Awesome Video David, still helping people out who are coming into the hobby! Started micro Worms already and going to get these guys going this week. Thank you for all your quality information in your videos 🙏🤟
This is the BEST video I found to help me start my first culture. :D I wasn’t very enthusiastic at first because of all the various conflicting info I found that made my head spin. Thank you SO much for this ! It’s perfect and you give me confidence to be successful at it. 😊
I just ordered white worms on ebay and will use your method . Nothing speaks better than long term experience. I did culture micro worms and it turned out excellent but most of my fish won't eat them. I guess they are to small. Great straight forward video.thanks for sharing your method. I hope to find out it's the best!
Great video. People make the "you have to move old cultures to new ones" part sound so hard and annoying when it is actually very easy. I must try this out. I have limited myself to daphnia and mosquito larvae but it is time to get real. If I am able to get this going I am sure my corydoras will thank me. By the way, you had some pretty good looking arcuatus corys there :)
Very very helpful... You a legend, thank toy very much... I am using peat free from any fertilizers...I was feeding with plants and fruits and now gonna try your way too, let's see how it goes... Thank you!!!
I know this video goes back a ways but let me tell you Mr your method is by far the best I ever used. I had another standard way which wasn't that good. switch to your method and the very next day my worms were at the top and eating good. wow couldn't believe my eye. Thanks
Hola me podrás ayudar de que tipo de yogur debo tener el natural y que tipo de levadura debo aplicar como lo hago yo alimento con alimento de perro pero no veo mucho movimiento que crescan me podrás guiar por fiss
Thank you so much for this video. I actually just purchased worms from someone that got them from you, and how to culture them as well. I am excited to save myself money, and have nice heathly fish. I keep a ton of nano predators. I also keep ADF's this definitely get them breeding. Thank again.
Hi David, I really likes your video for you was explaining and showing and obviously teaching how to culture these worms, my question is where to get the worms to start this culture for I'm in Saudi Arabia now because it is where I work, so again where can I find this white worm to start my culture?
Thank you for the kind words. I think that you are out of luck. White worms are horrific in shipping, especially overseas. They are way too temperature sensitive, plus anyone opening and checking the box is going to s*** themselves. A really good alternative is earth worms. Easy to grow, easy on the temperature requirements, and what fish doesn't like a piece of earthworm!
Hi David. I recently purchased a white worm culture and the starter culture media contains gnats or some sort of mites. Any advice on how to get rid of them or swap the worms over to new media without transferring the pests with them? Btw, thank you for taking the time to make these videos. You make venturing into new things alot easier
Mites and other unwanted guests in a white worm culture become a problem slowly due to the colder temp. Virtually impossible to eliminate. If it gets bad, collect a bunch of worms and put them in a water container. The mites and critters will float (not all of them). Pour them off and add more water. After a couple of times the worms in the water should be pretty clean of mites and bugs. Turkey baster them into at least 2 new starts. That should get you a couple of clean cultures to get going. Often you can scrape off the top of the culture and find that the mites and gnats are not in the middle layer even though lots of worms are. This can be a new culture also. Sometimes I just scoop out half of the media and put in new media. Then start feeding the worms on the new side. They will outrun the critters. I wish any of these tactics worked on grindal worms.
Everyone says peat is too acidic. I rarely add any lime and always use peat without any problems. Of course I just jinxed myself. I do keep a huge bag of chicken grit for adding to the garden soil and the aquarium fish water. It is ground up oyster shells so it does the same thing as the lime.
Great vid thanks! However I'm confused about what the plastic mesh is for? Doesn't seem to do anything? Can just harvest from the sides of the container? Also another note, I'd make sure you don't use potting mix with any fertiliser in it right??
Put the mesh on top of the food. Worms will get on top of the mesh same as they climb up the sides. Easy to remove clean worms that way. There is so little fertilizer in the potting mix the worms will never know it.
Hi dear ! again . any kind of yogurt we can use? And how is the temperature you keep ? looking for your respond , And how many days you give next food to them ? thanks
I use a variety of air holes. Tiny drilled holes on a couple of sides up high. A slit on the high side with filter material to keep the worms in. I don't put holes in the top since I stack 2 containers and the stacking would block the air holes.
Hello from 🇬🇧. Thank you for the upload & information. 1st time I've seen your video, I've subscribed. Just to make sure I've got this right. Put earth in containers. Put white worms in. Put in cut bread slices with natural/ live yoghurt & top with that other stiff (I'll have to rewatch it & take notes as already forgot). They will feed off it & mulitply. Do you have to change the soil at any point? If so, when? Thanks
Over time the soil will get very wet. Time to change it out, or change part of it as I show in several videos. The old stuff is great for the garden or plants.
How do you know your culture is almost done and you have to start a knew one? Is there something in the soil that gets used up? Great video. If I can find some white worms, I'd like to give it a try. Thanks.
