bonnie
At 2:54 PM -0400 5/20/02, Crail, Todd wrote:
>Check out this book:
>
>Worms Eat My Garbage, by Mary Appelhof
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0942256107/qid=1021920467/sr=8-1/
>ref=sr_8_1/002-3177407-6577611
>
>Nightcrawlers are difficult to raise in a normal box because they're
>"earth-movers" and it doesn't suit their needs very well without feeding
>them large amounts of leaflitter (which is what they eat). You can keep
>them alive better however, if you keep them in a bed of leaves and keep
>it moist.
>
>However, redworms are very simple to maintain and you can take care of a
>lot of your food and paper garbage by employing them in a
>vermi-composting setup, as well, providing extra food for your fish.
>Everybody wins here. Worth checking into :)
>
>Todd
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: BR0630_at_aol.com
>Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:41 PM
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: NANFA-- feeding nightcrawlers
>
>
>Does anyone on the list any suggestions as to successful maintenance of
>nightcrawlers over an exteneded period of time (months or years,
>perhaps). I ripped up some newspapers and placed them in with my
>nightcrawlers, but I'm still getting quite a bit of mortality. Any
>suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Bruce Scott
>Meridian, Idaho
>------
>/"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily
>/ reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes
>/ Association"
>/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes
>Association
>/ nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the
>word
>/ subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email
>to
>/ nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to
>/ nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead.
>/ For more information about NANFA, visit our web page,
>http://www.nanfa.org
>/"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily
>/ reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes
>/ Association"
>/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association
>/ nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word
>/ subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to
>/ nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to
>/ nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead.
>/ For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org
/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily
/ reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes
/ Association"
/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes Association
/ nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word
/ subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to
/ nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to
/ nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead.
/ For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, http://www.nanfa.org
</x-flowed>