discusnoob Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hi all I have put my white worm culture into a shoe box (didnt have a foam one available and it seems to be doing fine) The culture has been going now for a couple of months, to be honest I harvested way too early when not knowing anything about it (have since let the culture grow and not touched it and things are moving nicely), have since switched from bread to cat food on advice and the population seems to have flourished. That and keeping the soil moist, the worms are feeding well now and the old days of mouldy food on top are gone as the worms devour everything. My question is, what is the best way to fatten worms up, I notice a tonne of worms but thousands of worms are like mini size, is it a case of waiting and the worms naturally over time grow larger and fatten over time? because have got thousands of them that are sort of 5mm long Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I used garlic luncheon sausage--worked for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 cheers, you see so many posters on youtube about what they think their magic formula is, yet it sounds like white worms will eat most things and the important thing is the environment you keep them in just the two times i dropped the worms in there were a number of big juicy worms but looked like thousands of really micro tiny white worms falling, which thought of indicated that i should wait a bit for the population to mature? didnt stop the smaller fish going for them but the top swimmers could not even really see them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I used to use that fact to seperate them out by size for feeding various sized fish. You just have to be carefull that you don't do yourself out of all the smaller ones to grow on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 awesome advice just taking a small tiny amount off the top, there would be like 10 1 - 2 inch worms and then you can see hundreds of tiny ones its almost like i take as much interest in these white worms as i do my fish haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Sorry to post jack, but how do you stop the worms turning to white flys? Or prolong it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Feed them out before they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Sounds logical enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 hang on... this is going to be a dumb question but do white worms turn into flies????!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 That's a new one for me. :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 lol taking the pi$$ right ? else call maf theres about to be a white bot fly infestation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Sorry to post jack, but how do you stop the worms turning to white flys? Or prolong it? Take out the white fly larvae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 are you guys serious?!?!?!?!? I just culled my whole culture because didnt want to hatch flies?!?!?!??!?!?!?! . . . . . jkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Don't feel too bad they usually get all suicidal over the summer anyway. They are a worm and not a fly larvae.The culture must be infested if it is producing flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 ill stick them in the mini fridge and lower the temp, hopefully that will keep them going over summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish guy Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Thays a new one for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discusnoob Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 all i know is got a load of white worms eating up the cat food, but thousands are tiny, hardly any big fat juicy ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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