Cultering worms.. - Aquarium Advice

Rach101 · 03-05-2005, 05:02 PM

Has anyone ever tried it.. I heard you could also use woodlice... but uh..>.> are woodlice like.. err.. we call them rolley poolies... but im not sure if their the same thing.. o.o; in any case im gonna try to culture worms so i can cut em up and feed em to my fishies. ive got them in a container right now that has wet bread on the top of the soil. Anyone else try this before?

RoK · 03-05-2005, 07:47 PM

What kind of worms are you using?

Rach101 · 03-05-2005, 08:04 PM

earthworms

Veneer · 03-05-2005, 09:50 PM

How large is the container, and where did you obtain your worms?

Toirtis · 03-05-2005, 10:39 PM

By a neighbour of mine:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/...arthworms.html

Rach101 · 03-06-2005, 12:20 AM

front yard lol. I just put dirt in a large plastic container with a lid and the dirt that i found em in. (( Its where the run off of my house from my gutter goes, theres this big cement block. lift it up and its an insect paradise.. ))

ChileRelleno · 03-06-2005, 12:30 AM

Facts for your earthworms,
http://www.nyworms.com/ecare.htm

**QTOFFER** · 03-06-2005, 12:45 AM

A friend of mine used to get earthworms from his veggie garden to use as fish bait. Every week, he would sprinkle some grass clippings in the garden. This formed a thin mat that kept the earth beneath it warm and moist. We would roll back a small section of this mat like a carpet, and harvest dozens of fat, juicy worms. I don't see why you couldn't propogate earthworms the same way in a greenhouse. You would need a group of starter worms and a large container of well drained, organic-rich soil that you could keep warm and moist.

ChileRelleno · 03-06-2005, 01:26 AM

Right now I buy all my mealworms and crickets at the [acronym:ef9ccba579="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:ef9ccba579], but I dig my earthworms out of our flower and garden beds.
Particularly from under the birdfeeders under the dropped seeds and leaf mulch. My wife and mother-n-law have been getting mad at me for digging in their gardens (I only dig in one or two spots

), so I told them to make me a wormbed along the fenceline and they agreed

.

Felf · 03-06-2005, 01:38 AM

has anyone ever tried breeding and feeding pill bugs to their fish? there're tons of them at my grandma's house :P

03-05-2005, 05:02 PM	#1
Rach101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Carolina/bed Posts: 1,017	Cultering worms.. Has anyone ever tried it.. I heard you could also use woodlice... but uh..>.> are woodlice like.. err.. we call them rolley poolies... but im not sure if their the same thing.. o.o; in any case im gonna try to culture worms so i can cut em up and feed em to my fishies. ive got them in a container right now that has wet bread on the top of the soil. Anyone else try this before? __________________ We are far to young and clever

03-05-2005, 07:47 PM	#2
RoK Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,224 Images: 11	What kind of worms are you using? __________________ Current fish (includes all 8 running tanks): Gouramis, polypterids, SA cichlids, convicts, rainbows, plecos, loaches, ACFs, a platy, tetra, & a Ctenopoma

03-05-2005, 08:04 PM	#3
Rach101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Carolina/bed Posts: 1,017	earthworms __________________ We are far to young and clever

03-05-2005, 10:39 PM	#5
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	By a neighbour of mine: http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/...arthworms.html __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

03-06-2005, 12:20 AM	#6
Rach101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Carolina/bed Posts: 1,017	front yard lol. I just put dirt in a large plastic container with a lid and the dirt that i found em in. (( Its where the run off of my house from my gutter goes, theres this big cement block. lift it up and its an insect paradise.. )) __________________ We are far to young and clever

03-05-2005, 09:50 PM	#4
Veneer Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yingzhou Posts: 162	How large is the container, and where did you obtain your worms?

03-06-2005, 12:30 AM	#7
ChileRelleno Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Alabama,USA Posts: 636 Images: 10	Facts for your earthworms, http://www.nyworms.com/ecare.htm __________________ If your going to take one of Gods creatures into your care, Then you need to "CARE" for it! Skydivers know why the birds sing. A Democracy is two wolves and a lamb discussing what to have for lunch. A Republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote. www.oscarfish.com my main on-line playground.

03-06-2005, 12:45 AM	#8
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,701 Images: 30	A friend of mine used to get earthworms from his veggie garden to use as fish bait. Every week, he would sprinkle some grass clippings in the garden. This formed a thin mat that kept the earth beneath it warm and moist. We would roll back a small section of this mat like a carpet, and harvest dozens of fat, juicy worms. I don't see why you couldn't propogate earthworms the same way in a greenhouse. You would need a group of starter worms and a large container of well drained, organic-rich soil that you could keep warm and moist.

03-06-2005, 01:26 AM	#9
ChileRelleno Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Alabama,USA Posts: 636 Images: 10	Right now I buy all my mealworms and crickets at the [acronym:ef9ccba579="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:ef9ccba579], but I dig my earthworms out of our flower and garden beds. Particularly from under the birdfeeders under the dropped seeds and leaf mulch. My wife and mother-n-law have been getting mad at me for digging in their gardens (I only dig in one or two spots ), so I told them to make me a wormbed along the fenceline and they agreed . __________________ If your going to take one of Gods creatures into your care, Then you need to "CARE" for it! Skydivers know why the birds sing. A Democracy is two wolves and a lamb discussing what to have for lunch. A Republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote. www.oscarfish.com my main on-line playground.

03-06-2005, 01:38 AM	#10
Felf Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kaneohe, HI Posts: 502 Images: 5	has anyone ever tried breeding and feeding pill bugs to their fish? there're tons of them at my grandma's house :P

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