The surface of the soil will show a lot of wetness and get a 'shiny' look to it. All the worms will be moving up on the surface, getting out of the souring soil. With experience you will learn to tell as it is getting close. With that said, I missed 2 containers doing the mass exodus last night. What a huge mess.
hello I really liked your videos on fruit flies and white worms but i have a saltwater tank and i wanted to know if i can feed my fish with those foods, they are very easy to make at home and would be easy for me to make and i want my fish healthy.. Thank you!
David, that's a good vid for anyone coming into livefood culturing. Have you experimented adding spirulina or astaxanthin to gut-load the wormies? Thanks for sharing. Cheers! Ron
+Ronnie Lee I used spirulina years ago. Works well. Found the Brewers Yeast works even better and still has a lot of nutrient value. If I had the time I would probably try do some of both.
the media needs to be slightly damp. Not wet. If the mold is the cottony white stuff just lift it off or spray with a little water to tap it down. It will go away in a few days.
Hello, I have used your technique with success thanks! Do you perhaps know why enchytrae eventually crawl up against the lid or want to crawl out of the container?
Just getting too many worms for the amount of media. Which is what you want. That is why a super rich culture if it is harvested heavily every day will stay super rich for a long time. Got to harvest.
Shipping right now is so unreliable. Shipping to you first goes to Kentucky or someplace like that and then comes back down. If the fish club ever gets to meet again I can bring a cultture there.
I did. Managed to keep them alive for almost a year. Never enough to feed my fish. Total waste of time. Same for the supposed full refrigerator worms. They live but dont reproduce enough to feed.
There are holes. I have done them a lot of ways. Sometimes I put very small holes at the top of the sides. Then with the lid on and stacked the holes are not covered. I have also cut small holes and stuffed them with cotton or filter floss. The worms are kept in a dark wine cooler. They do not try to escape unless the culture has truly gone south and the worms have to get out or die. What a mess that makes.
@@djrramsey i did try it last week..with the organic mix made from coconut coir.. I took out the old bread from the worms and place it to a new dirt...and today i check the bread were all eating up and all you see was whiteworms in the new culture that i start it with just the old feeding bread from the other culture...nice
Hey David, I have done my culture like yours for the past 7-8 months and my worms are no where near what yours are. I’m beginning to think they are not white worm. They look like starter cultures! The worms are tiny, and have blunt ends. They are the size of grain of rice. Any ideas? I guess I need to add, I keep in a wine fridge at 55 and they remind you of a maggot but really tiny.
That sounds like fly maggots. The little nasty flies with big dark wings. Do you have any flies in the boxes hatching? White worms are much longer and very skinny. I would poke around in your media and see if you have any white worms in there at all.
Hi Dave, no I haven’t noticed any, I got the culture when it was too warm out, so I figured if a few made it I would give a try. Do you have an email I can send you some pictures? I then just went with grindals cause of them being more heat tolerant. Honestly my grindal worms look more like the white worms just smaller than your white worms.
Hey David - another question. I've started a white worm culture! When I got yogurt, it was organic, but when I got home I realized it was vanilla flavored. So I went back and got a container of plain yogurt, but it's Greek yogurt. Are either or neither okay? Also, I'm using your method, but didn't have nutritional yeast on hand so I'm using a mix of quality dog food (that I powdered) and organic greens powder. I am using the Arnold's WW bread. Also: I've read some other stuff that says that like with redworms, NOT to use dairy while you've had such success with yogurt?? Your thoughts?
Do the lid have to have holes? I find flies inside my culture that has ventilation holes and that completely ruins the batch. I am hoping the lid can be completely sealed.
Has to be air exchange. I either put really tiny holes along the edge or one or two larger holes and then stuff some filter material or cotton into those holes.
Problem with soil from the garden is there are so many organisms already growing in that soil. All of them are going to be competing with the worms you want to raise. I would think you would have to heat treat it for a hour or so to try and kill all the mites and natural organisms that are in the soil.
Thank you. I try to pass along anything I can that might be useful. Been keeping fish for 60 years. I should have learned a few useful things. Still have my 'no can do' areas, but I am working on them.
I feed my white worm on wraps it's brill just run one under the cold water tap to wet it both sides and lay it on the top of the soil, cover it to keep it in the dark and leave for a couple of days.
Good night I'm from Peru I've seen the video and I want to ask you questions about bread and yogurt since in my pasi it is not sold you use it that I could suck so there is a production as you do I will be satisfied with the answer
If I was to restart a culture by putting the worms in water then transfer to new container does it matter if you use tap water or dechlorinated or should you use rain water?
