andrew Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 HI GUYS , I AM A NEWBIE . I HAVE RECENTLY STARTED KEEPING TROPICALS AGAIN AND DECIDED TO TRY BREEDING BETTAS THIS TIME .I FARM IN NORTHERN VIC AND HAVE BEEN FEEDING MY BETTAS MOZY LARVAE AND BBS. I FOUND THESE IN MY IRRIGATION CHANNEL AND WONDRED IF THEY ARE BLOOD WORMS ? http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg227/drewfish_2008/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Hi Andrew and welcome No Sport....they are not bloodworms Bloodworms are bright red....shorter and a lot thicker I'd say they are some sort of tubifex or black worms.....still good fish food Just for your information.....I believe the preferred Etiquette is not to type in capitals only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Hi Andrew , I dont know what they are but just to be on the safe side do a google about diseases that can be passed on to your fish from worms. You wouldnt want anything funky transferring from the worms to your tanks. Oh and I use to type everything in capitals till I found out what the Caps Lock button was LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 They look like tubifex to me, Definitely not bloodworms. It is hard to say if they are safe for your fish to eat or not. The worms themselves definitely are but the problem is that they often carry a lot of parasites that can be quite harmful. Really, unless you desperately need the wiggle factor to get something wild caught and stubborn eating, I'd very much avoid them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 They look like tubifex worms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Thanks a lot guys. i was actualy looking for something of a wiggle factor. One of my females is off her food, i was hoping they might get her eating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 If the female isn't interested in the mozzie larvae I doubt the worms would do any better. If you post a question in the Clinic forum we might be able to figure out what's wrong with your female. See if you can take a pic of her from the side and from above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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