Safe to feed aro earthworm from tackle store?
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Yep. I do it all the time. In my area, tackle stores tend to be a little cheaper than the pet stores. Chances are your pet stores and tackle shops are getting worms from the same distributors.
x2 I feed my monsters nightcrawlers from tackle stores and walmart all of the time.. Never had an issue...
-----Chris
-----Chris
It can be but some earthworm farms use fungicides and such so I usually rinse them off and keep them in my worm farm..better safe than sorry.
However, I have also fed right from the container and havent had an issue. I just prefer my live food to be in my supervised conditions. Also, if you have a worm box, you can breed your own. Each worm produces another worm every month so if you let it be you can have an exponentially growing population of live food and wont have to buy it yourself..you just need to buy some corn meal and suuch as far as an expense to the project.
However, I have also fed right from the container and havent had an issue. I just prefer my live food to be in my supervised conditions. Also, if you have a worm box, you can breed your own. Each worm produces another worm every month so if you let it be you can have an exponentially growing population of live food and wont have to buy it yourself..you just need to buy some corn meal and suuch as far as an expense to the project.
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Yea i can't even smell it from 1 foot away or when i open it. You might have had some food or worms die and putrify. Often this can happen when conditions are too wet or the worms are overfed. Some people just put their food scraps for feed but I give the surface a dusting of corn meal to avoid spoilage.