Re: NANFA-- green earthworms dont squiggle

Henry Deford (hdeford_at_home.com)
Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:31:14 -0400

Ok guys thanks for all the replies to my question. I think I got the right
idea now. I probably aren't going to feed the green ones to my fish unless
they change color when they eat the oats.

Thanks,

Henry Deford
----- Original Message -----
From: <DasArm_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- green earthworms dont squiggle

> In a message dated 4/30/00 9:43:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Noturus_at_aol.com
> writes:
>
> << << I've read the exact opposite; I've read that earthworms and white
worms
> are
> should be kept in water for a day or in sphagnum moss for a week to
clear
> out internal parasites. >>
>
> I think way too much worrying goes into this! :) >>
>
> You're quite possibly right; as I stated in a following post, since
> earthworms are terrestrial the parasites they carry may not be
communicable
> to fish. This statement very well may have since been discredited; I read
it
> in an old Innes book and an old Axelrod book from the mid-80's, so it may
be
> outdated info.
>
>
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