Live blackworm feeding(MESSY!)

[Verbone626]

Does anyone have a good idea on feeding live bloodworms/blackworms to my chinese fire bellied newt? i usually set it on the reptile grass at the bottom but when they dont eat them, the worms hide in the gravel around the edges. i tried putting them on top of one of my decorations which is a structure that has a boxlike shape. (i use it it incorporate into the gravel to make a small area of dry land). but when i put them on there they eventually escape into the rocks aswell. is there any cleaner way to feed the newts?

 

[Otterwoman]

Put them in a jar and put the blackworms in the jar and leave them for a little while.

 

[JessKB]

Any reason your worried about them getting into the substrate? Blackworms will live in a tank for a long time and your newts will eat them as they find them.

 

[Verbone626]

well im only concerned because of the chance that it could accumulate bacteria from the dead ones under all the rocks. i have gravel so i noticed that they come through the gravel every once in a while in the corner areas but thats only so many. i assumed there was many dead ones under the rocks