Tube worms - Australians only please !

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As these are readily available in Australia, I was wondering if any Australian owners of Axolotls use these for feeding and if they are good or bad for our little friends ?

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If they're harvested from the ocean I can image they'd be salty and evil. But these are recommended as shrimp food
http://www.aquabait.com.au

Polychaetes have high levels of essential fatty acids, particularly the polyunsaturated fatty acids that are believed to be an important dietary requirement for penaeid shrimp reproduction and development.
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It also says they have high levels of 'bromophenols,' but I have no idea what this is or whether it's good/bad. Hopefully somebody can help. They look like scary little worms, but they're quite interesting. Check out these Christmas tree tube worms from the reef! http://www.tropicalunderwaterphotography.com/gallery_647.html

The only live worms I can get my hands on are bait shop earthworms, and its a 40 minute round trip to get them - this makes me very interested in anything that can be shipped :happy:
 
It's 50cm wide, even that's too big for me! I'm going to try to put something together with 2 ice cream containers or something, I don't go through that many worms anyway. But I still need to have a supply :p Good luck if you give it a go, it looks pretty solid if you have room.
 
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