Re: NANFA-L-- Mealworms as fish food?

dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu
Sat, 01 Jan 2005 13:47:52 -0600

mealworms are commonly used as fish food. Species that are willing to feed-in-the surface take them readily. In fact, they have been used extensively in studies of food preferences and feeding behavior.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Sajjad Lateef <sajjadlateef-in-yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, December 31, 2004 9:45 am
Subject: NANFA-L-- Mealworms as fish food?

> I got the regular Mealworms that are used as bait and
> for feeding frogs, reptiles and birds, and have started
> a culture-in-home. However, the small fish (livebearers, killies)
> that I keep do not seem interested in these larvae.
>
> Has anyone sucessfully used mealworms (Tenebrio molitor)
> larvae as fish food?
>
> I am also working on a colony of redworms.
> But, I would really like to get a mealworm culture
> going as well (it's relatively clean - don't have to
> worry about mold, changing medium etc.)
>
> Thanks
> Sajjad
>
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