FYI: Petland Discounts in Manhattan sells Live Blackworms

[FlyPenFly]

Call ahead of course to verify but the one on 23rd and I believe the one near Washington Sq Park as well, carry big tray fulls of live blackworms.

If you have hard to feed fish or are battling parasites or infections, live blackworms are the best thing there is.

 

[pecan2phat]

I was always under the impression that live black worms were what gave you the chance of introducing parasites and or disease into a closed system.

 

[FlyPenFly]

I think for FW that might be but I've heard they're completely safe for SW.

 

[duke62]

Rinse them off of course but if there are any parasites they will quickly die off because whatever might be in there they are fresh water dwellers

 

[Bry17nyc]

I always wonder
Why alot of people like to feed BW in their reef...whats good with them
Since ive heard that feeding FW critter to SW fish and corals are not good

 

[duke62]

When i was a kid we had a lone oscar that my father fed keelies to. That fish got huge and lived for over 10 years on a sw diet lol

 

[jedimaster1138]

Call ahead of course to verify but the one on 23rd and I believe the one near Washington Sq Park as well, carry big tray fulls of live blackworms.

If you have hard to feed fish or are battling parasites or infections, live blackworms are the best thing there is.

+ A lot.

I buy live blackworms from Petland myself. Originally to get my Copperband Butterfly eating, but now I just buy them regularly for all my fish because they all LOVE them. i mix them in as a part of a varied diet. Fish are all fat and happy. They can't resist that couple seconds of wriggle. CCB eats em like spaghetti. Blue hippo eats em like I eat Brother Jimmy's ribs.

I've had some fish with fin damage from combat...the damage repaired itself in just a couple days with a few days of blackworm dinners.

I also squirt them on Acans, chalices, plates, blastos...they slurp em down too and inflate wonderfully the next day. Plate LOVES em.

:eat:

 

[FlyPenFly]

I bought them on ebay but most of them were dead. I don't recommend going that route.

Also it smelled HORRENDOUS.

 

[bizzarro]

If you're in NJ, $5 buys a lot from the store in Belleville.

Gotta clean them alot until the water is clear then they can sit out long.