Where to find live blackworms?

[Veng68]

Actually California black worms and tubifex are 2 different worms. Google California Black worms.

If you can't find them where you are, Canadian Aquatics out of Vancouver has them http://www.canadianaquatics.com/equipment/equipment.htm (near the bottom of the page).

You can get some and if you have some room you can culture them.

This book will help you.
Culturing Live Foods by Mike Hellweg
ISBN: 9780793806553
Hardcover, 240 pp.

Cheers,
Vic

[Myka]

Thanks for the help Vic. I may look into culturing them, but for the price and what (now) appears to be a reliable source I may just buy them when I need them. They aren't something I will be needing all the time.

Thedwightguy, Vic is correct, Tubifex and Blackworms are not the same thing. http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/lumbriculus

[BlueWorldAquatic]

go white worms, easier to maintain your own cultures.

[Myka]

Thanks Ken, white worms not suitable though.

[daniella3d]

Not suitable for what exactly? Because I have been feeding my copperband butterfly almost exclusively white worms for a year and half.

All my fish love these and eat them as if there is no tomorrow.

Easy to culture, can be easily enriched with Selcon, multiply like crazy and all it takes is a bit of earth and a bit of food.

Here is the copperband feeding on white worms:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=AvkIATAzV5Q

This is what saved my copperband which was extremely small and skinny when I first got it.

Originally Posted by Myka

Thanks Ken, white worms not suitable though.

[Myka]

Perfectly suitable for your use and many others' uses, just not suitable for my particular use.