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. Where are my tank details? This question is strictly about Mystery Snails and Tubifex Worms and if it's not related to Tubifex Worms then I will do additional research on that outside of this thread.A well-used two-piece floating device for feeding live Tubifex worms to your pets.

The only new item introduced into the tank is the cube of worms. In total I have three Mystery Snails who have been in the tank for over a month with no issues and I have one Nerite snail who has been in the tank over a year. You will notice in the image his shell is cracked, the snail came like that from the online seller. Is there anything I should know about Tubifex Worms and Mystery Snails or is this normal behavior? He was like this for a few hours so I gave him a nudge with some aquarium tweezers and he retreated a bit but not fully into his shell. This morning the snail was a few inches from where the cube was last night but instead of being enclosed in his shell, like snails usually do when they aren't mobile, he was on his side with his body sticking out (picture attached). Before heading to bed I saw one of my blue mystery snails on the cube with some shrimp. I recently bought Hikari Tubifex Worms from the Coop and placed a cube of the dried worms in the tank last night hoping it would be a good snack for the Panda Cory's. So below I want to describe my experience last night to understand if this is normal or possibly an issue with the food I gave last night. The only time I've seen them not in their shell and sticking out a bit while 'resting' is when they were dying as I've lost one Mystery Snail previously. Almost anytime I see a snail (Nerite or Mystery) not moving they are hunkered down in their shell.

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