guppy fries feeding on microworms





how to start a microworm culture with bread

Materials required
* bread 
* milk (little)
* brush or ear bud
* plastic container
* full grown culture





how to start microworm culture

Materials required
* flour or oats or bread
* water or milk
* yeast if the substrate is not bread
* container (plastic preferred )
* container lid
* ear bud or brush for collecting worms










german black guppies





microworms nutrition


Microworm Nutrition

Protein
48%
Lipids
21%
Glycogen
7%
Organic Acids
1%
Nucleic Acids
1%

the catfish Aspidoras abaster blind fish

Two cave-dwelling populations of the catfish Aspidoras abaster with reduced eyes and pigmentation have been discovered in Goiás State, Brazil. This represents the first known discovery of a troglomorphic member of the family Callichthyidae!

Link to full paper below and image also from: Secutti, S., R.E. Reis & E. Trajano. 2011. Differentiating cave Aspidoras catfish from a karst area of Central Brazil,
upper rio Tocantins basin (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae). Neotropical Ichthyology ahead of print.