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  • trong
    Registered Member
    • Feb 2012
    • 50

    Re: California Blackworms information

    i got some freeze dried black worms about 2 weeks ago and my fish seem to just love them. i hate to spoil them (yea right) they are my babies. i'll be trying live soon. thanks dan for the new habit!

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    • Mili
      Registered Member
      • Apr 2012
      • 24
      • Finland, Turku

      Re: California Blackworms information

      Is blkworm@aol.com still valid e-mail? I have send 2 messages from 2 different emails and still no answer. Itīs been over week now since my first email. Im afraid to call since i dont know how much it costs from Finland

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      • voiceinthedesert
        Registered Member
        • Aug 2012
        • 6

        Re: California Blackworms information

        I emailed them Sunday and got a reply today. They said they are not shipping until after Chirstmas at this point.

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        • Susie
          Registered Member
          • Jan 2013
          • 103
          • New Port Richey, FL
          • Sheila

          Re: California Blackworms information

          Aquaticfooods cannot fill my order for frozen California blackworms for 4 to 6 weeks. Has anyone had any experience with the other California blackworm grower, Ken's Fish.com?
          Last edited by brewmaster15; 04-25-2014, 02:00 PM.

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          • DanCBW
            Registered Member
            • Jul 2002
            • 163

            Re: California Blackworms information

            Hi Sheila
            As Jenna was saying, there are only two Blackworm Farms in the USA, both here in California, three in the World.
            We supply Ken and have had to put him on hold also due to the Shortage. In fact we're the only one who offers them in Flash Frozen.

            We'll be back at it in apx 4 weeks or so.

            Dan
            Aquatic Foods

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            • musicmarn1
              Registered Member
              • Apr 2013
              • 1677
              • Colorado

              Re: California Blackworms information

              Hey Shelia my friend you can get white worms and red wrigglers to grow yourself in the mean time, i came here to pick up some live black worms myself for a lovely treat - but white worms and red wrigglers make ACE food , get them off aqua bid or someone here maybe lots of info on how to do it !

              while your waiting for your lovely black worms
              - Marnie
              www.bootcamprescue.com

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              • eddiecheng
                Registered Member
                • May 2013
                • 26

                Re: California Blackworms information

                blackworms are wonderful foods and so much cleaner then tubifex no wonder theres a shortage as whole world is buying worms from them.

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                • Jimambroz
                  Registered Member
                  • Apr 2014
                  • 23
                  • Norfolk Nebraska

                  Re: California Blackworms information

                  When you say black worms, these are not the frozen blood worms I use?

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                  • Bobstephanos
                    Registered Member
                    • Jun 2014
                    • 7
                    • Bobstephanos

                    Re: California Blackworms information

                    Blackworms, blood worms ands tubifex worms are all different..

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                    • Woodduck
                      Registered Member
                      • Feb 2015
                      • 435
                      • South West Florida Coast

                      Re: California Blackworms information

                      I'm getting ready to order my first CBWs and was wondering how much to order. By comparison feeding - 1lb FBloodWs = x lbs +/- CBWs?
                      Over 50 years in fish and it still feels brand new!! Woodduck

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                      • undel
                        Registered Member
                        • Feb 2014
                        • 99

                        Re: California Blackworms information

                        My order of freeze dried blackworms came in yesterday. My discus (and cleanup crew) can't get enough of these. I got the cubes, and there's hardly any that will reach the bottom of the tank. It even got my last hold-out on eating (my discus were shipped 3 weeks ago) to finally take a couple mouthfulls! There's hardly any mess, I love that I don't have to store them in my freezer, and I love that my fish love them. So happy.

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                        • anngocta
                          Registered Member
                          • Jan 2016
                          • 29

                          Re: California Blackworms information

                          Are they still in business? I tried calling/emailing/and messaging them here on simplydiscus but no one has responded to me.

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                          • warblad79
                            Registered Member
                            • Aug 2010
                            • 1879
                            • San Jose, CA

                            Re: California Blackworms information

                            Originally posted by anngocta
                            Are they still in business? I tried calling/emailing/and messaging them here on simplydiscus but no one has responded to me.
                            Contact them through eBay, they will reponse and probably more active there instead of here.

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                            • ktm4us6
                              Registered Member
                              • Apr 2012
                              • 199
                              • Portage, Wi

                              Re: California Blackworms information

                              I have been keeping my cbw in a 29g tank with a sponge filter and little gravel on the bottom. I feed them shrimp pellets every other day, and change half the water once a week. When I first receive the worms I change the water in the tank everyday to clean them out and wont start feeding them to my discus till the water stays clean in the tank. I have been feeding them to my discus for just under a year with no issues.
                              Eric M

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                              • blueeyes
                                Registered Member
                                • Dec 2005
                                • 61

                                Re: California Blackworms information

                                Originally posted by ktm4us6
                                I have been keeping my cbw in a 29g tank with a sponge filter and little gravel on the bottom. I feed them shrimp pellets every other day, and change half the water once a week. When I first receive the worms I change the water in the tank everyday to clean them out and wont start feeding them to my discus till the water stays clean in the tank. I have been feeding them to my discus for just under a year with no issues.
                                Can I ask if they are multiplying or just surviving, I have sent an email to several US companies as I cant get live ones in the UK, would like to start a culture if possible so any help would be great thanks.

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