RE: White worm culture

[Tish KB <tishykb at yahoo_com>]

knowing my luck i'd set the peat moss on fire and end
up burning the campus down... plus i don't have a
torch! Thanks anyway, if worst comes to worst i'll
give it a try w/ a cigerette lighter or something!
--Tricia M.  

--- Ron Anderson <yodeman at lycos_com> wrote:
> I heard an intersting way way to get rid of mites in
> a worm culture a few months ago.  You take the worm
> culture out and take the cover off. You expose the
> worm culture to some strong light. Naturally, the
> worms don't like light, so they burrow down into the
> dirt (peat or whatever).  That is when you take out
> the torch and give the entire surface of the culture
> a pass with a torch.  Kills all the mites (they are
> on the surface) but the worms are fine (being
> underground). The guy that told me this, swears by
> this. worth a try, and certainly feels safer than
> chemicals.  YMMV.  Ron   
> ---
> Ron Anderson
> Warwick, RI 
> 401-739-7670
> alt email: ron02886 at cox_net
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> On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 11:50:13   
>  Stoecker,Michael,FRANKLIN PARK,NC&C wrote:
> >Barry,
> >I have also tried mothballs.  Several in a sweater
> box sized container of
> >white worms.  No impact at all on the mites.  I
> wasn't bothered by any flies
> >at the time so I can't say if they are effective
> against them.
> >Wait a minute here!  Let's see, I didn't have
> flies.  I used mothballs.  No
> >flies ever invaded the culture.  Therefore, the
> mothballs must have been the
> >only thing effective against the flies!  Makes
> sense to me.
> >Thanks,
> >mike
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Barry Cooper [mailto:bjc3 at cornell_edu]
> >Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 1:29 PM
> >To: killietalk at aka_org
> >Subject: Re: White worm culture
> >
> >
> >At 11:10 AM 11/1/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Tish KB wrote:
> >>
> >>regarding brown mites:
> >
> >
> >You may want to try placing a mothball in the
> culture. Just stick in one 
> >corner of the container. I have friends in the UK
> who swear that this will 
> >control mites. I can tell you that I have used
> mothballs to try to control 
> >little flies that get in my grindal worm cultures. 
> The mothballs do not 
> >harm the grindal worms, so I doubt that they would
> harm the white worms.
> >
> >I have seen some comments about white worms doing
> well at high 
> >temperatures, like in the 70s and 80s. To my
> knowledge that goes against 
> >all conventional wisdom. White worms do best in the
> mid-50s to low 60s, and 
> >cultures will at best hang on in the 70s. That has
> been consistent with my 
> >experience.
> >
> >Grindal worms, in contrast, do well in the mid- to
> high 70s. I wonder if 
> >there has been some confusion in the identity of
> the worms being discussed. 
> >White worms are considerably bigger than grindal
> worms. On the other hand, 
> >I find grindal worms easier to culture under my
> conditions and I can 
> >produce enough to feed my whole fishroom regularly.
> They are also a great 
> >size for fish larger than about 15 mm, and they're
> useful for even full 
> >grown nothos.
> >
> >I don't do white worms any more as I have ready
> access to black worms.
> >
> >Barry
> >
> >
> >Barry J. Cooper, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Biomedical
> Sciences, Cornell
> >University
> >Adjunct faculty, College of Veterinary Medicine,
> Oregon State University
> >Home address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd., Sweet Home, OR
> 97386 (bjc3 at cornell_edu)
> >
> >
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