Path: utzoo!hoptoad!mejac!decwrl!ucbvax!ucsd!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpcuhb!hpscdc!titus From: titus@hpscdc.HP.COM (Scott Titus) Newsgroups: alt.aquaria Subject: Re: Resealing & Tubiflex Worms Message-ID: <9580004@hpscdc.HP.COM> Date: 9 May 88 15:53:58 GMT References: <7892@ihlpa.ATT.COM> Organization: HP, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 25 >>Also, it was mentioned in another article that tubiflex worms often >>cause disease in certain fish. What's the deal with tubiflex worms? >>What types of diseases do they spread and why? Are only certain fish >>susceptible? >> > >The disease seems to be hemmorhagic septicema (sp) or "the crud". >It manifests itself as reddish fins, and may spread a reddish cast >all over the tail region of the body. Just before they croak >they turn a nice pretty red all over. > >I havn't experienced this disease while not feeding tubifex. > I have notices that the few times that I have fed tubiflex worms, that my fish developed ich in about a week or two. I have since stopped feeding them worms, although they seemed to really enjoy them. As a side question, this weekend while cleaning some of my tanks I saved the water and noticed that there were worms in the water I drained. Could these be tubiflex worms that fell to the bottom? It has been over a year since I feed worms last. Anything I should worry about ?? Scott Titus { hplabs!hpscdc!hpscll!titus }