Walter Feeder (was Re: More OT (Back OT! (was Re: GLASS Flows? (gettingway OT!)))

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

Larry,

When Herr Walter gave his improptu presentation to BAKA, last year, he 
passed out samples of microworms and what he considered to be a new 
variation on them that he called "mini-mikro" that we started calling 
Walter worms.

He also showed us a cute way to feed them that dribbled them slowly into 
the tank so they didn't all sink together to the bottom.

A little piece of styrofoam, cut from a sheet had a 1/2" hole cut in the 
center. A small piece of coarse filter foam could be wedged down into the 
hole until it was in good contact with the water, wicking some up to the 
top of the foam piece which was a bit above the water line.

Microworms placed on the foam tend to work their way down to the water and 
dangle from the foam a bit before they fall on down to the bottom. This 
gives top and mid-tank feeding babies a better shot at them than simply 
dumping them into the tank. Works just like the cone feeders for black 
worms, but for micro or Walter worms.

As summer winds down, those 3-4"-diameter by 4'-long closed-cell foam 
float toys will be going on sale. I think they are called "Water Weasels" 
or some such name. Many have a center hole in them. A 3/4-1" slice makes a 
wonderful float for spawning mops, and with a piece of filter foam in the 
center hole it would make a good Walter Feeder, instead.

Wright

PS. This subject line reminds me of that artificial intelligence language 
that many of us worked (played?) with in the '70s, called LISP. I forget 
what the original acronym was, but we all said it stood for "Lost In 
Stupid Parentheses."

Larry Botkin wrote:
> At 05:24 AM 8/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:41:33 -0700
> > From: Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
> > Subject: Back OT! (was Re: GLASS Flows? (getting way OT!))
> >
> >
> > Practice hatching baby brine shrimp, if you want to have success with
> > basically carnivorous baby fish. There is no substitute for plentiful 
> > tiny
> > live food for killies, IMHO. They tend to not make it on dry foods. Green
> > water and vinegar eels are both pretty good, but only bottom feeders take
> > microworms readily (unless you build a Walter feeder).
> >
> > Your other fish will love the bbs, so don't wait until you have starving
> > babies to start hatching them out.
> >
> > Wright
>
>
> Okay Wright:
>       Let me be the first to ask.    I know what the Walter worms are 
> but whats a Walter feeder ? The way some of the threads are growing this 
> may be a loaded question. You never really know with this eclectic bunch...
>
> Larry Botkin
> AKA 07801
> CKA
> WAKO
>
>
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