Microworm Wranglers

[rsretep]

I use. Baby cereal and do not smell,don't cook it and after two weeks as it water down i add more baby food and couples days is ready with maximum production , my apisto's fry look so fat that look funny.


Sent from my iPhone using MonsterAquariaNetwork app[/QUOTE +1 I also use uncooked baby cereal, I feed fry and some of my smaller fish with the worms. I use old tooth brushes to extract the worms from the side of the container.

 

[mchambers]

Yum yum

OMG - I am so glad you posted this. I kept thinking like the culture I bought from you smelled like garlic - I thought I was losing my mind!

I did feed some to adult fish this weekend - adult chili rasboras, adult eques pencilfish, and adult chocolate and sparkling gouramis - all of those have itty bitty little mouths, though, and are micropredators.

Garlic flavored oatmeal! Who'da thunkit?

 

[chriscoli]

Garlic flavored oatmeal! Who'da thunkit?

you know you're going to give it a try! I certainly am.

Frank, fresh or powdered garlic?

 

[Frank Cowherd]

Powdered, lot easier and you can get a big thing like you can for other spices. It does clump up on standing so i have to shake it hard to get it to flow again.

Maybe next time I make pesto I will use some fresh stuff. Or the next crab boil.

Hey, you are making me hungry!!

 

[msjinkzd]

i use the heels of wholegrain bread, slightly moistened, rather than instant cereal for my cultures


As an FYI, it is the Allicin in garlic that is beneficial- in case anyone wants to google

 

[mchambers]

Man

Powdered, lot easier and you can get a big thing like you can for other spices. It does clump up on standing so i have to shake it hard to get it to flow again.

Maybe next time I make pesto I will use some fresh stuff. Or the next crab boil.

Hey, you are making me hungry!!

We had homemade pesto tonight, and I never thought of feeding my live foods! Wonder if the powder contains allicin? If the worms get a lot of garlic, won't they stay in the container and not crawl up the sides?

Here's some pictures of the containers I use. In this case, I just poked small holes in the lid and then cover the container with a cloth. In August and September, I do occasionally have problems with fruit flies infesting the culture. Probably need to get some sort of cloth case with a zipper, like a pillow case.

In the second picture, you can see the worms crawling up the sides.

 

[festaedan]

I tried feeding a mixture of micro worms, daphina mangna, bloodworms, and brine shrimp. Unfortunately they weren't big fans so now I have to do a quick gravel vac on the tank. Once I get more fry from one of my pairs I'll try feeding them micros.

 

[Beeman]

Thanks for starting this thread Christine, and thanks to all who have offered their additional advise. Great idea to add the live food section. I came home from the meeting with four different live food options to offer my fishes. I have to learn their management quick! :wacko:

 

[festaedan]

I also have started live food cultures because of the meeting, I now have a culture of about 15 (I know I need more) crickets in a 66 quart container and later today I'm getting the supplies for a red wiggler culture.

 

[chriscoli]

Cool! You should start a "cricket wranglers" thread and show us your setup!

 

[Fraviz]

I tried the corn meal... it took longer to start but gave me a good amount of worms...and run out faster too