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Post by Barb Okla on Sept 3, 2008 20:09:23 GMT -6
Here is a report done in 2001 about the harmfull paraistes found in tubifex worms.. Tubifex can bring in parasites to your tank because of where they are found - sewage. * Research was held in the University of Munich and studied tubifex for a year from different shops.* *This showed that virtually all samples were infected with harmful parasites* *Of seven samples, six contained infected oligochaetes (tubifex) and waterborne spores were present in 5 samples. In the laboratory, 12 different types of actinosporeans (myxozoa) were released by the oligochaetes.* *These worms are made up of a number of different species, including Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri, L. udekemianus and tubifex tubifex.* link
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