Live Blackworm Culture Setup - Culturing Blackworms THE EASY WAY!
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2018
- I credit my live blackworm culture setup with breeding many fish in the fish cave and today I want to show you culturing blackworms the easy way! There are many ways to culture blackworms and the way I do it is simple and easy. Raising your own live food for aquarium fish is a great way to condition them for breeding or simply keep them healthy.
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I like this and will try it , Thank you sir .
Do you have any videos on how to keep brine shrimp or blood worm or anything? I have so many fish now it would be really helpful to actually grow my own 🤣😭
Great video! I keep ‘em too, my discus love them and my culture ensures they are clean and have no nasties. To harvest, I stir up and sweep water column with a small shrimp net, and that breaks them up for increasing numbers and makes collecting easy….win win. Then quick rinse and feed.
I put the kitchen cabinet liner (it's like a foam mesh) under my gravel and the worms congregate under it. I just lift it up by a corner and suck a bunch up in the turkey baster
Yo! Love the makeshift worm chipper!
I love your idea for breaking them up. You’re an OG for that!
Have you thought of trying MARBLES for a substrate for the worms? It seems to me it would make harvesting a snap because the marbles are uniform, and way too large to be sucked into the turkey baster. But, they will provide a lot of room for the worms.
Lmao nostalgia over public school bathroom towels def is a surprise bonus to this worm video😂
Great video man! I just fed my fish black worms a couple weeks ago. They loved them
TOP TIER CHANNEL!! Thank you so much for your videos!!
Awesome tips ! Thank you so much :)
They are doing great,good to know they don't need refrigeration to stay going,got to try this . I might have a spare tank somewhere,lol.
Thanks so much for making this vid, very very helpful
Wow, I hope you are OK. You haven't posted a video in years.
Thank you for all of this information.
This was super helpful, thanks! My daughter is getting an axolotl and wants to raise Blackworms for it. Looks like it wont be too difficult. 👍
Pretty cool looks pretty easy too. Thanks for the knowledge bomb
Appreciate you watching and absorbing the blow
Thanks for the info, buddy! I'm gonna have to try this!
go for it!
I’m going to have to try this. Thanks for sharing 👍
Dwarf Neon fry are just getting big enough to eat them. They're hard to get good pictures or even video of but in person some of getting really chunky and colors are popping. Hope all is well!
Good job at going thru and explaining all this in detail. A method worth trying.
Thanks Brad! Appreciate you watching, best of luck if you try a culture yourself.
@@WildFishTanks I have a long history with me and black worms. I don't have space to try it right now but I will give your idea a shot in the future. They are a great food for our fish. Keep up the good work on the videos!
Thanks for the info. I'm pretty new to fish keeping and extremely new to live foods. I have a brine shrimp hatchery that is doing great. I'm excited to try black worms and daphnia. I would have just fed store bought if it wasn't for videos like yours. Thanks for making things easy for newbs like me.
Great video!
If there are a few blackworms living in the substrate, will they eat the eggs of the white cloud mountain minnow that fall on the substrate?
Love the video just subscribed this channel is awesome 👏
Thanks Robert, welcome!
Very informative! I gotta give this a try
Thanks, go for it!
great Idea. Keep the videos coming
thanks for watching, will do!
love to get a hold of these worms
New here. I like the fish cave.
Very informative. Thank you 😊 I have a quick question.
I’m a beginner to this. Do I need to keep the tank in certain temperature? Do I need to add a heater?
Great video!!
thank you!
I like that bookshelf tank
Really good info. I think I'll try with a 2.5.
Love blackworms they're perfect for my corys and my newts
Cool, Newts! Didn't even think of the ability to feed them to our amphibian and reptile friends as well.
Nice shirt, thanks for the infos
A bit late but curious. I have a 100g dirted tank, plants are starting to propagate for ground coverage. Been up and running for a long time without fish. I have 2 dwarf frogs and 2 bristlenose plecos(adolescent) and a few RCS. Do you think they would do well in such an environment? I want an active breeding culture for when I do add some more exotic freshwater apistos.
Thanks.
I put some in my 7-gallon planted betta tank and they have grown to a colony lol he only eats them when they're floating, they retract too fast for him to hunt them in the substrate. I think of them as a cleanup crew for food the betta misses lol plus I have extra to pull out and give to the guppies. I've seen a few shrimp try to eat them.
