Re: [Killietalk] Grindel Worm Question

["Joe Scanlan" <drkillinut at charter_net>]

My problem has always been those d____ mites.  I don't believe a zippered 
pillow case would work.  That is why I use the water motes around the pads 
as described by others.     JoeS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LeeH920226 at aol_com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Grindel Worm Question


>I switched to the scrubby pad method over a year ago and my experience has
> been much better with this method than the soil I used previously. The 
> yield is
> directly proportional to the amount of trout pellets I feed them. If I do 
> not
> feed them for a week or so there are very few visible worms but they 
> recover
> in a day or two when fed. I take the top pad to meeting auctions as a 
> starter
> for others and replace it with a new pad every month or so. I have six 
> shoe
> boxes set up in this manner inside a pillow cover (zipper enclosed) to 
> keep out
> the little flies. I use three layers of dampened scrubby pads cut to fill 
> the
> entire shoe box. I tried all types of foods and trout chow works best, 
> followed
> by kitten chow. Cichlid and other tropical fish pellets do not work in my
> experience. The fish don't eat them either.
>
> Lee Harper
> Media PA
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