As discussed in an earlier post, I went ahead and moved my egg crate
mattress pad to a different 'box', with plumbing. It serves as both
mechanical and bio filter and is fed by a filter which is primarily bio. I
noticed when I moved the material, there were a small number of blood worms
in the gunk in the folds of the mattress pad. Is this cause for concern?
Thanxx
Bill Brister - Austin, Texas

Blood worms are the larva for a species
of midge fly. They are excellent fish food.


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

I should be more specific. I have searched previous posts and typically the
response is dont worry they're a normal pond thing. However, I don't
believe they are being filtered out of the pond. The only ones I have seen
were in the folds, which leads me to believe they grew there. My concern is
whether this could be indicative of them growing in a medium (of gunk) which
would be conducive to bad bacteria growth.
Thanxx - Bill Again


"Bill" wrote in message
m...
As discussed in an earlier post, I went ahead and moved my egg crate
mattress pad to a different 'box', with plumbing. It serves as both
mechanical and bio filter and is fed by a filter which is primarily bio. I
noticed when I moved the material, there were a small number of blood
worms
in the gunk in the folds of the mattress pad. Is this cause for concern?
Thanxx
Bill Brister - Austin, Texas

They are in the gunk because that is where they find their food.
It doesn't sound like you have too much gunk in your pond or filter (or mulm or
ooze or biological soup).
If you did you'd see signs of it in green, smelly water, sick fish and a swamp
creature throwing a house warming party.


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

"Bill" wrote in message
m...
I should be more specific. I have searched previous posts and typically
the
response is dont worry they're a normal pond thing. However, I don't
believe they are being filtered out of the pond. The only ones I have seen
were in the folds, which leads me to believe they grew there. My concern
is
whether this could be indicative of them growing in a medium (of gunk)
which
would be conducive to bad bacteria growth.
snip

Nah, they're good. They're in the gunk because that is where they chow down.
I have never had them, but I have a few friends that have them in an
aquarium and they report that the little buggers keep the bottom nice and
clean, of course when they are avoiding becoming a snack for the fish.


--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

BV,
Next time you get ahold of a damselfly nymph, put it in a white saucer in a bit
of water and offer it a blood worm. The nymphs are rather transparent and you
can see the worm go from free swimming to digesting. Kind of neat in a
biological way!


kathy :-)
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this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

Thanks again - Another of my many little worry warts given the liquid
nitrogen treatment
Bill

(jammer sets down her coffee and tries to swallow her toast)

Yes, sounds fascinating.






On 19 Apr 2004 14:23:05 GMT, ononono (really ka30p)
wrote:


BV,
Next time you get ahold of a damselfly nymph, put it in a white
saucer in a bit
of water and offer it a blood worm. The nymphs are rather transparent
and you
can see the worm go from free swimming to digesting. Kind of neat in
a
biological way!


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

jammer wrote (jammer sets down her coffee and tries to swallow her toast)
Yes, sounds fascinating.

chortle!
er, sorry about that! ;-)


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)

"really ka30p" wrote in message
...

jammer wrote (jammer sets down her coffee and tries to swallow her
toast)
Yes, sounds fascinating.

chortle!
er, sorry about that! ;-)

I guess she put her toast down on the wrong plate.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Wish I had some that I knew about in my pond. It would save me shelling
out $$$ for frozen ones at the pet store. The fish in the aquarium love
them. Oh well, the $$$ spent is good for other things like freaking out
/grossing out unsuspecting people who root through the freezer.

Susan (slowly whittling down the people willing to eat at her house *grin*)
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

You need a TV

On 19 Apr 2004 14:23:05 GMT, ononono (really ka30p)
wrote:


BV,
Next time you get ahold of a damselfly nymph, put it in a white saucer in a bit
of water and offer it a blood worm. The nymphs are rather transparent and you
can see the worm go from free swimming to digesting. Kind of neat in a
biological way!


kathy :-)
(still use ka30p for email
this acct. is for reading rec.ponds only)