RE: The culture of microworms Al Brown

[owner-killietalk at aka_org (by way of Barry Cooper <bjc3 at cornell_edu>)]

I keep six cultures of microworms in plastic 4x4 inch containers with an air
tight lid. I start a new culture every Saturday morning and feed the oldest
(six weeks) culture to my daphnae and white worm cultures. I have kept them
going this way for close to 30 years. I tried it with and without yeast. I
see no difference. I use Gerbers oatmeal baby food. I can control the speed
of the culture maturing by making the mixture thin (watery) or a very thick
paste. The thicker the paste the longer it takes for the culture to mature
and produce in quantity. I cut small pieces of wood 3" x 3/4" x 3/4". I boil
them in water until they are water logged and sink. I have been using the
same pieces of wood for years. I place two wood strips into the bottom of the
culture about an inch apart. The oatmeal paste is lower than the top of the
piece of wood. I use a flat end wooden tongue scraper to scrape the flat
surface of the wood. It is covered in microworms without any cereal as a
contaminant. I can feed from the same culture twice a day. Over the years I
have fed and raised thousands of angel fish on these microworms. I never use
brine shrimp (too much of a bother) I am now using microworms to feed my
notho fry. It works great.

Al Brown
Middletown, NJ 


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