RE: [Killietalk] Grindal worm observation

["Mark Pearlscott" <mark at pearlscott_com>]

Adam,

Does coconut fiber work better than peat for raising grindals?  If so,
why?  Is it because of reduced acidity?

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
Behalf Of Adam Rychlik
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:14 PM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Grindal worm observation

Go to petco or petsmart and get a cube of reptile bedding, its coconut
fiber
and it will run about five bucks.

Happy New Year!
Adam




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Pearlscott" <mark at pearlscott_com>
To: "'killifish discussion list'" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 6:26 PM
Subject: [Killietalk] Grindal worm observation


> I was wondering if anyone has experience this kind of thing...
>
> I have a grindals worm culture on soil, which was an established
culture
> I got from a local club member, and it has been producing worms okay.
I
> decided I needed to clone the culture (always good to have a back up),
> and so I took some worms and put them in a new container on peat.  Now
> the worms on peat reproduce much faster than the worms on soil.  If I
> were to guesstimate, it might be 4X that of the soil culture.  I
didn't
> expect to see such a difference.
>
> Maybe peat is better for them?  Maybe the soil culture was getting old
> and needs to be rejuvenated?  Maybe something else.
>
> Mark Pearlscott
>
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