Would you consider a combination black worms with scuds and/or daphnia?
My african dwarf frogs are beginning to starve I suspect! They cant seem to find food before the fish do. Will buying a load of worms to keep in a tank last a while? Im wondering if this method is easier/cheaper/ healthier than target feeding them?
Thank you for all the information! You're a great teacher! Your setup back there with all the tanks is amazing! I thought I was going nuts with three tanks!! I have african dwarf frogs and want to vary their diet thus my research on black worms. Thank you so much!!
Same!!! With the frogs!!
@@tarotwitxena I tried the black worms and found that my guys are just too slow. I had black worms in my tank for almost a year because they just kept surviving. So I have moved on to live daphnia off amazon.
I would totally do this if I had the room , thanks for this video! ✌💕
do you think this could work in a 1 gallon? I might try that
what i love about this is.. i can just grab the amount I need opposed to defrosting to much from frozen ones!!! thanks so much !
thats a great point! I feed a whole frozen cube sometimes when I don't need to. I think it could work in a 1g container but stay on top of it
What you have made is a little garbage disposal. Except a garbage disposal has little hammers and not blades 😆😆😆😆
Great stuff. Black worms are the best for breeding according to the majority of the people I know and you seem to agree. Pretty simple to keep as well.
I'm a firm believer that if I can figure it out then most people can lol, thanks for watching!
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I put a sponge filter in with my culture and am having issues with them burrowing deep into the sponge. Is this an issue? Is there a way to prevent this?
Can you feed daphnia the spiruilina tabs too?
How often and how much water do you have to change in the harvest tank?
Where did you purchase the worms? Every site I've seen is in California or out Midwest, I need something closer to Florida, the reproduction system of the black worms is called fragmentation, cool video by the way, very informative.
I just started my first white worm culture, which after 9 days of having it could not be happier with the results so far. I am looking to adventure out and start a black worm culture next. we will be feeding 3 tanks once we get our 75 gal tank setup. so excited about not buying live cultures and growing my own to help my fish. thank you for your wonderful info
Make video how you grow them.
Holly can you tell us how you did it? Thanks 🙏
can you add them to your snail tank? feeder snails? (bladder)
FANTASTIC VIDEO! That noise when you showed the brown paper towel pics made me laugh! I have wanted to try these guys for some time now sooooo....perhaps this is the nudge that I need! Ok so that blackworm gatlin gun is cool. Where do you get the intial starter culture from? I have everything else I need laying around here - just need some worms to get going with. Thanks!
I dread those paper towels! I bought the starter culture from my LFS and now I'm going to end up calling it a gatlin gun all the time lol
Do the black worm need a light on them all the time or was it just for the video
Great video, can you tell me the temperature of your blackworm tanks please ?
hi to all, any suggestion on where to find a culture of theese here in europe?
Planning on trying a culture on a hob breeder box. So hopefully they end up getting some left over food and detritus that gets sucked in from the tank
That sounds like a cool experiment, I bet you'll find a way to make it work!
I've noticed that the worms LOVE munching on brown paper towels! They segment like crazy! I can make one batch of worms last like 1.5 months.
I have had mine for a year and feed rapshys gut load for crickets.
I have LOTS of little tiny(eye lash size) worms that appeared in my culture. I don’t know if they are babies to Blackworms. I read that don’t have babies, so I’m doing a test in seeing if they grow up to be Blackworms.
They don’t die with API’s Cure All( parasite killer),
Are freshwater skuds (amphipods) safe for nanofish (have pecock gudgeons, khuli loaches, and bumblbees gobies) got a awsome deal on floating plants at a lfs and they hitched a ride on my red duckweed and now im like... Should i even put the plants in with my lil guys? Lol
Update video please. Just set up a black worm system and would like to know about your experience here
Hey what for food do I need for black worms thx
Good evening, I would like to breed black worms. now I read that you have to change water regularly, can I use my water that is separated from osmosis water? Mvg.Alfred Kiers
Excellent video. We are in the same wavelength apparently. A lot of things you put out in video form is something I just got done setup. :) I just started my blackworm culture myself. So I need to change it the vessel as it's not working as planned. But after that been done I will be doing a video as well. Probably not as informative as yours though.
