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I used to feed white worms to my fish, which they loved, but ended up with a copepod infestation in my six foot tank, which in the end i managed to get rid of by stripping the tank down, throwing out any decor & filter material, and then drying out the tank and two cannister filters for a few weeks, which got rid of them, as copepods need water or at least somewhere damp to live.
At the time i did not know the perils of feeding live food to your fish, but all my fish loved them, and have ordered a starter culture to try them again.
If you use white worms have you had trouble with copepods/planarians in your cultures and what you do if you find any in your live food cultures ?
Just throw them out and start again ?
To clean the worms before feeding, i can only think of using a large gauge sieve (to hold the worms and let small things through) to hold the white worms in while pouring tank water over them in the sink, to clean unwanted critters off the worms, before putting them in the tank.
Is there a better way to clean white worms before putting them in the tank ?
Hope you can help
At the time i did not know the perils of feeding live food to your fish, but all my fish loved them, and have ordered a starter culture to try them again.
If you use white worms have you had trouble with copepods/planarians in your cultures and what you do if you find any in your live food cultures ?
Just throw them out and start again ?
To clean the worms before feeding, i can only think of using a large gauge sieve (to hold the worms and let small things through) to hold the white worms in while pouring tank water over them in the sink, to clean unwanted critters off the worms, before putting them in the tank.
Is there a better way to clean white worms before putting them in the tank ?
Hope you can help