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Hi all, I wanted to throw this out there for your consideration. I see blackworm flakes and pellets everywhere. So many different sellers now are marketing these. Before you buy them please stop and think about this.. How do you know these are foods made with Blackworms,? How do you know what the percent of black worms really is? if any. Heres the thing.. a tubifex worm is a "black" aquatic worm.. but its not Real blackworms.. Lubriculus variegatus.
A few years back I had wanted to make a blackworm pellet and flake. I contracted with a major fishfood manufacturer and had them make me a test batch... So heres the thing.. The worms needed to be freeze dried first and you needed alot of them for my 40% blackworm flakes . My batch fell short on freeze dried blackworms and the manufacturer doing the flakes gave me a quote to provide me with more blackworms very cheap. At the time there were literally only 2 farms doing freeze dried.My supplier and my competitor and the worms weren't coming from either.. most likely they were tubifex..which are abundant and easy to buy freeze dried and they are cheap.
I walked away from making my own pellets and flakes as the supply was not there. As you know.. Freeze dried black worms are scarce in bulk amounts.
So be skeptical. very skeptical of blackworm pellets and flakes. Some are legit.. but I am sure many are not. There just isnt a global supply large enough for all these "black" worm products to be "black" Real blackworms.. Lubriculus variegatus. aka Californa Blackworms and Australian Blackworms. Most are probably tubifex or maybe a pinch of blackworms.
Also note..some sellers out there are actually selling tubifex cubes as Lubriculus variegatus. .. I have no proof there but have been told it... and I believe it.
Just some food for thought.
Al
A few years back I had wanted to make a blackworm pellet and flake. I contracted with a major fishfood manufacturer and had them make me a test batch... So heres the thing.. The worms needed to be freeze dried first and you needed alot of them for my 40% blackworm flakes . My batch fell short on freeze dried blackworms and the manufacturer doing the flakes gave me a quote to provide me with more blackworms very cheap. At the time there were literally only 2 farms doing freeze dried.My supplier and my competitor and the worms weren't coming from either.. most likely they were tubifex..which are abundant and easy to buy freeze dried and they are cheap.
I walked away from making my own pellets and flakes as the supply was not there. As you know.. Freeze dried black worms are scarce in bulk amounts.
So be skeptical. very skeptical of blackworm pellets and flakes. Some are legit.. but I am sure many are not. There just isnt a global supply large enough for all these "black" worm products to be "black" Real blackworms.. Lubriculus variegatus. aka Californa Blackworms and Australian Blackworms. Most are probably tubifex or maybe a pinch of blackworms.
Also note..some sellers out there are actually selling tubifex cubes as Lubriculus variegatus. .. I have no proof there but have been told it... and I believe it.
Just some food for thought.
Al
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