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RE: White worm culture
Hi Tricia
I would not worry about it too much, you'll get things going just fine. I
don't know if I've ever had a worm culture without a few mites, they don't
always take over and as people suggested there are ways to get rid of them
(or at least cut their numbers). The person who sold you the culture must
be producing worms just fine in order to have enough to sell you so even
with the mites their culture is turning out the worms. They may not even
know they have mites so let them know.
Best fishes
DAvid
><{{{>-----Original Message-----
><{{{>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
><{{{>Behalf Of Tish KB
><{{{>Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:10 AM
><{{{>To: killietalk at aka_org
><{{{>Subject: RE: White worm culture
><{{{>
><{{{>
><{{{>Well that pisses me off a little bit. Let me ask tho,
><{{{>if is possible to have clean cultures w/out these
><{{{>bugs? Say, if i'd bought a culture off of someone else
><{{{>it wouldn't have the mites? Cuz if so, i'm going to
><{{{>leave some negative feedback for this guy, so that
><{{{>people know he sells dirty cultures (i'll email him
><{{{>back telling him i'm mad first..).. Here's the email
><{{{>he replied to me when i sent him a similiar message
><{{{>asking about the bugs--
><{{{>
><{{{>"Boy I wish I could get rid of those bugs. Funny
><{{{>thing about bugs they come with buddies but everyone
><{{{>is afraid of the bugs they don't know about.
><{{{>The little fruit flies could be just that or it could
><{{{>be springtails(?). There is also a little mite like
><{{{>thing that seems to have gotten in my cultures. I
><{{{>haven't had any problems with them so far."
><{{{>
><{{{>Is it possible to just leave them in the culture, or
><{{{>is it something i should really be concerned about?
><{{{>Can they get out and infest other things? Should i
><{{{>throw away the substrate the worms are in right now
><{{{>and start with a fresh stuff? Sorry about all the
><{{{>questions, but this is the first experience i've had
><{{{>with growing live worms... and of course i buy an
><{{{>infested culture.. Thank you so much.
><{{{>--Tricia in PA
><{{{>(and i got my packet of AKA stuff today, yay!)
><{{{>
><{{{>
><{{{>
><{{{>--- "Stoecker,Michael,FRANKLIN PARK,NC&C"
><{{{><michael.stoecker at us_nestle.com> wrote:
><{{{>> Tricia,
><{{{>> My guess is that you now have a culture contaminated
><{{{>> with brown mites. They
><{{{>> will only get worse.
><{{{>> Scoop out the area in the culture where you
><{{{>> introduced the worms to. Rinse
><{{{>> the worms under running water several times until
><{{{>> you separate out the worms
><{{{>> from the substrate. You should only have the worms
><{{{>> left in the bottom of
><{{{>> the bowl. Then re-introduce the worms back into a
><{{{>> clean, new culture.
><{{{>> Start feeding the worms with very small amounts of
><{{{>> food in the beginning.
><{{{>> Cover the worms with plastic or glass and keep a lid
><{{{>> on the whole container.
><{{{>> I never introduce culture substrates or aquarium
><{{{>> water from any source into
><{{{>> my fish room. Separate out the organisms or fish
><{{{>> when introducing into your
><{{{>> environment.
><{{{>> Hope this helps.
><{{{>> mike
><{{{>>
><{{{>>
><{{{>>
><{{{>> -----Original Message-----
><{{{>> From: Tish KB [mailto:tishykb at yahoo_com]
><{{{>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:33 PM
><{{{>> To: killietalk at aka_org
><{{{>> Subject: RE: White worm culture
><{{{>>
><{{{>>
><{{{>>
><{{{>> > went well over 70 degrees. I know that the mites
><{{{>> > seemed to like it warm. ;^)
><{{{>> >
><{{{>>
><{{{>> Ok well my culture is here, right now i just have a
><{{{>> small box (about half a foot square) with an inch or
><{{{>> so of moist peat w/ some baking soda to reduce
><{{{>> acidity, and dumped the culture on top... It was
><{{{>> packaged in a stryofoam cup with newspaper on top,
><{{{>> taped over except for a little air hole. Upon
><{{{>> knocking
><{{{>> the dirt or whatever substrate the worms were in
><{{{>> into
><{{{>> my peat moss, i noticed a lot of little bugs in
><{{{>> there.
><{{{>> They look like teeny beetles, about 1/16th of an
><{{{>> inch
><{{{>> big and brown in color... What are these? should i
><{{{>> worry about them? What about my setup-- will it be
><{{{>> OK
><{{{>> or should i add some type of soil to it? should i
><{{{>> mix
><{{{>> the culture dirt into the peat or just let it on
><{{{>> top?
><{{{>> I have the box top (hinge style) closed for now,
><{{{>> should i poke a few holes in the top? thanks guy for
><{{{>> all your help, happy halloween too :)
><{{{>> --Tricia
><{{{>>
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