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Every now and then i go and buy some earthworms (used for fishing) and feed them to my arowana. they are his favorite. just wondering if its ok.

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The answer I am going to give here is a big NONO and the reasons why. My son and his mate were breeding worms and exporting them. He wanted the castings for his Berry farm.

The farm was certified organic but all of a sudden he lost it.

The only reason was the worm castings. In breeding the worms they covered the beds with old carpet & underfelt this is a very common practice in Aust. The carpet/underfelt contained a very strong poison this was put in during the manufacturing process.

It passed through the worms via the castings then into the Berries thus he no longer has a organic product or a organic safe property to grow his berries. Finally he has no Berries

To be on the safe side breed your own and take special care on how you grow them.

Enough said.

Keith

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WOW i had no idea, perhaps i will try and breed them myself thanks for the advice


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my silver loves worms i feed him alot of live foods i catch outside

yeh come to think about it i dont think i will hassle with breeding worms, maybe i just catch them in the dirt when im doing yard work.

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I get em from my backyard. You just have to make sure you don't get them from anywhere that has had pesticides/weed killers used on it.

Is that a common practice in the US

Most of the people I know of that have raised worms used newspaper or types of brown paper/papertowels. I usually just pull mine from the garden. I live in the country and know everything that's been used within a mile of my yard.

I feed them to my black, and she relishes them. I fed them to my silver for over 8 years. I feed my worms cornmeal. I get them by the 500 count though, so they have plenty of time to clean out anything in their system.

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