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How do you keep live black worms alive?

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I got some and no one told me how to care for them, the person was to busy talking about cell phones...If I can get a response ASAP I would be pleased.Thank you.
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What kind of worms are you talking about?
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Opps I thought I said it, Black worms
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Sorry for the disappointment, I don't know anything about them. Did they come from a pet store?

Have you tried looking it up on Google? I can't think of any better suggestions right now.
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schismy007 wrote:Sorry for the disappointment, I don't know anything about them. Did they come from a pet store?

Have you tried looking it up on Google? I can't think of any better suggestions right now.
Yea I got them less then 30 minutes ago..Ill try google.I forgot about that.lol
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It says to put them in a cup or tubaware then the fridge and do W/c every day or other day...I have them in the fridge in a cup with tin foil over it n holes poked in the foil. Anyone else do this? I need them to stay alive till monday because Im going away then.
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I used to do that. It worked well. Now I keep them in a 1/2g and feed them occasionally. That works, too. There were some directions on their care recently on dwarfpuffers.com. You might want to give that a looky-loo.
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This Monday or next Monday? You can try PMing mrgreen. She keeps bloodworms alive.
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What did you feed em?
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Lil' Swimz$ wrote:This Monday or next Monday. You can try PMing mrgreen. She keeps bloodworms alive.
I spoken to here before, and she keeps blood worms in one of her tanks. Im leaving the 24th for 8-9 days
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Sponge bob wrote:
Lil' Swimz$ wrote:This Monday or next Monday. You can try PMing mrgreen. She keeps bloodworms alive.
I spoken to here before, and she keeps blood worms in one of her tanks. Im leaving the 24th for 8-9 days
Okay. Yes, but maybe blackworms are different? They may need to breath air, I really don't know. Okay, bye now.
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They look alike some what..Bye?
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I've thought I read something on how they need the water shallow enough where they could breath air. I don't know.
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Oh lol...I have just enough water to cover them fully.
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Yes, they do need to reach air. I would suggest getting them a container that's got a big footprint and filling that with shallow water.
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