Worms of the white type
Worms of the white type
I have been culturing white worms for several months now. At first, the worm colonies, purchased in Canada, had little growth. Then, a revelation, my worms must have been immigrants. Populations exploded when I abandoned cheerios, crackers and bread. My worms are from Asia. Rice, Japanese sticky rice to be exact, coupled with a fish oil supplement for dogs, were the secret ingredients for a worm baby boom! Now I have more worms than I will ever need. I am throwing away more than I feed cause the worms will not survive long out of dark dirt. That is my problem.
Unlike black worms, I don't think you can keep harvested white worms in the fridge. You must harvest before every feeding to get live wigglers. Am I missing something? Guess I'm lazy but I only get down to the basement and go through all 5 containers, then spend another 15 or so minutes cleaning the worms more than once a week or so. So my fish get worms only once a week and most of the worms harvested go down the porcelain throne.
Paul, and anyone else raising the white ones, how's it going? Have you figured out how to collect and hold the worms or do you go through the collection cleaning process each time you feed?
My fish like w. worms but don't seem crazy about them. Seems the fish get their fill very quickly so the danger of pollution from over-feeding is very.
real.
So I am asking everyone raising the little fellows about their experiences and advice.
Finally, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone.
RJ