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	are black worms carnivorous??
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	my blackworms have eaten one of my ghost shrimp when it was in the middle of a molt still eating it actually what is the "normal" diet of blackworms? and yes, i know the shrimp is being eaten because i can see the worms crawling around inside its shell "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I looked them up on several sites, and it doesn't seem that they are truly carnivorous. They are opportunistic eaters, and will eat decomposing materials, sinking fish foods, and anything soft enough for them. I guess they're eating your ghost shrimp because its exoskeleton hasn't had time to harden after its molt, and the worms discovered that it was soft and tasty. Those mean worms! And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sundewd Fingerling Posts: 22 Kudos: 19 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jul-2004	Thats sick!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	it was in the middle of a molt when they got inside it so it was laying there "dead" about to molt and the worms got inside it somehow and took over "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	thats pretty creepy. yeah, opportunistic is right, they would eat anything. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sillysassy Enthusiast Posts: 173 Kudos: 54 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2003	OK, that's just scary. Didn't the shrimp move??? I just put blackworms in the bottom of my bristlenose breeding tank. I think they're coming out now!!!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Just make sure they don't eat the fry... Seriously, I don't know if they'd be up to that, but you might want to watch carefully the first few days. Unless you're supposed to feed blackworms to the fry? And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	no, the shrimp was in a molt at the time and immobile so it couldn't move until it was done molting "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	cleaned out the tank tonight and found 2 more shrimp being devoured by blackworms. i'm thinking i should starve my betta until he eats them all again. "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
sillysassy Enthusiast Posts: 173 Kudos: 54 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jul-2003	Yeech! I'm more worried they'll eat the bristlenose eggs, rather than the fry! However, I checked this morning. Must have had hungry adult bristlenoses munch them up first! Or very defencive adults who looked into the blackworms' beady eyes and knew they were trouble!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	one more shrimp devoured by blackworms i can't find the rest so i have to assume that they're all eaten i am definitely starving my betta in the hopes he will eat them up "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:27


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