Do you need to replace the bread with live bacteria yogurt and yeast flakes every few days? or just wait until they are eaten down more, as like your vid I have been removing after 3 days but nothing is eaten at all. Or should I leave it in for longer? Its been 3 weeks now and this method hasn't produced anything..
change every 2-3 days even if not eaten. Otherwise, mites and other nasties will move in. If the culture is having a hard time it will only consume the yogurt and yeast, leaving the bread. Once the bacteria start to build up in your media the bread will start to disappear. Check your temperatures. That and moisture is a good place to watch for beginning problems. 53F to 55F or close to it. Moisture level is you can feel the dampness but the media will not clump together it squeezed.
@@GrowAndEatThis they are not consuming the yogurt at all, I think the yeast is being eaten, at least a bit of it is, but in 3 days non of the live bacteria yogurt is eaten at all
I have never read where these come from in nature. A great substitute is earthworms. The little red wrigglers, not the big worms. Easy to raise, produce a lot of worms, and eat veggie kitchen scraps. Just feed the small baby worms so the larger ones keep producing.
Are these Grendal worms? and what is the warmest/coldest you can go before they die? I dont have air con and summer time temps in my house are often 100-115F
The title is white worms. Not grindal worms. Different temperature requirements and food needs. I do not think grindal worms would survive in those high temps. Wow, can not imagine that.
A culture will last for several months. Some of my earlier videos show how to extend the time on a culture by moving the worms from side to side, but it is easier to just start a new culture with a big chunk of an old culture.
i read about waste from the worms, pH going down in soil, and ammonia from the waste of the enchytraeus crashing the culture. I don't want to lose my culture, so can you explain us David, because i don't want to lose my (new) culture. Can you f.e. wash the ammonia out rinsing the existing culture with water ?
Every few months, depending on the culture, you have to start new containers. The soil just gets so full of moisture and waste that it becomes toxic. You will know when it is getting close. The worms abandon the container. They will be all over the sides and the top with no visible worms in the soil. Make a new culture fast, that one is going to crash. I keep 4-8 containers going all the time. Some are new, some are really good, and some are getting close to crashing.
@@djrramsey : thanks for your reaction David. I bought a culture in water, that was sold for direct feeding purpose to the fish... My new culture was already on the sides after one day (in clean soil). I i harvested the onces that were on the sides of the plastic box, only one time. a few weeks later already, there were almost no worms left. Seems like my culture had to reprogramme to my kind of soil or something (not sure ??). Today it seemed that my culture is reproducint slowly (i think). I'm gonna setup a second container tommorrow with only a few of them left, hoping the 2 containers will kick off anyway. Strange, but i experienced a very slow start...
Hello DavidEverything you show works fine for me and my worms are doing good.However after 1 month now and feeding every 3 days the worms do not ever come up to the topThey all just remain in the top soil big fat and happyDo I have to wait for the soil to start going bad?
You may have just not built up enough of the bacteria in the soil. When you do the worms will really take off. Then they will be all over the top and sides. When you feed, take out what ever is left of the old food and put in fresh each time.
Mr. Ramsey, Hello! What´s the risk of fungus, as the bread, yogurt and the yeast, go getting old, and rot? Or even...is there a risk of inserting bread particles mixed with the worms inside the aquarium? Thx in advance..
any left over food is removed when I add new food to the containers. It isn't going to mold in 2-3 days. If some little piece of bread gets into tank it won't be a problem. Just rinse the worms a time or two to clean up the water you are squirting along with them.
Hey David - You said you use Miracle Grow Potting Soil - is this the regular stuff or their Organic Potting soil? I have some regular on hand, but wonder about the 'feeds for x months' claim as it likely has some MG mixed in....but maybe that's okay? Thanks, Mike
I actually have better luck with the regular. Here in Georgia the organic is mostly ground up trees/bark and is hard to get the right moisture level. The fertilizer is little time release balls about the size of a bb. If I happen to see one I pick it out, otherwise there is not enough of them to cause any problems.
Great (since I already have a good bag of the 'regular', I don't have to run out and buy more). Thanks for the response. Really enjoy your video's. How about a fish room tour?
I do not have the ability to do any flash freezing. White worms just explode and really cloud up the water. Baby brine shrimp might could be frozen if it was in shallow water so it freezes quickly.
I know some people sell cultures and ship. These worms do not ship. I don't know where you live, but find a local fish club. Someone will have them and can hand you a starter culture. Take a cooler with an ice pack and a towel on top to keep the worms in the 50Fs.
@@GrowAndEatThis thank you so much for the advice. I will try to locate one. Where I live we don't even have a dog club . When I first moved here 18 years ago I wanted to join one so bad because I used to compete in AKC agility. Unfortunately the closest one was 80 miles away. So that ended my participation. I will check with the lady I bought my tank from on craigslist. She was really into the hobby with 10 tanks. She also lived 90 minutes away, but it will be worth it.
Your first white worms have to come from someone. You are not going to find them in the garden or yard. Getting the first culture to start with can be the toughest part.
