i have a teacup ray. she's nice and fat but her appatite is big, i was wondering if i could start feeding her earth worms? and if i can...can i just get ones streight from outside and clean them off?
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Yup, but be careful that it's not from a place where you know that the use a lot of chemicals. If it doesn't take it whole you might have to chop it up into smaller pieces.
like i fed her some b4, i also checked with on of the guys from h20 custom aquatics. but she seemed to love it, i was just worried
If you have a good bait and tackle shop nearby consider purchasing leaf worms not nightcrawlers.
I apologize for not knowing the exact name but they are often called:
Red Wigglers, Leaf Worms, Crappie Worms and Trout Worms.
They are a smaller common bait worm, reddish in color. I used them to wean my Retics (teacup) from blood worms. If you purchase 6-10 dozen you can establish an indoor compost farm and eventually have a constant colony to harvest from.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
I apologize for not knowing the exact name but they are often called:
Red Wigglers, Leaf Worms, Crappie Worms and Trout Worms.
They are a smaller common bait worm, reddish in color. I used them to wean my Retics (teacup) from blood worms. If you purchase 6-10 dozen you can establish an indoor compost farm and eventually have a constant colony to harvest from.
Respectfully,
FireMedic.
Just google vermiculture or red worm composting. This would work great for young or small rays but as they get bigger it would end up being alot of work cleaning all the worms you needed to feed you fish. My small rays 9" or less will eat about 30 african nightcrawlers a day. Red worms are quite a bit smaller than that even. So if you do decide to do it you may want the african nightcrawlers instead. Nothing beats the old canadian nightcrawler but they don't work in a composting situation.