I stay away from worms or anything meaty when it comes to my Green Terror, from personal experience and what I have read you should stick with dry or veggie based food.
Raising and feeding worms to your fish. I got questions!
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I stay away from worms or anything meaty when it comes to my Green Terror, from personal experience and what I have read you should stick with dry or veggie based food.
The worms will not be used as a staple but more of a live treat once in a while. I am not worried at all. If you have been following my GT's growth you can see that he is doing exceptionally well and none of that is changing. If anything I have been adding more variety of foods to keep the diet balanced and healthy but also keeping things interesting for my pet.
I don't believe in the idea of feeding 1 or 2 type of food for the entire life of the fish. Diversity is key!
I don't believe in the idea of feeding 1 or 2 type of food for the entire life of the fish. Diversity is key!
Well after getting the worm bin all set, I fed Kai a few of them to see his reaction.
He went nuts for them, I noticed an immediate difference in how he was going after the worms vs pellets and other foods.
This is the first time he has gotten live food.
I will attempt to get a feeding video next time.
He went nuts for them, I noticed an immediate difference in how he was going after the worms vs pellets and other foods.
This is the first time he has gotten live food.
I will attempt to get a feeding video next time.
can you be more specific by what you mean by "meaty" food? I hear this being thrown around but never really understood what is meant by it.
In my mind, the red worms (composting worms) feed on 100% organic veggie and fruit diet. I would imagine that these nutrients would then be passed on to the fish as he eats in the worms.
here is what I could find.
Nutritional Analysis of Red Worms:
Moisture- 84.8%
Fat- 2.0%
Ash-0.7%
Protein- 10.5%
The chemical composition of compost worm is suitable for animal feed as the composition of worm tissues consist of 80 – 90% of water and the dry matter basis which are distributed into 60 – 70% of protein, 6 – 11% of fat, 5 – 21% of carbohydrate, and 2 – 3% of minerals with gross energy of 16 – 24 kilo Joule per gram.
The mean amounts of essential amino acids recorded from the composting worm tissue are very adequate for good animal feed if compared with the recommendation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, particularly in terms of lysine, methionine, cysteine, phenylalanine and tyrosine. In addition to containing adequate protein content, earthworm tissues contain a preponderance of long-chain fatty acids, many of which the non-ruminant animals cannot synthesize. They have an excellent range of vitamins; are rich in vitamin B3 and provide a good source of vitamin B12.
In my mind, the red worms (composting worms) feed on 100% organic veggie and fruit diet. I would imagine that these nutrients would then be passed on to the fish as he eats in the worms.
here is what I could find.
Nutritional Analysis of Red Worms:
Moisture- 84.8%
Fat- 2.0%
Ash-0.7%
Protein- 10.5%
The chemical composition of compost worm is suitable for animal feed as the composition of worm tissues consist of 80 – 90% of water and the dry matter basis which are distributed into 60 – 70% of protein, 6 – 11% of fat, 5 – 21% of carbohydrate, and 2 – 3% of minerals with gross energy of 16 – 24 kilo Joule per gram.
The mean amounts of essential amino acids recorded from the composting worm tissue are very adequate for good animal feed if compared with the recommendation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, particularly in terms of lysine, methionine, cysteine, phenylalanine and tyrosine. In addition to containing adequate protein content, earthworm tissues contain a preponderance of long-chain fatty acids, many of which the non-ruminant animals cannot synthesize. They have an excellent range of vitamins; are rich in vitamin B3 and provide a good source of vitamin B12.
I have fed worms for years, not as a staple but as part of a varied diet.This is fine for lots of fish as long as it is from an organic source.
Meaty foods can cause problems if fed too often to the wrong fish.
I believe some species,normally those of a herbivorous nature can start to develop problems in digesting certain fats or too much fat.
Rivulatus eat mostly insects in the wild and have an omnivorous nature.
Worms of a clean chemical free organic source would be a good food as part of a varied diet for rivulatus.
Nothing gets fish more excited than a juicy wriggling worm.
My ray eats a variety of foods but nothing I feed her gets her worked up like a live earthworm.
I have often heard stories of bloodworms in too large quantities causing problems for some species.
I think it's more a question of the species of fish and it's dietary needs that decides if worms are good or bad.
Meaty foods can cause problems if fed too often to the wrong fish.
I believe some species,normally those of a herbivorous nature can start to develop problems in digesting certain fats or too much fat.
Rivulatus eat mostly insects in the wild and have an omnivorous nature.
Worms of a clean chemical free organic source would be a good food as part of a varied diet for rivulatus.
Nothing gets fish more excited than a juicy wriggling worm.
My ray eats a variety of foods but nothing I feed her gets her worked up like a live earthworm.
I have often heard stories of bloodworms in too large quantities causing problems for some species.
I think it's more a question of the species of fish and it's dietary needs that decides if worms are good or bad.
I chop up my worms and then add greens boiling water and freeze- it's the only way I can get some of my fish to eat greens on accident-- it also stretches the worms a bit so a little can go a long way.
Like I said before my plan is to feed 1-2 times a week at most. Just a small amount to get him excited about live food and to add a bit more of variety. i highly doubt the little I will feed will have any negative impacts at all. Of course this is just based on my own logic and no scientific proof. But I do know that fish do eat bugs all the time in the wild and many of them will have higher protein compared to that of the worms I will be feeding.
The worms will be eating my left over fruit and veggie scraps which is not 100% but I am sure it will be fine.
The worms will be eating my left over fruit and veggie scraps which is not 100% but I am sure it will be fine.
You'll be fine.Fat is the enemy not protein.
My knowledge on this is limited.I would tag RD in.He is very knowledgeable on such matters.