Hey. How do you keep your culture from growing fungus? I use activaded charcoal as substrate and eventualy it grows a white cotton fungus. Your cultures seem very clean even thou you feed a large amount of food when do feed it.
Some times I get an lousy cotton fungus on a new culture. I just pull it out and throw it away. Spray it with water. In a couple of days it will go away.
You have to start out with some white worms. I would suggest you raise small earthworms. Not night crawlers. Great food and easy to raise in huge numbers.
I either put really small holes in the sides near the top of the container or I cut a small square on the lid and put a piece of sponge in it to keep the worms in.
You know he knows his stuff, when he teaches you how to cut bread.
Awesome Video David, still helping people out who are coming into the hobby! Started micro Worms already and going to get these guys going this week. Thank you for all your quality information in your videos 🙏🤟
This is the BEST video I found to help me start my first culture. :D I wasn’t very enthusiastic at first because of all the various conflicting info I found that made my head spin.
Thank you SO much for this ! It’s perfect and you give me confidence to be successful at it. 😊
I just ordered white worms on ebay and will use your method . Nothing speaks better than long term experience.
I did culture micro worms and it turned out excellent but most of my fish won't eat them. I guess they are to small.
Great straight forward video.thanks for sharing your method. I hope to find out it's the best!
Nothing like seeing a spaghetti commercial pop up before this video plays!
nothing like eating angel hair pasta while watching this video
Jennifer Cooper or watching the series Strain on FX while doing this work collecting.....yikes!
LMAO 😂😂😂
@@michaellou7101 I was literally thinking thag
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Great video. People make the "you have to move old cultures to new ones" part sound so hard and annoying when it is actually very easy. I must try this out. I have limited myself to daphnia and mosquito larvae but it is time to get real. If I am able to get this going I am sure my corydoras will thank me.
By the way, you had some pretty good looking arcuatus corys there :)
These will be a great addition next time I have to help the froglets in my garden get through a dry period like we've just had.Great stuff.
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I just got my first culture.....your video is the best one I have watched, thank you so much!!!
Absolutely great video and way more informative then any of the other probably 30 I’ve watched
The best info and video so far very helpful for me as beginner to start white worming. Love for you from Indonesia.
This is my comfort UA-cam video I love this man
So impressed! Thanks for the great video. Quick, concise and a history to trust!
Very very helpful... You a legend, thank toy very much... I am using peat free from any fertilizers...I was feeding with plants and fruits and now gonna try your way too, let's see how it goes... Thank you!!!
I know this video goes back a ways but let me tell you Mr your method is by far the best I ever used. I had another standard way which wasn't that good. switch to your method and the very next day my worms were at the top and eating good. wow couldn't believe my eye. Thanks
Hola me podrás ayudar de que tipo de yogur debo tener el natural y que tipo de levadura debo aplicar como lo hago yo alimento con alimento de perro pero no veo mucho movimiento que crescan me podrás guiar por fiss
Thinking about winter coming closer and having limited supply of daphnia, need to try this out. Thank you very much for sharing :)
Thank you so much for this video. I actually just purchased worms from someone that got them from you, and how to culture them as well. I am excited to save myself money, and have nice heathly fish. I keep a ton of nano predators. I also keep ADF's this definitely get them breeding. Thank again.
Good luck with them. Very little cost for a lot of fish nutrition.
What are these worms called? Is it tubifex worms?
This is best video get I have scene on the micro worms. You make it look like magic! Very nice work
you can increase the temperature in the cooler to 20 C (68 f) with no effect on growth rate to save energy.
Это лучшее видеоинструкция, из всех что я видел!!!
Thank you, respected Mr. David Ramsey!
Я не понял, чем он червей кормит.
Я не понял, чем он червей кормит.
Bought a batch today and I'll have time to stock up supplies and away I go! Might need to buy some more fish to feed after looking at your success!
Super Video, ich züchte seit 4 Jahren mit Trockenfutter von meinen Katzen ! Aber nie hatte ich so viele Würmer 😊Dankeschön
Pretty epic method for finicky fish! Excellent video. 👌🏼
I was expecting you to lick your finger after scraping the lid... 9:00
HAHAHAHA!
All I was thinking was don't lick your finger!
Muy bueno tu canal me gustaría preguntar¿ la levadura que utilizas es la que utilizan los panaderos ?
no, es Levadura nutricional
Thank you good video I want to try this for my Discus
Looking forward to trying your recipe!
Hi David, I really likes your video for you was explaining and showing and obviously teaching how to culture these worms, my question is where to get the worms to start this culture for I'm in Saudi Arabia now because it is where I work, so again where can I find this white worm to start my culture?
Thank you for the kind words. I think that you are out of luck. White worms are horrific in shipping, especially overseas. They are way too temperature sensitive, plus anyone opening and checking the box is going to s*** themselves. A really good alternative is earth worms. Easy to grow, easy on the temperature requirements, and what fish doesn't like a piece of earthworm!
