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Does anyone know of a shrimp safe bottom feeder that would help keep these tubifex worms under control?... I due regulate feeding when i see the numbers explode but i can never seem to get rid of them completely. I know they are a good part or the ecosystem and dont bother the shrimp at all but we dont like the look of them at all. What due you guys think? Btw i really dont want to disturb my substrate so vacuuming is out of the equation.

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I have those blackworms in most of my tanks & what I do when the population gets too big is chuck in a couple of food pellets, when the worms completely cover the pellet I get a syringe with some airline on it & suck out the worms off the top of the food, being careful not to suck up any substrate. Then I feed the worms to my Bettas & Licorice Gouramis, after doing this for a few days the population seems to drop enough so they aren't as noticable. :encouragement:

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Phase previously not fed the tank for 2-3 days, and when I did! I used pallets of a dish! and within the week! they'll disappear.

Live ones are too quick for the shrimps...

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