THREE MONTHS AGO i put a worm that i found outside in my ten gallon tank just to see if my fish would eat it. They nipped at it on the way down, then ignored it once it started burrowing. This morning it was on top of the rocks, burrowing back into the gravel!! He is still alive, and he's gotten bigger! Can anyone tell me how this is possible? Ive heard they only live for 11 days submerged. Its a freshwater ten gallon tank. 76 degrees F. Maybe 10 fish. Tetras, mini cat fish, one large sucker fish. I have a bubbler, so thats adding extra oxygen .. i guess. And a filter. Of course. I feed tetra min fish flakes, and the ocasional spoonful of blood worms. And alage wafers for the big sucker fish. Will the worm hurt any ballance? Do you think he'll eat fish poop? I like having him in there, its neat to me. How do i keep him alive?
That is crazy! I never knew that was even possible either. Kinda cool though! I don't know exactly how he's staying alive, he must be eating the left over fish food and stuff in there. Very interesting though! Good luck, hope you are able to keep him alive for years to come :-)
Clearly if he's still alive, just keep doing whatever it is you have been doing. Not entirely sure what he's been eating, but he sure has found something. I don't think that something as small as a worm could change the PH or anything. Good luck keeping the little guy alive!
I used to feed my cichlids live worms fairly often. Every now and then one would escape into the gravel , only to be rediscovered during cleaning. It's nothing to worry about, and won't increase the bioload of your aquarium.
