Possable way to enhance live Blackworms

[Paul B]

As I have been mentioning for decades I feed my fish live blackworms every day and IMO is the reason all my paired fish are spawning, I have never posted on a disease forum and I don't have to quarantine. I think I have found a way to make a great food even better. I have been experimenting and discovered that the live worms can live even if covered in fish oil instead of water. I really don't see how they breathe in there but I have kept batches of them alive for seven hours so far and think they only die if they dry out as they do overnight. When I study them through my antique microscope, the oil infused worms have much darker insides which I "assume" is from the fish oil penetrating the worms exterior or being ingested by the worms. I really don't care how the oil gets into the worms but I always want fish oil to get into my fish so I have been doing this every day to a portion of the worms I feed my fish.
After I soak them for a few hours I need to rinse the worms off or the oil will form a layer in my tank and the skimmer will stop for an hour. To remove the oil I put the worms in fresh water and wait for the oil to rise. Then I pour it out and re fill it. I do that a few times and then feed my tank. Remember, this is only an experiment.
I love it.

 

[MadReefer]

Paul, do you think the worms live longer this way? Also, where do you get live black worms these days?

 

[Paul B]

I doubt the worms will live longer being covered in fish oil as they are water creatures. I just like to get as much fish oil into my fish as I can but even without the oil, IMO blackworms are the best food there is and I would not be in this hobby if I could not get live worms. That's how much I rely on them. Blackworms are sold in most pet shops here in New York

 

[MadReefer]

There it is NY. I have not seen any in NJ in many years and online offers a very large amount that most would die before I could use them. I use to feed my fresh water tank live tubifex, black, and blood worms all the time. As time went on these mom n pop stores closed and box store don't carry them.

 

[Paul B]

Petco here carries them.

 

[jose102173]

Absolutely fish has them

 

[horseplay]

Trop has it all the time.

 

[greybolt03]

Aquadise in 08816 has them all the time

 

[MadReefer]

Trop is closer to me will have to stop in.

 

[Mark_C]

Cool deal, thanks for posting. I'm raising blackworms atm, I'll start to soak them in oil the night before I serve them up.

 

[Paul B]

If you soak them in oil, remove most of the water first or the oil will just float. Just before you want to feed them to your fish, fill their container a few times and pour it out to remove the floating oil. It makes a mess.