White Worms ?

[Clownfish_Boy]

Way back in the day, I wanted to keep a Mandarin in a 45G FOWLR. I was plagued by the problem of how to keep it fed, until my LFS gave me a culture of these things (from his Reef Tank) that looked like tiny white worm-looking things - which lived on detritus in the substrate. When I say tiny I mean tiny, they were less than 1/16" in length and not much thicker than a hair. After a couple of months to allow the (worms ?) to proliferate, I introduced the Mandarin and it thrived on them from then on. I would love to find some of those (worms ?) now, is anyone familiar with such critters ?

 

[NashobaTek]

Amazon probably has them as well as black worms. If you can't find any local

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Amazon probably has them as well as black worms. If you can't find any local

But I do not know what the proper name for them is, to find them on Amazon....

 

[NashobaTek]

Look for white worm starter culture. I just looked and they have it, like I said probably black worms as well

 

[NashobaTek]

 

[WVNed]

Those white worms grow in dirt. I raise them.

Stuff that grows in the tank would be more like pods.
https://www.algaebarn.com/shop/live-foods/copepods/tisbe-pods/

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Look for white worm starter culture. I just looked and they have it, like I said probably black worms as well

Nope, that's not them. The worm things in question were no more than 1/16" long.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Well, I just googled and found out what the worms were, they were annelid detritus worms. Now to find a reef shop which has some in a tank !

 

[Subsea]

Well, I just googled and found out what the worms were, they were annelid detritus worms. Now to find a reef shop which has some in a tank !

Check out spaghetti worms.

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