is it a good idea if i feed my baby oscars live tubifex worms? i've read some where that it is bad for your fish to consume tubifex due to the bacteria they have. is this true??

i dont dont know about live worms... but my o's wont even touch the freeze dried ones.

Mine won't eat the FD ones either.

Cant help you on this on. I fed my babies on small hikari pellets and frozen bloodworms

I have also heard bad things about tubifex worms but i dont know if its true

mine does eat freeze dried tubifex.. no problems so far.
as a betta breeder, ive never heard any negative things about tubifex worms, as some of my fellow breeders use chopped tubifex as a transitional feed for betta fries. the only negative thing ive heard is of microworms, as it is always related to ventral fin growth stunting of bettas bcos of it's sinking properties.

i feed mine live tubifex worms in the little plastic floating cone thing. they love them so do my clown loaches, im just afraid they would get sick.....

one thing u should be clear of.. ANY live food can bring bad bacteria to ur fish. thats why u should be sure to clean/rinse them b4 feeding to ur fish. another thing to take note is where does the live food come from. make sure they dont come from some commercial areas with insecticides and weed poisons. foods like tubifex and bloodworms gathered from certain areas has bad bacteria in their bodies, which is quite impossible to remove. thats why certain breeders like me prefer to use freeze dried or frozen worms. at least we know that they are commercially raised and sterilized.