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RE: Microworm culture
I too use the Quick Oats severely dampened with water, but not running wet.
I then lightly sprinkle several grains of brewers yeast on the surface and
then scrape some worms off the side of a previous culture being careful not
to take any of the old culture medium with it.
The cultures last a long time this way [4-5 weeks] and produce well.
I have noticed that if you want to drive the culture to produce lots of
worms on the sides of the container, where they are easy to remove for
feeding, that you need to keep the lid on tighter. In other words, provide
less air circulation to the culture.
mike
-----Original Message-----
From: George & Melanie Caruso [mailto:caraway at erienet_net]
Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 8:56 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Microworm culture
I use the quick oatmeal but I don,t cook. I just mix it with tap water and
get
great results.
George
hascallk wrote:
> I have found the using instant rice baby food lasts longer and smells
better
> than oatmeal. Not to mention you don't have to wait for it to cool. . .
>
> Kristi
>
> George & Melanie Caruso wrote:
>
> > I use the quick oatmeal. Mix a small amount of oatmeal with water to
> > form a runny paste then add a pinch of dry yeast. Add a bit of your
> > present culture to this and you should have a new culture going strong
> > in a couple of days. If the mixture gets too dry just add a little water
> > and stir it to keep it on the runny side.This culture usually lasts me
> > over a month before I have to start a new one.
> > Take Care,
> > George
> >
> > 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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