Fantastic cultures!! Can you please advise about the temperature that you keep them? Thanks!
Ideal temp is 53F to 58F. Easiest way is with a small cheap wine cooler. Temp makes a huge difference.
@@GrowAndEatThis thank you!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you for this video. Very helpful.
Excelente pan, yogurt y levadura verdad eso es todo? Excelente . Debería poner una traducción en español please
Do you need to add air holes to the lids? I just got my first culture in the mail. Very excited.
Yes to air holes. Just put something to keep the bugs and gnats out. Filter material works great.
What is the purpose of the mesh?
Your worms eat better bread than me,lol. Love whole grain bread but its expensive. I'm a cheap skate,lol. Great job and and very helpfull.
If you have Aldi stores they have great whole grain bread for under $2. The worms love it.
Hey David thanks for the Aldi tip. One day I'm sure I will use your methods to feed fire salamander larvae. Thanx for the video.
Hi David. I recently purchased a white worm culture and the starter culture media contains gnats or some sort of mites. Any advice on how to get rid of them or swap the worms over to new media without transferring the pests with them? Btw, thank you for taking the time to make these videos. You make venturing into new things alot easier
Mites and other unwanted guests in a white worm culture become a problem slowly due to the colder temp. Virtually impossible to eliminate. If it gets bad, collect a bunch of worms and put them in a water container. The mites and critters will float (not all of them). Pour them off and add more water. After a couple of times the worms in the water should be pretty clean of mites and bugs. Turkey baster them into at least 2 new starts. That should get you a couple of clean cultures to get going. Often you can scrape off the top of the culture and find that the mites and gnats are not in the middle layer even though lots of worms are. This can be a new culture also. Sometimes I just scoop out half of the media and put in new media. Then start feeding the worms on the new side. They will outrun the critters.
I wish any of these tactics worked on grindal worms.
دمت گرم، very good
How long time to harvest for new Container?!
I have read that it is important not to have an acidic soil so avoid peat and also add a bit of lime to your soil.
Everyone says peat is too acidic. I rarely add any lime and always use peat without any problems. Of course I just jinxed myself. I do keep a huge bag of chicken grit for adding to the garden soil and the aquarium fish water. It is ground up oyster shells so it does the same thing as the lime.
Great vid thanks! However I'm confused about what the plastic mesh is for? Doesn't seem to do anything? Can just harvest from the sides of the container? Also another note, I'd make sure you don't use potting mix with any fertiliser in it right??
Put the mesh on top of the food. Worms will get on top of the mesh same as they climb up the sides. Easy to remove clean worms that way. There is so little fertilizer in the potting mix the worms will never know it.
@@GrowAndEatThis Mmm..just looks like barely any are on them and it would just get in the way. Think I will pass on it
Hi dear ! again .
any kind of yogurt we can use? And how is the temperature you keep ? looking for your respond ,
And how many days you give next food to them ? thanks
Plain yogurt with living bacteria. 55F, every 2-3 days.
Really helpful. Can the same ingredients perhaps in lesser quantity be used for grindals?
grindals are room temperature. The yogurt will spoil and mold making a mess. They will probably eat the rest without a problem.
David Ramsay:lets culture white worms
Gordon Ramsay:When will you serve!!
excellent video, what type of substrate you use and how it stays wet, it can also be used for grindal worm
I use the same media for grindal worms. I use a commercial potting soil mix or straight peat moss with some chicken grit (ground oyster shell)
Thanks so much for this video!! I subbed!
Are there any air holes? I just got a my first culture in the mail today!
I use a variety of air holes. Tiny drilled holes on a couple of sides up high. A slit on the high side with filter material to keep the worms in. I don't put holes in the top since I stack 2 containers and the stacking would block the air holes.
Hello from 🇬🇧.
Thank you for the upload & information. 1st time I've seen your video, I've subscribed. Just to make sure I've got this right.
Put earth in containers.
Put white worms in.
Put in cut bread slices with natural/ live yoghurt & top with that other stiff (I'll have to rewatch it & take notes as already forgot).
They will feed off it & mulitply.
Do you have to change the soil at any point? If so, when?
Thanks
Over time the soil will get very wet. Time to change it out, or change part of it as I show in several videos. The old stuff is great for the garden or plants.
@@GrowAndEatThis Thanks
thanks for sharing method , but can we start without the breeder worm? and how ? can we do the same and keep it long time to start?
Have to get the first worms from someone else. Try fish clubs, especially betta or killifish organizations.
Please make a video on without starter how to culture live food for fish.
How to start with out a starter? You can not. Must have the first worms from someone to start with.
What sort of ventilation is provided and how do you make sure the worms can't get out it?
hi David. what is the name of this worm. this enchytraeus or am I mistaken. thanks.
that is what they are. yes.
