and no issues.

Coward? Pansy?
Throwing caution to the wind makes you....not a pansy? I don't get that mentality. I understand feeding your fish a natural, balanced diet not unlike what they would forage in nature, but calling someone a coward or pansy because they aren't as reckless or are more cautious with their prized fish than you, that's just being a jerk, and you know it. People don't pay for frozen or live food from reputable places because they enjoy the high prices. Foraging for live food options is very appealing from a cost stand point, but what about the cost of treating a tank full of sick parasite infested fish? The loss of a prized, rare, even endangered fish? I really do understand the cost associated with feeding fish, especially large predatory species with very specific dietary needs. The idea that a fish could be fed from foraging that food source from the local creek has merit, but why not explore growing that food in a controlled environment? The time and effort are probably close to the same

THIS COWARD IS FINE WITH THE COST OF THE FOOD, THE SAFE FOOD NEEDED FOR MY FISH.
As far as being a pansy, come on down to Chino Hills and look me up.