Copperband not eating - can I try wax worms ot tubifex?

[Azael]

I bought a Copperband a month and a half ago and he is starting to lose weight. He was on the fat side and healthy when I got him.

At the LFS he ate 2 pieces of mysis. Bought the same type and he won’t eat them. He ate all the small feather duster I had in the tank.
I tried almost anything: light on/ off/ moonlight, feeder, live oyster, bought frozen 5 types, frozen shrimp, oyster, calamari, pellets, Masstick 80, garlic oil on food, selcon on food, nori. Some days he take maybe 1 bite and that is it.

In my area I can’t get live black or white worms.
The only live worms I can buy are tubifex (wild caught) or wax worms from the fishing store. Can I use any of them in the tank?

 

[Gtinnel]

I have no idea if tubifex worms or wax worms are nutritionally sufficient for a copperband, but ultimately if it’s going to starve to death then what is there to lose?
I know tubifex worms commonly get fed to freshwater fish so I would try them first. I’m not very familiar with wax worms, but aren’t they larger worms. For a copperband to eat anything it has to be small.

It’s a shame you can’t get white or black worms. It was white worms that I used until I got my copperband eating frozen.