BLACKWORMS

[InvictusReef]

Hey all. I just got a little Copperband Butterfly. He doing well and eating frozen mysis and brine shrimp but not very vigorously. I’ve been told that black worms are a very good option to try and feed them but I am having a lot of trouble tracking some down. Can anyone tell me where I can get some black worms for my Copperband?

 

[The_Paradox]

Local fish stores here sell them. I think our petco even does sometimes.

 

[exnisstech]

Lfs when they have them. The fact that your is eating frozen is good. My CBB loves masstick.
EDIT: mine also likes muscles and clams that I buy at the grocery store.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

The two places that I know are legitimate sites that offer them:

Lumbriculus variegatus, Living, Culture

For a class of 30 students. A freshwater annelid that is excellent for studying regeneration, locomotion, circulation, and behavior. These 1 to 2" worms are more "user friendly" than either planaria or Daphnia and are easy to handle, manipulate, and culture in the lab. Includes complet...

www.carolina.com

Ward's® Live Blackworm Culture (<i>Lumbriculus variegatus</i>)

Useful in regeneration studies, these freshwater Oligochaetes are easy to handle and to culture.Live specimens are used for a wide variety of studies including studying the physiological effects of drugs on a specimen’s heartbeat and temperature on metabolism, the locomotion of microscopic...

www.wardsci.com

A place that offers alternatives:

Live Aquatic Fish Food

new.joshsfrogs.com

A bunch of other places offer blackworms for sale, I just don't know if they're legitimate or not.

 

[Pico bam]

Try PE mysis aswell my copperband always went crazy for it.

 

[reveriesh]

Hey all. I just got a little Copperband Butterfly. He doing well and eating frozen mysis and brine shrimp but not very vigorously. I’ve been told that black worms are a very good option to try and feed them but I am having a lot of trouble tracking some down. Can anyone tell me where I can get some black worms for my Copperband?

I buy mine from Eastern Aquatics online
https://easternaquatics.com They reach my door in like 2 days. They come packed with a cooling pack. I store them in the orange black worm container from Amazon (see link below). This makes it super easy to give them a daily cold rinse and change their water which only takes a couple of minutes each morning but keeps them alive indefinitely. Make sure they are covered in 1/4” of cold water fir storage. I then store them in the fridge (a separate mini fridge so my husband won’t divorce me if he finds worms in our main fridge! Ha)

2022 Live Blackworms Box Keeper Wormbox Stackables Discus Altums Tropical Fish Worm Container Food Supplies Pet, Seafood, 9.59 Ounces https://a.co/d/iQUlYxp

 

[kevgib67]

I looked at there site, the least they had was 2,500. I have a 32g with smaller fish. Approximately how long would that last feeding every other day? I know you can’t give it exactly, just trying to figure out what quantities would be best for my tank. Thanks

I buy mine from Eastern Aquatics online
https://easternaquatics.com They reach my door in like 2 days. They come packed with a cooling pack. I store them in the orange black worm container from Amazon (see link below). This makes it super easy to give them a daily cold rinse and change their water which only takes a couple of minutes each morning but keeps them alive indefinitely. Make sure they are covered in 1/4” of cold water fir storage. I then store them in the fridge (a separate mini fridge so my husband won’t divorce me if he finds worms in our main fridge! Ha)

2022 Live Blackworms Box Keeper Wormbox Stackables Discus Altums Tropical Fish Worm Container Food Supplies Pet, Seafood, 9.59 Ounces https://a.co/d/iQUlYxp

 

[reveriesh]

I looked at their site, the least they had was 2,500. I have a 32g with smaller fish. Approximately how long would that last feeding every other day? I know you can’t give it exactly, just trying to figure out what quantities would be best for my tank. Thanks

That’s the quantity I buy (1/8lb or 2,500), it’s really not a lot but I feed 8 adolescent pea puffers daily in my freshwater 32 gallon Fluval Flex and it lasts me a about a month. The worms never die if you just change their water and rinse them daily and keep them in something similar to what I described above. They also end up living and breeding in the freshwater tank at times.

 

[oceanrider]

Hi. I am like you in that I just got a CBB. But unlike you my CBB will not eat frozen. Not eat mussels. Clams my sis. Krill. And not even line black worms. I got mine at local fish store.

Congrats on having one that eats !’

 

[Tonycass12]

Hey all. I just got a little Copperband Butterfly. He doing well and eating frozen mysis and brine shrimp but not very vigorously. I’ve been told that black worms are a very good option to try and feed them but I am having a lot of trouble tracking some down. Can anyone tell me where I can get some black worms for my Copperband?

Frozen blood worms work great too and are much more readily available

 

[locito277]

I buy mine from Eastern Aquatics online
https://easternaquatics.com They reach my door in like 2 days. They come packed with a cooling pack. I store them in the orange black worm container from Amazon (see link below). This makes it super easy to give them a daily cold rinse and change their water which only takes a couple of minutes each morning but keeps them alive indefinitely. Make sure they are covered in 1/4” of cold water fir storage. I then store them in the fridge (a separate mini fridge so my husband won’t divorce me if he finds worms in our main fridge! Ha)

2022 Live Blackworms Box Keeper Wormbox Stackables Discus Altums Tropical Fish Worm Container Food Supplies Pet, Seafood, 9.59 Ounces https://a.co/d/iQUlYxp

That’s who I get mines from as well.

 

[kevgib67]

That’s the quantity I buy (1/8lb or 2,500), it’s really not a lot but I feed 8 adolescent pea puffers daily in my freshwater 32 gallon Fluval Flex and it lasts me a about a month. The worms never die if you just change their water and rinse them daily and keep them in something similar to what I described above. They also end up living and breeding in the freshwater tank at times.

Thank you exactly the info I was looking for.

 

[merkmerk73]

I want to join this discussion

Does anyone have luck with blackworms in general and reef fish?

Most of my tank doesn't like them. One wrasse and my clowns gobble them up, everyone else doesn't like them.

They're also really gross.