Excellent idea on the larger gravel as well as the reproducing method. Thanks
Thats awesome, keep experimenting! There are so many ways to do it and plenty of cool tips and tricks yet to be discovered
@@WildFishTanks speaking of other ways to do things. I got some worms out a couple times and just stirred up the gravel and netted out the worms floating in the water column.
In a small tank I dont think the pump dose much to break them apart as running your hands through the substrate
Can I use a 5 gallon bucket instead?
My pea puffer refuses to eat frozen food, so I've been feeding him blackworms. I've been getting them from my LFS, but because he's so small and doesn't eat that much, I always end up wasting most of them. I feel like setting up a culture would be much more economical. Thanks!
best of luck!!
Start breeding snails! Super easy and produce very fast!
Use bladder snails!!
The puffers love them!
is this black worm different from tubifex worm?
Loving your videos. You are great to listen to and provide good explanations. One question- where do I order live BW cultures from? I'm not near any cities.
Thanks for the kind words. I bought mine at my LFS and don't know of any specific vendors online. If you find one keep in mind shipping this time of year may be difficult and/or expensive depend-in what your temps are like too.
@@WildFishTanks Thanks!
Hi! You can use rabbit food to feed blackworms. Here I use only that
I'm going to start a small black worm cuiture in a plastic tub I have with my leftover sand and I already have algae waffers. Is room temperature (75-80 degrees summer) Okay? I have a small heater that auto 75 for winter time.
I have a adf and corydora tank with sand and plants with almond leaf. I figured this would be better than brine shrimp due to frogs being reactive to salt. Also both types of my aquatic animals eat the worms.
Hey,
Do you know anyone that can get native wild flag fish
Or wild pygmy sunfish
Any help I appreciate please and thank you Sir
Love the channel
Lesson 1... dont make a bulls**t filter like he just did... lol that shit was funny af. The thumbs up almost made me spit out my drink.
Lesson 2... Just use the 5 gallon and fill it half way.
I just wonder if 2-4 cm of sand would also be fine... then you can just COMB the worms out with a simple fork setup?
helllpppppp I did this on accident in my shrimp tank I gave them live bloodworms instead of frozen while feeding my puffer fish will they be okay or should I try to take them all out
Where can we get live worms or eggs
The worm splitter device would work much better with the gravel cleaner tube as the intake side, efficiently vacuuming the worms from the substrate and chopping them through the pump. also a powerhead would work better as the pump part. you're welcome.
For harvesting, why not stir the substrates and net the floating worms? Stirs also promote breaking/reproduction.
Apparently I keep them in my dwarf puffer tank...🤣
The puffers always miss part of onr or two when I feed em, and recently found a colony of them living in a corner of the tank as they poked their heads out. Guess they're on that side cause that's where I feed my pleco.
Gonna not feed the puffers for a week or two, let them forage for the ones already there.
Are the red worms in my rain barrel black worms ? How did they get there?
Those are actually blood worms which is the larvae of a midge fly
Where can I buy these worms?? I can't find them anywhere
are these too large for guppies?
Can you house blackworms and bladder snail(or any aquatic snails) together?
Yes, no problems whatsoever.
I have a couple bladders with mine. Becoming the biggest bladders ever lol
Detritus worms 🐛? What’s the difference?
Where do you get black worms
I followed this video to set up my own blackworm culture, and so far so good. Buuut, I'm having trouble keeping the ammonia under control. I've been doing a ton of water changes to keep it down. Any other suggestions on things I could try?
Can you provide more details please? Such as amount of worms purchased, size of tank, type of water (tap, ro, distilled, spring, well), type of food and amount being fed?
@@adamsaquatics3332 I have a 2.5 gallon with one portion (1 tbsp?) of blackworms from my LFS. I previously had more worms, but I cut down the amount. It's de-chlorinated tap water, and I've used some gravel from a cycled tank. I've been trying to feed spirulina flakes...but I've also cut back on that a lot. I can't even tell if they've been eating anything, so I've been removing the leftovers and doing water changes after feeding.
@@whiterexy789 do you use any form of filter or a way to move the water around? Bacteria that break down the ammonia need the water to move over or through in order to remove the ammonia.
I personally feed so small of pieces that it can't be removed. A tablespoon worth will eat a very small amount of food. I would do a pinch or 2 of fish food every 2 to 3 days. Along with a water change of about 50% every 4 days or 1-2 days after feeding. They eat slow so they will need some time.