(Enchytraeus albidus) the smaller grindal worms are (Enchytraeus buchholzi)
How do you know your culture is almost done and you have to start a knew one? Is there something in the soil that gets used up? Great video. If I can find some white worms, I'd like to give it a try. Thanks.
The surface of the soil will show a lot of wetness and get a 'shiny' look to it. All the worms will be moving up on the surface, getting out of the souring soil. With experience you will learn to tell as it is getting close. With that said, I missed 2 containers doing the mass exodus last night. What a huge mess.
Cool beans! Thank you for the information, I greatly appreciate it. Sorry about the mess.
Amazing method , is it possible to do the same to grindal worms ?
Thanks
Grindal worms are completely different. Room temperature. The yogurt would be a spoiled mess in the container.
Thanks I will try this
They look like those worms from the tv series called The Strain
hello I really liked your videos on fruit flies and white worms but i have a saltwater tank and i wanted to know if i can feed my fish with those foods, they are very easy to make at home and would be easy for me to make and i want my fish healthy.. Thank you!
David, that's a good vid for anyone coming into livefood culturing.
Have you experimented adding spirulina or astaxanthin to gut-load the wormies?
Thanks for sharing. Cheers! Ron
+Ronnie Lee I used spirulina years ago. Works well. Found the Brewers Yeast works even better and still has a lot of nutrient value. If I had the time I would probably try do some of both.
are this worms, Enchytraeus albidus or Enchytraeus buchholzi?
E. Albidus
How often do you do this feeding/harvesting process?
That is my question too...
are these grindal worms?
Hello good sir. Any advice for the dirt. Do I wet it first? I have a culture I been trying to split but it just won’t work they keep molding over.
the media needs to be slightly damp. Not wet. If the mold is the cottony white stuff just lift it off or spray with a little water to tap it down. It will go away in a few days.
Hello, I have used your technique with success thanks! Do you perhaps know why enchytrae eventually crawl up against the lid or want to crawl out of the container?
Just getting too many worms for the amount of media. Which is what you want. That is why a super rich culture if it is harvested heavily every day will stay super rich for a long time. Got to harvest.
@@GrowAndEatThis thanks! I thought they did not have enought oxigen or the soil is to much polluted..
Ps- I luv grindal worms….lol 💙 I just wished I’d had the masses you do.
2 Preguntas ¿ ese alimento es GRINDAL? Tus envases no tienen ventilación
White worms are not Grindal. Completely different. Small holes in top for ventilation
David,
I'm in near Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta.
Do you ship any cultures?
Shipping right now is so unreliable. Shipping to you first goes to Kentucky or someplace like that and then comes back down. If the fish club ever gets to meet again I can bring a cultture there.
Hello. Did you try growing "Tropical white worms also called Warm White Worms or Room Temperature White Worms (Enchytraeus doerjesi):"
I did. Managed to keep them alive for almost a year. Never enough to feed my fish. Total waste of time. Same for the supposed full refrigerator worms. They live but dont reproduce enough to feed.
@@GrowAndEatThis what was the temperature and the medium you tried growing them in ?
Hi, do you have holes in your container and how do you keep the worms from scaping? Great video by the way.
There are holes. I have done them a lot of ways. Sometimes I put very small holes at the top of the sides. Then with the lid on and stacked the holes are not covered. I have also cut small holes and stuffed them with cotton or filter floss. The worms are kept in a dark wine cooler. They do not try to escape unless the culture has truly gone south and the worms have to get out or die. What a mess that makes.
Thank for the tips, will do that as I just received my starter culture.
I will put some small holes in and see how it goes. Thanks again great tips
I NEW TO THIS WHITEWORMS CULTURING..CAN I USE ORGANIC ECO FRIENDLY that made from coconut coir To culture whiteworms
Yes you can use the coconut coir. It will take longer to get the bacteria going and the worms really taking off. But it will be fine.
@@djrramsey i did try it last week..with the organic mix made from coconut coir.. I took out the old bread from the worms and place it to a new dirt...and today i check the bread were all eating up and all you see was whiteworms in the new culture that i start it with just the old feeding bread from the other culture...nice
Exelent Video,It will defiantly help me with my Axolotl babies....
No alcanzo a leer esta muy rápido y disculpe soy de Chile pero no sé qué tipo de levadura ay que poner y que tipo de pan y el yogurt debe ser natural
Thank you for sharing. Great as ever.
I am copying your method and i already see results! :)
Can we do that without a starter culture? in my country its not sold anywhere as far as i know.
Sorry, you have to have a starter culture to begin with.
Hey David, I have done my culture like yours for the past 7-8 months and my worms are no where near what yours are. I’m beginning to think they are not white worm. They look like starter cultures! The worms are tiny, and have blunt ends. They are the size of grain of rice. Any ideas? I guess I need to add, I keep in a wine fridge at 55 and they remind you of a maggot but really tiny.
