Charmaine

Is it safe to feed your fish earthworms??

Chief_waterchanger

As long as the earthworms aren't coming from heavily fertilized soil (with unnatural, chemically rich fertilizers), the area isn't contaminated (a river near us is so contaminated that they warn not to eat fish from it... that kinda thing), but other than that I would say yes, that it would be a nice protein for the fish.

Charmaine

They come from my garden, and there are so many of them, and I don't use fertilizer or any of that stuff.

Chief_waterchanger

That would be GREAT! (If you make your own fishfood you can also grind them up in there, but even by themselves that would be great. )

Charmaine

You helped me alot. I do make my own fish food and I will take your advice and grind some in there too.

Slug

I was actually out hunting some today for the discus....no luck.

Yesterday i was out scooping Misquito larva out of my dog's pool.....got eaten UP! Ah the things we do for our fish.

Butterfly

break the dirt up a little in the shade, cover with leaves, keep spot damp. in two or three days you'll have more worms than you know what to do. They also like coffee grounds
carol

Charmaine

Does that work in the winter time too

Butterfly

They will go deeper into the soil but basically yes.
My dad kept a worm box the whole time I was growing up. He made a square out of wood about 12 inches deep and put screen mesh(big enough to put your finger through) on the bottom. Set this on a spot of soil that you have broken up in the shade. Fill the box with loose moist soil and coffee grounds and about 10-12 earthworms. In this box they will multiply and others will come up through the bottom after the coffee grounds. You can add veg peels or what ever you want thats veg matter. it must be kept slightly moist. he never lacked for worms to fish with. thanks for allowing me to share a moment of nostalgia
Carol

mrsmuffin

Awww, Carol that makes me think of the "worm box" that my great grandfather kept in what looked to me like an old well at their cabin on the lake. We used to always get worms out of it to go fishing with when we were kids. I was the only great-grandaughter with lots of boy cousins, so I was expected to dig for worms right along with them and bait my own hooks!

Butterfly

Yep, I was an only child so I got to dig all the worms
Carol

Charmaine

You guys must have had alot of fun. I have 2 sons and 1 daughter and they all dig for worms. My youngest son, Hilton, 5yrs old, loves to keep them in his pocket, wonderful on laundry day!!!

mrsmuffin

So I was at a birthday party on Saturday, and to make a long story short someone had brought some fried worms and all of the kids were eating them. They had bought them on a trip that they had just gone on and had them in BBQ and Cheddar flavors! Yuck!!! Of course, both of my boys had to try them...

Chief_waterchanger

Good protein for your boys.

mrsmuffin

I am all about good protein from worms for my fish boys, just not my HUMAN boys! They were both smart enough to only eat one.

angelfish220

We live on a farm, and you can always find redworms in the spilt silage, ad fishies LOVE them. Fishing or aquarium !

Charmaine

Who ever thought that worms would actually be an interesting topic to talk about!!

Steen16

i know i have been looking for worms for my oscar you got to be very carefull to make sure u get worms chemical free..

lilFishyfish

Does anyone know where you can buy 1 inch worms?