Favorite fish foods

[Benga]

A lot of people say blackworms but I thought whiteworms were just as healthy and easier to keep/culture.

Is it not as appetizing for saltwater fish or something?

 

[Wonf]

I feed homemade (shrimp, squid, clams, mussels, scallops) and pellets together. For my QT, will try pellets first and really try to get them to eat that. If they don't after 2 days, try homemade. If they don't eat that, have some frozen mysis as backup. But for most fish, the goal is to get them to eat pellets or homemade at a minimum before going to DT. Also have some flakes just in case as backup.

 

[40B Knasty]

Hikari frozens, live baby brine every day twice, and 4000+ tigger pods on the weekend. Soon to be 8000+.

 

[Paul B]

Question?, why does everyone use black worms to feed SW fish? I’ve never used them in 30 yrs, always in FW. Just like I don’t feed predatory SW fish goldfish. Maybe I been lucky but the only finicky fish I’ve had has been moorish idols. Can someone enlighten me?

Yes, it's not the worms but the bacteria in the worms gut that is important. Are all your paired fish spawning? They should be.
I have been using live worms on my saltwater fish since 1971 and years before that on freshwater. My blue devils started spawning a few weeks after I started feeding live worms and all my fish have been spawning ever since. I have not had to quarantine in 35 years and there has not been any disease 1n my tank almost since then. My fish only die from either jumping out or old age. Some of them are 26 years old. Thats why I feed live worms almost every day.
PS My 5 year old moorish Idol also ate them

 

[Maritimer]

Blackworms are also a great food for enticing new fish which normally feed on worms in the wild (copperband butterflies, ahem...) to begin eating and put on some weight in an aquarium. The motion catches the fish's attention, and lets it know that this isn't just some floating detritus.

~Bruce

 

[Sharvey103]

LRS food, live brine and nutramar ova.

 

[Faisal27]

Since I have tang dominated tang .. they can’t get enough of Julius sprung nori sheets .. they eat 8-10 sheets a day

 

[happyhourhero]

I live on the gulf coast so I usually go get some mullet roe, scallops, shrimp, a white fish of some sort, oysters and clam and blend it all up with some cyclops and mysis and call it good.

I also really like LRS foods.

I feed nls pellets as treats. Algaemax and regular.

 

[TonapahNorth]

Can someone post a picture of black worms? I don’t think I’m getting it. I keep thinking earthworms. Surely that isn’t it? ... (p.s. I won’t call you Shirley again)

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Live black worms...

Ugly little things

 

[TonapahNorth]

Live black worms...

Ugly little things

Thanks ... yes ... yes they are. Where do you get them?

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I get them from a lfs many hours from me.

You can also order them from California blackworm co. Though shipping is prohibitive, at least for me

 

[cracker]

I make my own using whole fish& invert etc with some Rod's reef. Never have fed flake. I have pellets ifthat I soak in Vitachem or Selcon.

 

[drblakjak55]

Can they burrow in the sand than die?

 

[Maritimer]

They generally won't live long enough, in salt water, to burrow. (Assuming we're talking about live blackworms.)

~Bruce

 

[d-man]

PaulB, where do you acquire your blackworms?

 

[Paul B]

I can get then at a few LFSs near my home. I will hopefully get some today. They are in short supply now because of a drought in California. I am not sure if the fires have any effect on them.

 

[BigJohnny]

Where does everyone get live blackworms?

This is where I get my live blackworms.

Worms Are Here!
https://www.aquaticfoods.com/LiveBlackwormsM.html

Btw 1/8th a lb is a boatload of blackworms

 

[jasonrusso]

This is where I get my live blackworms.

Worms Are Here!
https://www.aquaticfoods.com/LiveBlackwormsM.html

Btw 1/8th a lb is a boatload of blackworms

Thanks!

How do you keep them? When I used to have freshwater, I bought meal worms. Those only needed a potato that was sliced in half.

I see they sell a worm keeper, but do you have to feed the worms?

 

[BigJohnny]

frozen all the way.... hikari spirulina brine and hikari mysis mix... soaked in a little selcon and occasionally some hikari krill in the mix. As my trigger grows bigger, I'll have to find something larger. I tried reef frenzy, but the next day, my naso started acting funny. It was an internal parasite. Likely coincidental, but now I'm a little shy about using the product again. At least my naso pulled through!! He's been eating normally for a few days now

100% not LRS. You should feed with confidence. It's better for your fish than what you are feeding because of the variety as well as probiotics. (Not saying that what your feeding isnt good for them). Although, I prefer fish frenzy because it has fish eggs and blackworms as well, no algae though.