Habit and Habitat: Tubifex is a fresh water form, occurs in patches on the muddy bottom in the freshwater ponds and lakes. Arenicola is generally used as bait in fishing.Īrenicola can be beneficial by negatively impacting the population of small rodents and insects. Posterior region or post branchial region is much thinner consisting of a variable number of segments devoid of parapodia setae and gills.Ĩ. Middle region or branchial region comprises thirteen segments bearing parapodia and branched gills.ĥ. Body is divisible into three regions, anterior middle and posterior.Ĥ. Body is stout, elongated, cylindrical worm- like measuring up to 20 to 25 cm in length and brownish or greenish in color.ģ. Arenicola is commonly known as lug warm or lobe-worm.Ģ. It is found in Mediterranean and European shores.ġ. Habit and Habitat: Arenicola is a marine worm that lives in U-shaped burrows of sand and mucus. This food floats for a long time and gradually breaks up into individual worms.įor small fish, simply break off a piece from the cube and press onto the glass underwater.įor large fish press a whole cube against the glass underwater.Distribution: Arenicola is distributed in Europe and the U.S.A. If kept in an air tight container away from light, moisture, and heat, it should last for 3 months. Once opened the contents of dried tubifex should be used within a few days as it will absorb moisture from the air and fungus will grow on it. Tip: A new container should be sealed against the air as oxygen rapidly destroys the nutritional content. You can't know how long it's been sitting on a shelf for. Be careful with how old the product is.Please note the vitamins are artificially added.Tubifex worms, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 Protein: 50-60% min, Fat: 10% min, Fibre: 2% max, Moisture: 4% max, Phosphorus 0.1% max, Ash 0.1% max. This food is usually sold as small dry cubes which feels like dry sawdust. But be wary of feeding it constantly as no one food can supply all the nutritional requirements of an animal.
This is a small high protein food which makes it very suitable for small fish and fry.This food was extremely popular in the past but since the discovery of this parasite in live worms, aquarists are wary to use it and live worms is now not commonly sold in shops.So care should be taken when feeding live Tubifex to aquarium fish.Ĭommercially processed Tubifex should be safe. No other worms are known to harbour this parasite. It is most economically important to humans as a host of Myxobolus cerebralis, which causes disease in fish stocks. Tubifex is usually available as live, frozen or freeze-dried foods. A well-used two-piece floating device for feeding live Tubifex worms to your pets.
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