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Easiest live food cultures


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Posted 06 February 2014 - 06:06 PM

Obviously grindal worms are high on this list, and so are microworms and vinegar eels, but are there any other live food cultures that can be considered 'idiot proof' or at least close? Preferably for fish in the 1-4 inch range (I.E bigger than elassoma)?

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Posted 06 February 2014 - 07:42 PM

I'm currently trying out whiteworms for the first time and they seem to be doing quite well. I haven't quite had enough reproduction to start harvesting, but they are definitely multiplying. I'd always been scared to try them because of the temperature things but I added them to my order since I was getting some other cultures and so far, so good. I was keeping them in my den, which I'm currently keeping in the 40-50 degree range to winterize some fish, and they weren't doing much. I've since brought them into the main part of the house and they are doing much much better. It is winter time, but my house temp is usually 66-68 at night and up to 74 in the daytime if we are feeling particularly chilly, and the worms are thriving. So they may not be as sensitive as you'd guess after reading about them. Perhaps generations of cultivation have made them a little more tolerant.

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Posted 06 February 2014 - 07:43 PM

Also, I'm currently keeping all 3 nematode species: microworms, walterworms, banana worms, and I would rank them in that order from least productive to most productive. Banana worms are absolutely astonishing in their ability to reproduce.

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Posted 06 February 2014 - 09:22 PM

So white worms could work? Honestly I was hoping for something a little more different from the grindals since I'd prefer not to have my fish eat the same thing every day, but that information is helpful. Do you htink that they could be cultured on sponges similarly to grindal worms?




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