This might be another blonde question. :)

[aquaticmum]

I picked up some guppy fry today, and the guy told me that I should be giving my fish a couple of different fish food, variety is the spice of life they say. anyway, he said I could feed them worms, i been a true blonde said well i have a worm farm with tiger worms can i feed them these? he said yes but crush them up or freeze first so they will flake easy. Can I actually feed them worms? or should I put up the embarassed smiley on :oops:

[DennisP]

You can if you want.

If they are too big though, you do have to crush/flake them.

[Zayne]

you could feed them worms but as they are only fry they might be too BIG so maybe just crushed flake and something like decap brine shrimp

[Ira]

I've heard most fish don't like the taste of tiger worms.

[spoon]

perhaps have a look on trade me for a microworm culture they are small white/clear worms that live on porridge perfect size for guppy fry, easy to grow or even ask in the private trade and exchange section someone in your area might give you a starter fpr free

[Caryl]

Stu Lord wrote an article about this subject in the Aug 09 Aquarium World magazine. He found that it depended on what the tiger worms had been feeding on that determined whether the fish would eat them or not.

[DrPepper]

Tiger worms are not the best for fish from memory. Plus they might be too big for guppies :-?

What he might have meant is bloodworms/tubifex/micro/white worms. Plus with livebearers you'll need some green in the diet. Personally I'd 'er to a food with spirulina in the mix and 'whatever'-worms once week as a treat.

[aquaticmum]

Thanks to you all for great advice. I am going to get some more guppies, (Not fry) next week so will pick up a couple more selections of food for them.

All I can say is man its an expensive hobby. . but i do love it :bounce:

[diver21]

instead of microworms i would go for grindal worms as theyre bigger so adult guppies can be fed them also, and they like the warmer temps more than the white worms

[Zayne]

adults guppys also eat microworms

[Sunbird73]

I fed some of my fish tiny baby tiger worms from my worm farm last week. Neons loved them best, the guppies ate them too. All fish still happy.

I probably wont do it again tho, I had guilt afterwards. Just didn't feel very sanitary....

Microworms are super easy, nutritious and safe, find someone with a culture or buy one off TM - best $5 I ever spent. Cultures can last indefinitely if you keep them going.