Worms, worms & more worms

[BallAquatics]

I'm on a roll for acquiring worm cultures.  About a 2 months back, I traded my buddy Bob some daphnia for 2 super nice white worm cultures.



Then about a month ago, I got two very nice grindal worm cultures from my friend Pat at the Columbus Killifish Group meeting.



Dennis

[Mugwump]

....is that corn? 

[BallAquatics]

....is that corn? 

Nope, it's Wardley Pond Food.....  I feed it to the turtles, and the red points, but the worms really go for it too.  The white worm culture has cat kibble in the photo.



Dennis

[Mugwump]

....is that corn? 

Nope, it's Wardley Pond Food.....  I feed it to the turtles, and the red points, but the worms really go for it too.  The white worm culture has cat kibble in the photo.



Dennis

....now that's neat............ ...I knew a guy that swore by trout pond food for his cichlids....angels/discus and all.....keep wanting to try it...

[BallAquatics]

....now that's neat............ ...I knew a guy that swore by trout pond food for his cichlids....angels/discus and all.....keep wanting to try it...

Next time you are over at WalMart pick up a bag.  It's like $2 a pound....  $20 for a 10 pound bag.

Dennis

[Rjb3]

Ingredients Aquamax  brand Trout chow: Fish meal, poultry by-product meal, dehulled soybean meal, ground corn, spray dried animal blood cells, fish oil, corn gluten meal . . . . . . not a good line up. Way down on the list are vitamin supplements. Don't know how the trout even grow on it. I know a guy that just feeds trout chow to all his fish. He has lots of fish in lots of big tanks. If that's all I could afford to buy cuz I had so many fish, I'd get out of the hobby.

I'm just sayin'.

[BallAquatics]

..... If that's all I could afford to buy cuz I had so many fish, I'd get out of the hobby.

Sadly, most commercially prepared foods leave something to be desired.  It has improved over the years though.  I remember as a child they would sell turtles for a quarter at the five & dime stores.  The food that came with them was later found to have zero nutritional value and most of the turtles simply starved to death.

Fortunately for me, I used to put my turtle in our swimming pool.  He was great fun and loved to munch on the multitude of insects that end up in ones pool.

Dennis

[Rjb3]

I feed my worm cultures Top Secret with added sardines and herring.

[Mugwump]

I feed my worm cultures Top Secret with added sardines and herring.

..herring ?....

[Rjb3]

Yup. Wild Side has a good dose of sardines and herring, too. Just stick with Captain Bob. LOL

[Mugwump]

Yup. Wild Side has a good dose of sardines and herring, too. Just stick with Captain Bob. LOL

...yeppers....great food at great pricing..

[Rjb3]

No chicken by-product meals. No fish meal, or soybean meal, or corn gluten meal in my stuff. Salmon fillets, no heads/guts/bones, purchased at the restaurant supply store near my house. Real cod liver oil, not the whole fish, just the livers. Ya gotta buy the special brand.

Okay, I know I can go on and on, I'm done hy-jacking the worm thread.

[wallace]

Is Wild Side a flake or a pellet or.. ? I think the wild Ram's might like it but they won't touch anything that looks like a pellet, soaked or not.

[Rjb3]

Wild Side is a powdered food. My ram guys also like Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Greenie for their fish.

None of these are on the web site. Shoot me a PM or e-mail and we can chat. I almost got kicked off Aquaria Central for saying something similar to a guy once. I don't go there anymore. LOL

[BallAquatics]

I feed my worm cultures Top Secret with added sardines and herring.

I'll give that a try Bob.  I've still got Top Secret in the freezer....  bought that pound and then things went south around here so it's never been used.

You don't have to worry about hijacking one of my threads.  Your knowledge of fish food is greatly appreciated.   

Dennis