Night Crawlers....

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yngggru said:
If you're not planning on making worms the staple diet of your rays then why not just buy a pound or two of worms and culture them in a DIY worm box. I think this would be best given your situation. No need to keep them in the fridge. Just keep em alive! Btw, I think the european nightcrawlers are more common in your area


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Oops sorry op doesnt want to breed em. Lol. Just keep em alive in a bucket full of dirt


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I get mine from here:

http://www.nyworms.com/eurocrawlers.htm

500 European nightcrawlers for $50. Can handle cold temps, but don't need refrigeration. They shipped from SC and arrived 100% alive.

I keep a worm bin in my garage for storage, but use too many to keep up reproduction so I buy a new group every couple months. They come in a really good size, ready to feed.
 
Funny story, the first night I got 500 of them I was keeping the bin in our laundry room. My son is working on potty training - he went in his bed during the night so my wife took all his clothes, sheets etc down to the laundry room and saw dozens of worms on the floor. She freaked. I had to wake up and clean them up, and the next morning go get a taller bin and DIY a more tight lid and move it to the garage.
 
dxdx said:
I get mine from here:

http://www.nyworms.com/eurocrawlers.htm

500 European nightcrawlers for $50. Can handle cold temps, but don't need refrigeration. They shipped from SC and arrived 100% alive.

I keep a worm bin in my garage for storage, but use too many to keep up reproduction so I buy a new group every couple months. They come in a really good size, ready to feed.
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dxdx said:
Funny story, the first night I got 500 of them I was keeping the bin in our laundry room. My son is working on potty training - he went in his bed during the night so my wife took all his clothes, sheets etc down to the laundry room and saw dozens of worms on the floor. She freaked. I had to wake up and clean them up, and the next morning go get a taller bin and DIY a more tight lid and move it to the garage.
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Thanks DX.. Great story and one of my fears with bulk worms...

So there are canadin, europan and african..... mOre decisions...
 
UnstoppableJayD said:
Thanks DX.. Great story and one of my fears with bulk worms...

So there are canadin, europan and african..... mOre decisions...
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Thanks, I was using a rubbermaid bin and the lid does leave a gap. I just put a piece of wood (w small drilled air holes) over the bin along with weather stripping and it made a tight seal. No escapes doing it this way.

Sounds like some work, but it's real easy and my rays are loving the extra food.
 
Culturing red wiggler (or composting) worms is super easy and produces tons of worms. They're a little smaller than earthworms but don't need refrigeration (actually don't like it) and eat veggie and fruit waste from the refrig.

I started with a pound and have enough to feed my 50-ish tank fishroom a couple of times per week.

Google "red wiggler culture"

Matt
 
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