A small plastic tube about 4-6inches long, just big enough around to fit an air stone in to the bottom and stuck half way through a sponge is a perfect filter.
What is your water movement and filter situation like?
@@adamsaquatics3332 I have a small sponge filter right now that seems to move a decent amount of water. I've also been adding bottled bacteria about once a week. I've been spreading a few large flakes around the tank about once a week because I was worried they wouldn't find the food if they were on the other end of the tank...but I'll definitely cut back on the amount. And I'll try breaking the flakes up into smaller pieces, so they can be more spread out. Also, if any worms die in the tank, that would increase ammonia right? Is there a good way to find/remove dead worms?
do they die or does the setup crash with room temp? i heard they need cold water
I’ve had mine going in the garage now for months and they’re still fine. I have a culture in a 2.5 gallon in the garage and the temp is about mid 80s. Not saying it’s optimal but they are living in breeding. I’m planning on an update video in the next month
I just had mines delivered yesterday & i decided to leave them in a specimen container (3”x7”* inch) with 2 holes on opposite sides,..& hung it on the inside of my fishtank letting the water aclimate with the blackworms, in gravel substrate. They practically disappeared into the gravel, & I thought I wasted my money. But when i came back from work in the morning i saw the entire gravel covered in thin layer of them standing upright..& i was so happy
Get the gravel and the worms into a net dip the gnats in the water in your collection cup and dip The top of a 9 V battery in the water they will wriggle through the net leaving the gravel behind it doesn’t kill them but it’s the easiest way I find to harvest them
Do you sell starter cultures of the black worms?
I don't sorry. I don't know of an online vendor either. Next time I'll do a little more research to prepare for situations like this
No worries. I just thought I would send a couple bucks your way when I got ready to start up a culture. I am sure I can find a source somewhere. Thanks for getting back with me so quickly. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas.
In theory this method could be used for tubifex worms couldn't it?
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My newts used to eat them
Blackworms seem to be the magic breeding food.
I wonder why we don't see frozen blackworms for sale?
thats a good question. I've heard of large farms crashing but you'd think that'd be even more reason to freeze any surplus as soon as there is some.
Lol, I would tell you why, but I really want both of you to try it. You will immediately know why. Also, a tip, if you do try it, don't put the cubes in your tank. Thaw them in a dish of water and you will know.
@@adamsaquatics3332 I don’t get it?
i thought stone bubblers push air out not in so if its a sponge FILTER it should be pulling water in. Am I trippin or is your stone sponge filter useless.
Don’t they need to breathe air? Wouldn’t they drown in that culture tank?
No lol
I have a problem, I feed my fish black worms months ago, today I cleaned out my canister filter and surprise I have tons living in the canister filter. Has this happened to anyone else? I picked a ton out and gave my tanks a snack lol.
It's like finding a ten dollar bill in the couch! haha I haven't had that problem but I believe it. Probably nothing wrong with it, free food!
That's ironic, I just fed my severum blackworms 5 min. before I watched this video.
it was meant to be
God speaks in mysterious ways
Instead of the intake filter, why don't you just take your fingers, or the turkey baser & run it thru the gravel?? If your using your fingers, as they run thru the gravel, they will break up the worms because the gravel is sharp. Then you can let the works settle & regenerate.
any update?
Not meant to harp, but your sponge filter isn't really a filter. The sponge is acting more as an air diffuser than a filter. The air needs a solid tube to go up in order to create a suction which pulls the water through the sponge and thus acting as a filter. Otherwise, great video and very informative.
A sponge filter is 100% a filter. The whole reason the lift tube is called a lift tube is because the rising bubbles create lift which pulls water through the sponge. Why even comment if you don’t know what you are talking about?
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They congregate and clump up every 5am in the morning, so I heard.
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Where do you get these to start growing???? I have looked the internet up and down they have no such thing as black worms or black work culture or anything to start them.
I can’t imagine you just set a tank up without any eggs or worms to start with and they just start growing from. Nothing. So it’s great to show everyone how to grow these things but, what am i looking for to start it
A black worm starter culture, black worms to start reproducing, black worm eggs??? What do they grow from and were do you get them to start growing???? Otherwise this video is worthless to show people how to grow something that can’t be found anywhere to start growing. I can’t imagine they start growing out of thin air!!!! Jesus!!! Amazon don’t have it, Google isn’t finding anything about it get that Google!!!!