Marco 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Hello~ i was just wondering if i can pull out some everyday worms from my garden/back yard, and give them a good washing by water, then feed em to my GF's? im talking about those brown colored skinny kind of worms... would i have to chop em up into lil peices if can? if ya can then its bon appetite for my goldies! thanks Marco 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest graceful fins Posted June 29, 2005 Hey Marco! I have had success with earthworms! You can chop them or leave them whole. It all depends on the size of the worm and your fish. My babies also enjoy melon and mild cheddar cheese. They get either worms or cheese only about once a week. Talk about a feeding frenzy!!!!!!!!!! Heather:) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Hey Heather, cool you've been a really good help!...starting tommorow i will find the little wormy's and waash them then slice them up and feeed them is it recommended to kill the worms first then feed them the worms dead? or can i just drop them in their and let them chew them to bits alive??????? melon and cheese ehh??hmm i might try that later i also feed my goldies bananas and some pea's every now and then...rofl marco 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted June 29, 2005 (edited) i could just imaging my gf chew it up!! i cant wait to see it! wont time go faster :angry: ! come on tomorow! Edited June 29, 2005 by Marco 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smack536 0 Posted June 29, 2005 well, i leave mine live, they chew and chew and chew...try to find worms that are already the right size for your fish, i cant bear to cut em up...but thats just me 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted June 29, 2005 ill keep that in mind, thanks smacky B) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tinkerbell 1 Posted June 29, 2005 i agree with Christi, try to find the right size!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meg_Carroll 0 Posted June 29, 2005 you should leave them on moist paper towel for a day or so before feeding them to your fish. it lets the dirt and stuff be removed from their systems. And i wouldnt feed a goldfish chesse. Dairy is bad enough for humans, fish bodies can not digest it at all and it could make them very very ill. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tinkerbell 1 Posted June 29, 2005 yes, i just remembered the same thing!! you beat me to it!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ThugLife Posted June 30, 2005 i just bought some bloodworms today, for the first time my goldfish loved it it has 65% protein i might try feeding them earthworms later 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted June 30, 2005 !!! i was going to get some earthworms today from my garden but the stupid rain had to come :angry: unless from the water on the dirt will make the worms go to the surface ??? i dont know if its true...i making it up rofl!?!?!? guess i have to hope that tommorow will be a better daY 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrissy_Bee 144 Posted June 30, 2005 Rain is the best worm finder! I feed my newts earthworms and I usually find them right after it rains. All the patio stones in my yard are covered with them when they are wet. A lot of the time they'll drown there in puddles, I don't really know why they do it. Either way, it's 'easy pickings' after the rain comes. I also try to find worms that are the right size, but if I have to I cut them with really sharp scizzors, though I really don't likek to do it :crp . The only thing that makes me feel ok about doing it is they are eaten right away after I do it, so their pain is short lived. Good luck with the worm hunting!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted June 30, 2005 oo so rain does make them come up!! yessss, thanks for the heads up chrissy. well its night time now for me so if it rains tommorow ill go out in search for some worms the right size for their lil mouths!! hehe i got heaps of rocks, slabs, and brick stuff around back! it'll be perfect to find those lil buggers yayay i cant wait..again 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted July 1, 2005 hello~ today was the day!! i went outside at night just few hours ago and found a earthworm skinny in size and perfect for my goldies to eat. so i picked it up and took it into my house, washed it a few times in water until i thought it would be safe enough for a feast.. then saw all my goldies come forth to me insight of the coming food, i got a aqualclear filter which has a lil gap where theres nothing to block the water and the dust or whateva that will drop into the tank which the waterfall of the filter goes..so i thought well ill just drop it in there...i dropped it and the worm was falling falling and got heaps close to the tip of the suck-tion of the filter!!! then it happend, the filter sucked the worm up the pipe but luckly i turned the filter off and it came down the pipe again and rested on the tub at the tip of the suck-tion bit... the worm started moving around and my Rocky saw it in his eyes and swam to it...my goldie started chewing at it, like it was getting hold of its head or tail and tearing it apart hehehe, and eventually my goldfish Rocky swallowed it whole. he just sucked it in his mouth, the worm was was about 1 1/2 inch long and Rocky is about 4 inchs, i thought he was gonna like choke!! but i heard that they chew on the food for a while when its in there mouth......i think immma cut the worm into smaller pieces from now on..so my other goldies can eat as well i thought i had to tell this story heheh sorry if i wasted your time marco 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gold Ryu 0 Posted July 1, 2005 Wormies so useful yet so ugly. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ranchugirl 17 Posted July 1, 2005 My fish love earth worms as well, and for the koi I can feed them the really big ones with no chopping them up - they swallow them like spaghetti! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted July 2, 2005 My fish love earth worms as well, and for the koi I can feed them the really big ones with no chopping them up - they swallow them like spaghetti! 353937[/snapback] hehe wonder what will happen if one of your koi's get one end and the other koi gets the other end rofl 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tinkerbell 1 Posted July 7, 2005 it'd be like the scene out of 'lady and the tramp'!! lol 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smack536 0 Posted July 7, 2005 toothless posted a pic of this exact thing in the goldfish pix section!!! lemme get the link! http://www.kokosgoldfish.invisionzone.com/...showtopic=31370 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JustJayde Posted July 7, 2005 Aren't you guys worried about pesticides n stuff from earthworms ? I know most places here spray pesticides and lawn stuff all over... I would be scared to poison fishies. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaudlinBlithe 1 Posted July 8, 2005 woooow. I have got to do this... but I only got one fish thats big enough to swallow a wrom whole... and there is nooo way that I can cut up a worm..... I'll get my boyfriend to do it!!!! hehehe, at first he squirmed when he had to pick crickets out of the cricket tub to feed the oriental firebellied toads. he got used to that though.... having him do this to the worms will be funny to watch! (okay... I admit. I pick on my boyfriend to much with my weird pets.) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted July 10, 2005 Aren't you guys worried about pesticides n stuff from earthworms ?I know most places here spray pesticides and lawn stuff all over... I would be scared to poison fishies. 358003[/snapback] but the thing is my parents dont spray any pesticides or any other chemical in the lawn, so its ok for me 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JustJayde Posted July 10, 2005 but the thing is my parents don't spray any pesticides or any other chemical in the lawn, so its ok for me 359147[/snapback] what about the neighbors though? meh I dunno... I would be too cowardly LOL 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marco 0 Posted July 10, 2005 umm well both of my neighbours have dogs in the back yard all the time..so i dont think they'd spray any stuff or the dogs will go and sniff or eat the chemicaled stuff and die...so i dont think so......... 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldfishGoddess 2 Posted July 10, 2005 Why don't you take a bucket and fill it will earth from the garden store (then you will know it's clean) and grow the worms there. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
