Raising Worms
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I've cultured and fed red wigglers (AKA composting worms) for years. I have mostly new world cichlids but any fish who can eat worms / high protein food can eat them.
The size of the culture bin (rubbermaid) is one of the constraining factors in their culture rate. They can double in a month in warm weather and with lots of food. They take a month or so to settle down and reproduce.
Red wigglers reproduce and are much easier, in my experience, than nightcrawlers or other worms.
I haven't bought live or frozen food in years...
Matt
The size of the culture bin (rubbermaid) is one of the constraining factors in their culture rate. They can double in a month in warm weather and with lots of food. They take a month or so to settle down and reproduce.
Red wigglers reproduce and are much easier, in my experience, than nightcrawlers or other worms.
I haven't bought live or frozen food in years...
Matt
So what is your technique for jan and fed worm harvest?
1. Sholve the snow?
2. How do you break through the frozen ground?
3. How far is the ground frozen? It has been between -7 to 10 degrees F around here since dec 8, 2017.
4. How deep woild i have to dig?
Bwah ha ha ha!
Haha, i like your way of thinking. If the grounds frozen, or it's covered in snow or it's p*ssing it down then the worms get to live another day, simples. I only feed my fish worms as a rare treat anyway but whichever way you look at it i would never never never pay for worms. God man, fish food is expensive enough as it is.
My yard gets treated for spiders and ants as well as the grass chemicals and fertilization. I have always been hesitant to feed worms from my ground for this reason. Not sure if those chemicals have any affect on the worms or not.