That sounds like fly maggots. The little nasty flies with big dark wings. Do you have any flies in the boxes hatching? White worms are much longer and very skinny. I would poke around in your media and see if you have any white worms in there at all.
Hi Dave, no I haven’t noticed any, I got the culture when it was too warm out, so I figured if a few made it I would give a try. Do you have an email I can send you some pictures? I then just went with grindals cause of them being more heat tolerant. Honestly my grindal worms look more like the white worms just smaller than your white worms.
Thnx for the tips I need to find me some in my area & do you also use soil & what kind of soil works best ...
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David, please tell me, how often I have to fiddling worms?
Do you add salt to your feed or the the water you add to the soil?
no salt added at all. Probably some in the bread? but never paid any attention to it.
Good instructional video. Thanks
Hey David - another question. I've started a white worm culture! When I got yogurt, it was organic, but when I got home I realized it was vanilla flavored. So I went back and got a container of plain yogurt, but it's Greek yogurt. Are either or neither okay?
Also, I'm using your method, but didn't have nutritional yeast on hand so I'm using a mix of quality dog food (that I powdered) and organic greens powder. I am using the Arnold's WW bread.
Also: I've read some other stuff that says that like with redworms, NOT to use dairy while you've had such success with yogurt??
Your thoughts?
Greek yogurt is fine. The dog food is fine too. You should get tons of worms with that.
Do the lid have to have holes? I find flies inside my culture that has ventilation holes and that completely ruins the batch. I am hoping the lid can be completely sealed.
Has to be air exchange. I either put really tiny holes along the edge or one or two larger holes and then stuff some filter material or cotton into those holes.
Does it matter if you use potting soil mix with fertilizer? I have some Miracle Grow Potting Mix but it has time released fertilizer. Thank you.
Don't worry about the fertilizer. If you see any of the fertilizer little balls in the mix just toss them out. But I ignore them. There are so few.
Problem with soil from the garden is there are so many organisms already growing in that soil. All of them are going to be competing with the worms you want to raise. I would think you would have to heat treat it for a hour or so to try and kill all the mites and natural organisms that are in the soil.
2024 and I still come here for some tips!!!
Thank you. I try to pass along anything I can that might be useful. Been keeping fish for 60 years. I should have learned a few useful things. Still have my 'no can do' areas, but I am working on them.
excellent tutorial
I feed my white worm on wraps it's brill just run one under the cold water tap to wet it both sides and lay it on the top of the soil, cover it to keep it in the dark and leave for a couple of days.
Good night I'm from Peru I've seen the video and I want to ask you questions about bread and yogurt since in my pasi it is not sold you use it that I could suck so there is a production as you do I will be satisfied with the answer
My wine cooler died, and I've been keeping them at 70F in the basement. They're doing fine. They will adapt to warmer temperature, it looks like.
I have come across another guy who keeps them at 72 but I read they die above 75
If I was to restart a culture by putting the worms in water then transfer to new container does it matter if you use tap water or dechlorinated or should you use rain water?
I would always use either rainwater or dechlorinated water.
Do you need to replace the bread with live bacteria yogurt and yeast flakes every few days? or just wait until they are eaten down more, as like your vid I have been removing after 3 days but nothing is eaten at all.
Or should I leave it in for longer? Its been 3 weeks now and this method hasn't produced anything..
change every 2-3 days even if not eaten. Otherwise, mites and other nasties will move in. If the culture is having a hard time it will only consume the yogurt and yeast, leaving the bread. Once the bacteria start to build up in your media the bread will start to disappear. Check your temperatures. That and moisture is a good place to watch for beginning problems. 53F to 55F or close to it. Moisture level is you can feel the dampness but the media will not clump together it squeezed.
@@GrowAndEatThis they are not consuming the yogurt at all, I think the yeast is being eaten, at least a bit of it is, but in 3 days non of the live bacteria yogurt is eaten at all
Can we start this culture without starter..? Bcoz here this worm is not available for sales .. can u pls share where to find thus worms in nature..?
I have never read where these come from in nature. A great substitute is earthworms. The little red wrigglers, not the big worms. Easy to raise, produce a lot of worms, and eat veggie kitchen scraps. Just feed the small baby worms so the larger ones keep producing.
Is this grindal worms or bigger than this
Are these Grendal worms? and what is the warmest/coldest you can go before they die? I dont have air con and summer time temps in my house are often 100-115F
The title is white worms. Not grindal worms. Different temperature requirements and food needs. I do not think grindal worms would survive in those high temps. Wow, can not imagine that.
The miracle grow potting mix I can get contains root feed is this ok to use?
I wouldn't pay extra for the miracle grow stuff even though he says that's what he uses, unless the fertilizers actually help the worms?!
Nice Video! How long does it take for the culture to crash from when you start it?
