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Re: Microworm culture
Dale,
If that is the culture that I gave you about a month ago, the medium
in which it is growing is made up of instant mashed potatoes, water,
and a pinch of yeast. If you get the consistency right, and keep
them in a container of that size, they will last for over a month
(... and I have some cultures that have lasted MUCH, MUCH, MUCH
longer than that). Oddly enough, I have never had such (long term)
success keeping them in oatmeal, baby food, and many of the other
media suggested. As others have pointed out, you WILL KNOW when the
culture starts going bad. :) If it does go bad, and you can stomach
handling it under such conditions, you can probably still rescue
enough microworms to start a new culture. Anyway, the point is that
the medium in which yours are growing (and with which you are finally
having some success) is made with instant mashed potatoes from the
$0.99 store. :)
Alberto
San Diego
AKA 08000
At 10:09 PM -0700 6/6/02, Dale Medina wrote:
>I have a microworm culture here in a small plastic
>container perhaps 6 inches around and about 5 inches
>deep. I kept on trying this culture since I started
>keeping killies but with no avail. BUT NOW FOR THE
>FIRST TIME..I ACTUALLY SAW SOME THINGS CRAWLING ON THE
>SIDES OF THE CONTAINER!! ok maybe this is nothing to
>be excited about..but I immediately scraped the side
>with a cotton tipped applicator and dipped that in the
>tank. My question is how could I get this culture
>going? I'd love to have more of this. I have never
>bought any small species of killies for fear of not
>having a small enough food for the first few days. All
>I have is bbs.
>
>Thanks everybody
>
>Dale
>08412
>
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