tubeflex worms for planted tank?

[taysh75]

Hi,

Anyone tried using tubeflex worms for the plantes tanks? Tot they might be able to introduce more o2 into the soil and with their waste could contribute as fert.

Any comments?

[lyh]

Tubifex worms do not dig the soil like earthworms do. If you introduce them into your tank they will make your tank look ugly. They basically stay at the top layer of your substrate and sway like algae. The sight of it makes your hair stand

[kemp]

ya agree. tubifx doesn't equate to earthworm, so guess they will not behave like (digging soil)too

[taysh75]

ya agree. tubifx doesn't equate to earthworm, so guess they will not behave like (digging soil)too

That's true also. Maybe next time LFS would start to introduce certain type of worms for the planted tank.

Nevertheless, has anyone try out such idea before using other type of worms?

[valice]

If you want to aerate your substrate, use malayan trumpet snail lor.. that one sure dig...

[vinz]

Tubifex worms do not dig the soil like earthworms do. If you introduce them into your tank they will make your tank look ugly. They basically stay at the top layer of your substrate and sway like algae. The sight of it makes your hair stand

But the substrate feeders like corydoras and loaches will dance with glee.

[lyh]

That's true also. Maybe next time LFS would start to introduce certain type of worms for the planted tank.

Nevertheless, has anyone try out such idea before using other type of worms?

I'm using ADA and don't know why there are earthworms inside. Anyway they are good additions to my tank. They dig all the way to the bottom of the tank so I feel relieved that toxic gases won't accumulate inside.

But the substrate feeders like corydoras and loaches will dance with glee.

Definitely! Once i had a potted lotus in my pond and the fertilisers added caused tubifex worms to grow. Coincidently I was breeding betta at that time and the juvs grew really fast in that pot.

[taysh75]

I'm using ADA and don't know why there are earthworms inside. Anyway they are good additions to my tank. They dig all the way to the bottom of the tank so I feel relieved that toxic gases won't accumulate inside. :

Earthworms! How can that be? or are they other species. Got pics to share?

[lyh]

Earthworms! How can that be? or are they other species. Got pics to share?

Currently got no pics but will upload once I'm free to capture some.

[Quixotic]

These are probably aquatic worms, possibly of the Oligochaeta class. Some aquatic worms closely resemble terrestrial earthworms while others can be much narrower or thread-like.

[|squee|]

They most likely hitched a ride on the plants you bought.