> [Original Message]
> From: jake levi <jlevi_us_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Date: 12/19/00 12:08:14 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- live foods/ elassoma
>
> Hi Bob
> what I and several others who I picked it up from have
> kept them in a plexi tank in a frig, with air hose and
> air stone and flushed them daily,that kept most
> outbreaks to a min but still discus fed them developed
> the 'hole in head' disease and several others while
> other discus not being fed the blackworms stayed
> healthy.
>
> I have cultured some with airstones in a bare bottom
> large tank and maintained them but under the culture
> environment they retained the pathogens. Just wondered
> if anyone had been able to culture 'clean' ones?
>
> Did you do a 100% water change with the chlorinated
> water?
> jake
>
> --- Bob Bock <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I'v kept them in chlorinated water, rinsing daily,
> > and don't recall any
> > blackworm-related diseases.
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: jake levi <jlevi_us_at_yahoo.com>
> > > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > > Date: 12/19/00 7:29:20 AM
> > > Subject: Re: NANFA-- live foods/ elassoma
> > >
> > > Anyone here ever have success culturing a 'clean'
> > > colony of blackworms?
> > >
> > > I have started several in the past and had some
> > > progress in reducing pathogens, but each time had
> > to
> > > give it up before I got them 'clean'. I like them
> > > better then the red tubifex, hardier, but still a
> > > repository for bad beasties. Its been postulated
> > that
> > > they can be clensed over some generations but
> > never
> > > had the time to devote to the project. It would be
> > > quite a product to sell if it could be done.
> > > jake
> > >
> > > --- "R. W. Wolff" <choupiqu_at_wctc.net> wrote:
> > > > My personal favorite live food for fry fish are
> > the
> > > > easiest to culture as
> > > > well. Euglena and paramecium. They are aquatic,
> > and
> > > > freshwater, so they
> > > > don't foul your tank up. I think they probably
> > help
> > > > water quality, since
> > > > they are protozoans, and if I remeber right,
> > they
> > > > eat bacterias. Next step
> > > > up would be grindal worms, also easily cultured,
> > but
> > > > not aquatic. Fruit
> > > > fly, both fly and maggots work good for those
> > fish
> > > > that are too big for
> > > > grindals. Next step up would be white worms ( a
> > > > little harder, they need to
> > > > be kept cool) ,glass worms ,blood worms, black
> > worms
> > > > larval flys ( mosquitoe
> > > > drain fly etc.) and daphnia .
> > >
> > >
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