Can I just put Live Black Worms into my tank?

[KathyC]

You can use them as a meal but as Paul pointed out above..if you feed them to your fish on a regular basis..they won't want any other food...kinda like steak 7 days a week for us.
They are good for fish, but a well balanced diet is much better for them.

Try asking if they will sell you a 1/2 portion..and btw..they STINK when they die, so get rid of the unused ones promptly!

 

[Paul B]

Kathy, I don't know if you saw that tank of blackworms in my workshop. There are two ways to keep these worms. As Kathy said, in the fridge as pet shops do, but my wife exercises a lot and is in better shape than I am so I can't keep them there. I have been keeping them for years in a shallow 2 gallon tank. I have found that if you put about an inch of tap water in a tank and feed it for a week a bacterial slime will grow on the sides and bottom. Then the worms can be added. They need an airstone and they need to be fed. Don't clean the container but you can change the water. I feed the worms a few pellets and I also put some Selcon or cheap coral food in there occasionally. I never find a dead worm and they even breed.
The worms are very healthy and healthy worms make healthy fish. Don't feed them to the fish every day or some fish will eat nothing else. I feel they are an important part of a fishes diet as fish need a much larger portion of their diet to be oil than humans. Fish were designed to eat other fish, entire fish which means the liver and intestines. The liver of fish is mostly oil. Thats where Cod Liver Iol comes from. Worms are also loaded with oil and luckily for the fish it is a large proportion of Omega 3 oils that fish need. Feeding these worms a few times a week will get your fish into breding condition.
Have fun.
Paul

 

[rookie07]

wow...great advice.
Thanks everyone.
Im starting to think my fish need a more varied diet, i onloy feed mysis, cyclopeeze,squid,nori,flake,pellet....im gonna add more stuff to the list.
Thanks again everyone

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

I used to add cow liver in my fish food extravaganza for larger fish tank.