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Anyone feed their loaches live Blackworms?

i dont feed them, but i would be very careful. blackworms grow in areas where the water quality is very bad, which means there are also parasites there. you just have to get them from a reliable source.

clownloachfan wrote:i dont feed them, but i would be very careful. blackworms grow in areas where the water quality is very bad, which means there are also parasites there. you just have to get them from a reliable source.

Yeah, the source is good.

in that case, feed them. your loaches will go crazy. mine go crazy enuoph for small live brine shrimp.

I just gave my loaches a microwaved shrimp...

can you say havoc in the tank? They chased the little bits wherever they went in the current.

When I put a few bits in the tank below that contained my yoyos it became a clickfest and I soon saw several fatsos swimming about. Some of the girls that were already gravid became even fatter.

Your loaches should go berserk for live food.

Rocco wrote:I just gave my loaches a microwaved shrimp...

can you say havoc in the tank? They chased the little bits wherever they went in the current.

When I put a few bits in the tank below that contained my yoyos it became a clickfest and I soon saw several fatsos swimming about. Some of the girls that were already gravid became even fatter.

Your loaches should go berserk for live food.

Yeah, they do. I fed them some the other day and they really liked it. I was just wondering if anyone else did it and how often they did. I have some cories in the tank they need them, but I know the loaches are going to get them too.

My loaches go crazy over any food, so they really go crazy over the live blackworms.