How to raise whiteworms to feed to tropical fish. The method gives a huge supply on a continuing basis. Gut loaded for maximum nutrition for your fish
How to raise whiteworms to feed to tropical fish. The method gives a huge supply on a continuing basis. Gut loaded for maximum nutrition for your fish
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Very good video, David. Thanks.
Did you say 100 tanks? Or 100 fish?
They seem to be the same size as grindal worms.
I keep over 100 tanks. They are mostly 10 gallons, but range from 2 1/2 to 40 gallon. Whiteworms are much larger than girindals. Be like saying redworms are same size as night crawlers. Microworms to grindals to whiteworms to blackworms to redworms is my worm size pregression with my fish. whiteworms and blackworms are fed pretty much to same fish. Blackworms get chopped for the smaller fish.
100 tanks! Wow!!
I’m wondering whether to get whiteworms or grindals. I have community fish: cories, platys, guppies, a dwarf gourami, nothing very big. I hear that white worms are fattier than grindal worms, so maybe I should go with the latter.
It will take a lot of grindals to fill up the fish you have listed. As adults they would much prefer the whiteworms. And since whiteworms start out smaller and grow up, the smaller ones will feed the baby platies and guppies. But the whiteworms need to be kept much cooler than the grindals.
Thanks for the info – white worms it is.
So I got me some white worms from a guy on Aquabid! They seem healthy but I don’t yet have the quantities your video shows. I’m going to let them settle in for a couple of weeks – I put them in a larger container than they came in with some more potting soil.
I think they have mites though – there’s lots of tiny little dots. Do you have trouble with them?
I have more trouble with mites with the grindal worms. Don’t know why. They are tough to get rid of. The mites should congregate mostly on some dry dog or cat food pellets in the culture. Then pick out the pellets covered in mites and throw out. When your white worm culture gets going pretty good, harvest into a container of water. Stir it, let it settle, pour off the water. Do that several times and most of the mites will be gone from the worms. Use that to start a new clean culture. David
Mine are growing well, but wow, I looked at your video again and although my box is bigger than yours I don’t have anything like that quantity of worms. I’m not putting that much food in though – I guess I should put in more…
where can i buy a algae wafers?
algae wafers are available at any pet store. Even Walmart has them. Hikari is a good brand, so is Aqaurian. Petsmarts have their own brand of them.
how do i start the culture..should i buy some whiteworms or can i start with this ”recepies”
thank you for sharing this with us
Hi djrramsey,
few questions:
1. What do you use for the medium? soil or peat moss? and how thick is the medium?
2. What temperature do you keep them in?
Thanks
medium – spaghnum peat moss with some regular potting soil. About 1″ thick. Add a little lime to help the pH stay neutral. Temperature – kept in a wine cooler. Hig 50s
Do you sell mature cultures? If so, please e-mail me price and postage. Thanks.
@rotcafarg That’s changed now. They’re going strong!
Hi David,
. Few more questions hope you don’t mind
Thanks again for the video. I’ve started some curture 2 months back and it’s still not going strong
1. Normally how long does it take get into full production mode?
2. The soil/peat medium get slimy film on top, is it normal? do i need to anything?
3. Where can I buy the plastic grids that you’re using?
Thanks
does it work for koi carps??
@ABCba5tard The worms are about 1″ long. I have not tried them with koi carp, but every fish I have fed them to have eaten them. I chop them with a razer blade for small fish.
brilliant video. i got whiteworm cultures but they keep getting dirt fleas i think they are have you got any idea how to stop them. thanks
@tropicalfishman26 Collect a bunch of worms and put them in some aquarium water. They will sink to the bottom. The dirt fleas should float. Then you can use a turkey baster and suck out the worms. Put them in a new clean culture. The worms will live just fine in the water for a while. This is also an easy way to start up new cultures. Good luck.
@djrramsey ok thanks for the help will give it a go
hello, sorry but the English that utilis am Spanish and I am the translator google, the videos are perfect but I can not get the amount of worms that I see in the video, which is that with the feed at first glance appears coupled with slices of bread cheese? may be I am wrong? thanks
Wish you had shown how your fish eat those worms . thanks for the video