CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Can the red worms in the turtle pond be used to feed turtles?

In the corners of the turtle breeding pond, red worms often appear and move in groups on the surface of the pond, forming a layer of red water bloom on the surface of the pond water. The real name of "red worms" is cladocerans, with an average body length of about 1 mm. It is a type of zooplankton in the water. The normal body color of cladocerans is grayish white, and it will only turn red when the water lacks oxygen, so "red worms" are mostly found in stinky ditches.

When a large number of "red worms" are found in the breeding pond, it means that the water in the pond has begun to deteriorate and develop towards corruption, and it should be adjusted quickly. The reason why cladocerans turn red in oxygen-deficient water is that their blood contains a kind of spineless hemoglobin. When the water body is lacking in oxygen, its content will increase significantly and turn red. The food of cladocerans is mainly protozoa, rotifers and some large algae in the water, as well as bacteria.

Therefore, when there are too many of them in the water body for turtle farming, they will swallow a large amount of phytoplankton that can photosynthesize and increase oxygen. In life, they themselves need to consume a large amount of dissolved oxygen, so the pond water will deteriorate. However, because cladocerans can also swallow a large number of bacteria, maintaining a certain number can also directly control pathogens and prevent turtle diseases. For example, experiments have found that when there are a certain number of red worms in turtle farming, the turtles have less skin rot, and when there are no red worms, the turtles have more diseases.

Years of practice have shown that it is best to control the number of cladocerans within 15,000 per liter of water. If the number exceeds this, they should be removed in time. The removed cladocerans are excellent feed for turtles and fish, and can be added to turtle feed as fresh feed. The reason why cladocerans are a good feed is that they contain rich protein, which not only contains all the amino acids required by various fish, but also has a high content of various amino acids, which is difficult to match with other feeds.

Cladocerans also contain fat and calcium necessary for the growth and development of fish and turtles. Experimental studies have also found that when breeding fish, if only one kind of fresh feed is fed, the fish will often grow poorly and suffer from various diseases, but feeding cladocerans is an exception. The same is true for feeding turtles. When young turtles are fed a mixed feed with a large proportion of cladocerans, they excrete less feces, the water pollution is slow, and the growth of turtles is faster than that of turtles without feeding. Therefore, "red worms" are a good feed for turtles.

The water body for raising turtles is the best water body for the growth of cladocerans, so they reproduce very quickly. When the number of their groups exceeds the standard we require, we can fish them out to feed the turtles. This can not only effectively regulate the water body and transform it in a good direction, but also save a lot of feed, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. When using, first disinfect and wash the fished cladocerans with 2% salt water, and then mix them into the feed at a ratio of 5% to 8% of the feed amount and feed them immediately.

If the quantity is large, it can be dried in the sun or sealed after the above treatment and then added gradually, the effect is also very good.