Worms, Were do you get them?

[salman]

Almost everywhere i read, it says that feeding your fish worms is really good for them and it will help them grow. I've been to alot of fish stores but they dont sell no worms there. I have some discus fish and i read that it helps with their growth and sometimes color and they really like it. But, were do i get the worms?

[Lady Hobbs]

Problem with using live earth worms (if that's what you speak of) is what they have been raised in. If grown in peat it's fine but if grown in manure as worm growers often use then you may be adding parasites to your tank and fish.

If you are speaking of frozen blood worms, they have to be ordered online or purchased from a fish store that carry them. Mine have settled for the freeze dried and do fine on them.

They are a TREAT and are to be used as we would a piece of cake. They are not a meal.

[salman]

i went to a fish store about 1 hour ago, and i was looking at the food and i saw bloodworms, i started laughing because i thought they were live worms. I baught a can. But my discus dont eat anything that doesnt sink. They are lazy lol. They want the food to come down to them :(

[Algenco]

Earthworms can be obtained at baitshops, I can't think of any terrestrial parasites that would be transferable to fish. I used to catch nitecrawlers,break them up in a blender and babyfood grinder,rinse the in a small net and feed my breeders with great results.

Blackworms are suppose to be the best, if your lfs doesn't have live blackworms, you get them direct [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

info on keeping and raising them can be found at [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]