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questions regarding white worms

Discussion in 'Aquarium Equipment & Decor' started by Anonymous, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. Anonymous

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    Live Food (White Worms)
    are white worms good for fry, or just older fish.
     
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  2. Anthony

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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    What type of fry are we talking about and what size ?
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    I'm going to be raising guppies, and possible DP fry.
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    Guppies will need small food. If you want to feed them live food it will likely have to be newly hatched brine shrimp.
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    could adult guppies handle white worms??
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    Possibly. Why are you so set on feeding live food ?
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    I think a variety of good quality food is best. Live food doesn't always mean it's better
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    I just want to explore my options.
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    Agreed.
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    You can use micro-worm for your fry..my guppies' fry love them...the adult guppies eat them too.
     
    heyfishiesfishies, Feb 18, 2009
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    thank you heyfishiesfishies, i notice the care for the white worms more closely and decide that they are just not for me.
     
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    Re: Live Food (White Worms)

    For guppies I'd use hikari first bites, crushed flake food, and artemia
     
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    Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:22 pm
    micro worms are so easy and they reproduce very fast. I also use white worms for larger fry, they are easy too just need moisture and cat food lol. Vinegar eels are another option for small fry but sometimes a pain if you don't have a good way to separate them from the vinegar. I also use wingless fruit flies now as well. But like was stated above you definitely need variety and a combination of live foods and quality flake is essential. There is a lot of quality flake food available from local places across the US and it tends to be much cheaper than the crappy walmart or petsmart brands out there.
     
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    Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:03 pm
    You do all that for guppies?
     
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    Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:07 pm
    Lol @ Nelson's comment. It's like the steak and potat. of the fish world. Haha!
     
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    Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:30 pm
    No I don't do all that for guppies I was just stating the options. I have guppies yes, but I do it for my angel fry, apisto fry, cory fry, and misc live bearers.
     
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    Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:33 pm
    Man, I bet you have some happy fish...those babies are probably lining up for that stuff!
     
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    Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:47 pm
    yeah, i really just do it because I like it. I feed a lot of live food when i want my fish to spawn, for some reason it triggers them more than just flake.
     
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    Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:12 am
    My common sense tells me that it's tied in to them feeling more like they are in the wild since obviously their not going to find someone coming along with a meal 2-3+ times a day. Probably a combination of the live food and water changes if the temp is slightly different makes them think it's spawning season.
    At least that's what I've noticed in my own community tank.
     
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    Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:22 am
    thanks for the help, I'm going to start small with my live food and go with just go with micro worms, then once I'm good on my new tank and that one live food i may expand more food if I expand my tank, carsonsd do you have any link to info on the wingless fruit flies.
     
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