A culture will last for several months. Some of my earlier videos show how to extend the time on a culture by moving the worms from side to side, but it is easier to just start a new culture with a big chunk of an old culture.
i read about waste from the worms, pH going down in soil, and ammonia from the waste of the enchytraeus crashing the culture. I don't want to lose my culture, so can you explain us David, because i don't want to lose my (new) culture. Can you f.e. wash the ammonia out rinsing the existing culture with water ?
Every few months, depending on the culture, you have to start new containers. The soil just gets so full of moisture and waste that it becomes toxic. You will know when it is getting close. The worms abandon the container. They will be all over the sides and the top with no visible worms in the soil. Make a new culture fast, that one is going to crash. I keep 4-8 containers going all the time. Some are new, some are really good, and some are getting close to crashing.
@@djrramsey : thanks for your reaction David. I bought a culture in water, that was sold for direct feeding purpose to the fish... My new culture was already on the sides after one day (in clean soil). I i harvested the onces that were on the sides of the plastic box, only one time. a few weeks later already, there were almost no worms left. Seems like my culture had to reprogramme to my kind of soil or something (not sure ??). Today it seemed that my culture is reproducint slowly (i think). I'm gonna setup a second container tommorrow with only a few of them left, hoping the 2 containers will kick off anyway. Strange, but i experienced a very slow start...
Hello DavidEverything you show works fine for me and my worms are doing good.However after 1 month now and feeding every 3 days the worms do not ever come up to the topThey all just remain in the top soil big fat and happyDo I have to wait for the soil to start going bad?
You may have just not built up enough of the bacteria in the soil. When you do the worms will really take off. Then they will be all over the top and sides. When you feed, take out what ever is left of the old food and put in fresh each time.
Mr. Ramsey, Hello! What´s the risk of fungus, as the bread, yogurt and the yeast, go getting old, and rot? Or even...is there a risk of inserting bread particles mixed with the worms inside the aquarium? Thx in advance..
any left over food is removed when I add new food to the containers. It isn't going to mold in 2-3 days. If some little piece of bread gets into tank it won't be a problem. Just rinse the worms a time or two to clean up the water you are squirting along with them.
good afternoon tell me which land is better to use
Any commercial potting mix or seed starting mix. Do not use outside dirt. It is full of organisms already.
Hey David - You said you use Miracle Grow Potting Soil - is this the regular stuff or their Organic Potting soil? I have some regular on hand, but wonder about the 'feeds for x months' claim as it likely has some MG mixed in....but maybe that's okay?
Thanks, Mike
I actually have better luck with the regular. Here in Georgia the organic is mostly ground up trees/bark and is hard to get the right moisture level. The fertilizer is little time release balls about the size of a bb. If I happen to see one I pick it out, otherwise there is not enough of them to cause any problems.
Great (since I already have a good bag of the 'regular', I don't have to run out and buy more).
Thanks for the response.
Really enjoy your video's. How about a fish room tour?
have you ever frozen any live food if you have more than you need for the moment or does that even happen?
I do not have the ability to do any flash freezing. White worms just explode and really cloud up the water. Baby brine shrimp might could be frozen if it was in shallow water so it freezes quickly.
@@djrramsey you may have just saved me from finding that out the hard way!
I have no idea where to get some culture. Can you sell me some? thanks for doing this video.
I know some people sell cultures and ship. These worms do not ship. I don't know where you live, but find a local fish club. Someone will have them and can hand you a starter culture. Take a cooler with an ice pack and a towel on top to keep the worms in the 50Fs.
@@GrowAndEatThis thank you so much for the advice. I will try to locate one. Where I live we don't even have a dog club . When I first moved here 18 years ago I wanted to join one so bad because I used to compete in AKC agility. Unfortunately the closest one was 80 miles away. So that ended my participation.
I will check with the lady I bought my tank from on craigslist. She was really into the hobby with 10 tanks. She also lived 90 minutes away, but it will be worth it.
How do you get the first few white worms to start the colony?
Your first white worms have to come from someone. You are not going to find them in the garden or yard. Getting the first culture to start with can be the toughest part.
Hey. How do you keep your culture from growing fungus? I use activaded charcoal as substrate and eventualy it grows a white cotton fungus. Your cultures seem very clean even thou you feed a large amount of food when do feed it.
Some times I get an lousy cotton fungus on a new culture. I just pull it out and throw it away. Spray it with water. In a couple of days it will go away.
Awesome video!
Sir I just want to ask , I'm from Philippines, how to produce that thing if I can't purchase the white worms?
You have to start out with some white worms. I would suggest you raise small earthworms. Not night crawlers. Great food and easy to raise in huge numbers.
Do you need to put holes in any of the lids?
I either put really small holes in the sides near the top of the container or I cut a small square on the lid and put a piece of sponge in it to keep the worms in.