BLOOD WORMS IN
LARVICULTURE
From: Tommy Chandra tchandra@bhinneka.com
To: shrimp@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 02 May 2002
QUESTION:
I have seen some inquiries about
availability of blood worm and several different species. Forgive me for my
ignorance, but is this blood worm some sort of supplemental feed for shrimp
larvae or PLs?
One of our local suppliers once offered us
some “sort” of worm. It’s said to be like Artemia cysts which after
certain hours of aeration would revive back to live and is a source of
natural feed for PLs.
Tommy Chandra – Makara Bumi Satya
North Bali – Indonesia
e-mail: tchandra@bhinneka.com
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COMMENTS 1 :
The purpose of this message is to inform
you that Seabait Ltd, producer of high quality farm raised marine polychaete
(Bloodworm) has recently established a local inventory in the USA. This
American inventory now saves US customers from the task of importation and
allows North & Central American customers an easier supply with reduced
transportation costs.
Technical and nutritional information on
Seabait’s marine worms are available on the shrimplist server under the
file name: Intensive Worms.doc or with the direct link
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shrimp/files/Intensive%Worms.doc
More details and information can be
obtained at:
Service Aqua LLC (USA)
Tel : +1 561 465 1577
Fax : +1 561 264 8076
Eric Pinon
e-mail : epinon@ecua.ne.ec
or
Seabait Ltd (UK)
Tel/Fax: +44 1670 81 41 02
e-mail: george@seabait.com
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comments 2 :
Are the UK worms species that you sell Nereis virens
or Glycera dibranchiata?
e-mail:
vanfk@comcast.net
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COMMENTS 3 :
This is Nereis virens;
Seabait is also working on Glycera but it is not available on a commercial
scale yet. It will happen in the future.
Eric P.
epinon@ecua.net.ec
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COMMENTS 4:
Bloodworms as they are called are usually marine
polychaete worms used to feed broodstocks (fish & shrimp) but you may
find some terrestrial insect larvae called this way also.
There is also a variety of names: bloodworms, sandworm, ragworm etc...
according to the species and location.
Eric P.
epinon@ecua.net.ec