beneficial, delicious aquatic worms?

[Mount_Prion]

Does anybody know if there's a such thing as a non-dangerous worm that could be intentionally introduced into the substrate in a planted tank to reproduce and provide occasional food for a mormyrid? He needs small amounts of food frequently, and I was wondering if there was a way to grow a little of that (like, the occasional treat for him when he digs) naturally in the tank. I figured maybe they'd eat some of the plant matter I've got growing in there to survive, but I really got no idea if such a species even exists outside of my occasional worm-fantasies.

 

[knifegill]

California Blackworm.

 

[Mount_Prion]

California Blackworm.

Thanks! Incredibly fast. Will research.

 

[Fat Homer]

Yeah, i think your best bet would be the cali blackworms...


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[Oddball]

You can also get a good culture of live scuds (Gammarus) growing in the tank. They'll eat anything still edible in feces and detritus, the mormyrid will have a plentiful supply of live foods, and the population will endure constant foraging by survivors hiding under rocks, driftwood, plant roots, etc.

 

[Oddball]

There are over 100 different species of Gammarus in the US and they can be found in nearly every state. For warm-water tanks, you may want to solicit our SOCAL members to catch you a bunch.

 

[jstanley_06]

+1 on the blackworms. my baby snapper loves to dig n his substrate after a snack... they multiply like crazy 2. thought i sucked most of em up with my gravel vac and they jus keep coming back!

 

[Fat Homer]

You can also get a good culture of live scuds (Gammarus) growing in the tank. They'll eat anything still edible in feces and detritus, the mormyrid will have a plentiful supply of live foods, and the population will endure constant foraging by survivors hiding under rocks, driftwood, plant roots, etc.

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Oddball, do you know if these are available in Asia? specifically Hong Kong? and any more info on these little guys? they look interesting...

 

[cockroach]

^+1 for Taiwan

 

[Oddball]

Shandong Hongji Biology Technology Co Ltd in Binzhou supplies artemia and gammarus cysts in Asia. I found only protected cave-dwelling freshwater gammarus species in and around HK. Most locally found species are marine and found all around shallow areas of HK harbor.