Re: [Killietalk] Another food for grindals ad white worms

["Karl" <kilikarl at wowway_com>]

Purina makes a worm chow.#40 -#50 lbs for under $15.00 buy a big bag & split 
it with some friends
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James (Jim) Darlack" <jmdarlack at yahoo_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:25 PM
Subject: [Killietalk] Another food for grindals ad white worms


>I use dry kitten food for grindals, and it works.  After reading the 
>recomendation for using Wardly Algae Wafers, I tried Hikari Algae Wafers on 
>an established grindal culture, and it is obvious the grindals are eating 
>the Hikari.
>
> Also tried extracting a few white worms from an old, moldy white worm 
> culture, on fresh worm bedding, and applied the worms directly to dampened 
> Hikari Algae Wafers.  However, the white worms are not very interested on 
> the Hikari algae wafers, and were noted to be crawling up the sides of the 
> container, and NOT on the algae wafers.
>
> Also, the worm bedding was dampened with tap water, so the white worms may 
> not have considered that to be very palatable.
>
> BTW, to xfer whiteworms from an old moldy culture to a clean culture, I 
> located worms that were not in the moldy area, ie, sides or tops of the 
> container, and gently lifted them off with a small water color brush, and 
> gently transferred them to the new culture.
>
> Today I placed a single piece of dry kitten food adjacent to the algae 
> wafers, to determine if the white worms have any preference for the algae 
> wafers or the dried kitten food.
>
> NOTE.  Avoid adult dried cat food.  I tried it with grindals and they did 
> not like the fibrous material that it contained, whereas the grindals 
> consumed all the dried kitten food.
>
> Jim
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