Trout and worms

[Phil BP]

Can anyone tell me if trout will happily eat and survive on worms from a wormfarm. I have 3 large wormfarms that are producing large quantities of worms and I would like to put them to good use.

[Yabbies4me]

Hey Phil,

Can anyone tell me if trout will happily eat and survive on worms from a wormfarm.

Do bears sh-t in the woods?...
Are the Kennedy's gun shy?...
Is the Pope a cattle tick?...

I don't know what the fish farm guy was feeding them, but my trout were reluctant to eat pellets when I first put them in, so just as a test I chucked a small handful of compost worms in the FT and they went spac!... I think I ended up with more water on the floor than was left in the tank. Problem is I've only got a small worm farm, so they had to learn to eat the barra pellets.

If you can keep the supply of worms up to them I reckon they'd luvya for it!

[fishfood]

In short they will survive but for real growth you will need to feed them high protine pellets as well

[Castaway]

The Grobest fish feed guy reckons if you feed them too many earthworms the fish will "switch" and not eat your pellets. Probably use the worms as a treat every now and then...
Have you seen this report about the benefits of eating worms yourself? You'll never forget where you put your car keys again!!

[RupertofOZ]

Love it, or hate it..... aquaculture pellet feeds are as near a complete "balanced" diet as possible....

Worms, BSF, Lupins, Soy meal, duckweed, etc... are all great supplements... but not a complete diet on their own...

[Phil BP]

OK Thanks guys, it would seem the consensus is : some - good, lots - maybe, exclusive - not a great idea.
Phil