I seen an older guy feeding them a little natural yogurt on a little bit of brown bread. It seemed to work very well. The idea of the natural yogurt was the good bacteria that kept them healthy and also transferred the good nutrients to the fish. 👍
I've tried this bread-yogurt method before, but it didn't quite work for me as lots of mould and smell was developing. Probably it is fine if you keep cultures in a basement fishroom, but I have mine in our living room. I only do maintenance on them once in 3 days so I can't have feeding media that spoils fast
I just received a small culture recently. I split it between 2 similar sized containers, one with sponges and one with coco coir. I used a soldering iron to make holes and super glued nylon tea bag mesh over them. I’ve never done this before so I just want to see what works best for me. I placed a damp quarter of a piece of cat food in 3 days ago on mesh, there were some worms on them but the food wasn’t gone. I kind of smushed the food and spread it into a line with the worms. Going to check soon!
Thanks for your comment:) Cat/dog food work for some people, but not for me. I have relatively small cultures in small containers, so the worms never manage to eat all of these and the food ends up spoiling
I found my grindle worms that have mites did not breed as much. It appears if you have a healthy culture of worms the mites don’t take over as quickly. Mine got infested because I didn’t close the lid correctly. I like that you use sponge vs. scrub pads or coconut and also like that you use fish food.
Absolutely agreed. None of my cultures with mites seems to thrive. The only good thing about it is that my fish go nuts for mites and devour them in seconds
I do much the same things as you for my cultures. (My Neons love them more than life itself :) I do use crushed up dog treats and so far no fungus though I think ultimately feeding fish makes sense using fish food.
Very informative video. Thank you. I don't culture grindal worms, as I am currently using white worms. What I have found is that if I feed some nutritional yeast to my cultures every few days, I get a surge in worm numbers greater than when feeding porridge or bread on their own. Perhaps this supplement could enhance your worm production as it has done mine?
Thanks for the tip! I have added some yeast to a few of my cultures yesterday. I'll keep an eye on them, hoping that they respond to it in the same manner as white worms
I seen an older guy feeding them a little natural yogurt on a little bit of brown bread. It seemed to work very well. The idea of the natural yogurt was the good bacteria that kept them healthy and also transferred the good nutrients to the fish. 👍
I've tried this bread-yogurt method before, but it didn't quite work for me as lots of mould and smell was developing. Probably it is fine if you keep cultures in a basement fishroom, but I have mine in our living room. I only do maintenance on them once in 3 days so I can't have feeding media that spoils fast
I just received a small culture recently. I split it between 2 similar sized containers, one with sponges and one with coco coir. I used a soldering iron to make holes and super glued nylon tea bag mesh over them.
I’ve never done this before so I just want to see what works best for me.
I placed a damp quarter of a piece of cat food in 3 days ago on mesh, there were some worms on them but the food wasn’t gone. I kind of smushed the food and spread it into a line with the worms. Going to check soon!
Thanks for your comment:) Cat/dog food work for some people, but not for me. I have relatively small cultures in small containers, so the worms never manage to eat all of these and the food ends up spoiling
This is brilliant. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom.
I found my grindle worms that have mites did not breed as much. It appears if you have a healthy culture of worms the mites don’t take over as quickly. Mine got infested because I didn’t close the lid correctly. I like that you use sponge vs. scrub pads or coconut and also like that you use fish food.
Absolutely agreed. None of my cultures with mites seems to thrive. The only good thing about it is that my fish go nuts for mites and devour them in seconds
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Brilliant informative video pal I might give this a go thank you
Thanks, Paul! Grindal worms are great for cichlid fry
Great job 👏.
Thanks:)
I do much the same things as you for my cultures. (My Neons love them more than life itself :) I do use crushed up dog treats and so far no fungus though I think ultimately feeding fish makes sense using fish food.
I started with the dog treats, but it seems that on fish flakes grindal worms are multiplying faster. It seems more digestible for them!
Very informative video. Thank you. I don't culture grindal worms, as I am currently using white worms. What I have found is that if I feed some nutritional yeast to my cultures every few days, I get a surge in worm numbers greater than when feeding porridge or bread on their own. Perhaps this supplement could enhance your worm production as it has done mine?
Thanks for the tip! I have added some yeast to a few of my cultures yesterday. I'll keep an eye on them, hoping that they respond to it in the same manner as white worms
Hi. Do you feed any other live foods? If so can you make a video on how you keep them. Thank you
I used to cultivate black worms, but not anymore as they were quite a lot of work!
do u have gaps in the bottom layer?
There is a bit of a gap between the sponge and container bottom, that's where excess water accumulates
Nice
Cool! How often can you use the worms?
Thanks! I feed them once every three days. They are prolific breeders
My biggest unanswered question is where to get them without a starter ?
I bought my starter culture on ebay. No clue if they occur naturally
Dont put the cultures on the floor, best up!!😎👋🏼
It is the only cooler spot in my fishroom