Live blackworms

[Paul B]

I have been talking about the virtues of these worms it seems like forever and
I happily realized today that my worm keeper is working better than I thought. There are hundreds of tiny baby worms in the thing that I had not noticed before.
They hang out in a different part of the keeper than the adult worms so they are easy to suck out to feed. This is good news because now even my tiny gobies can eat the worms, normally they just eat new born brine shrimp.
When I design a larger wormkeeper I am going to try to incorporate places in it where the baby worms will hang out and be easier to collect away from the adults. I don't know how long they take to mature but I would like to do an experiment to find out, maybe it pays to raise them

 

[bigblue141]

Hey Paul,

What are "blackworms" and are they natural to reefs in the ocean?

 

[Paul B]

They are freshwater worms raised in California (and other places) to be used as fishfood. You can get them in pet shops or on line. Fresh and saltwater fish eat them.