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Re: Live Foods Digest V1 #8
I am glad to see the list fir the first time I subscribed last week
Jody Billeaudeaux
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> From: Live Foods Digest <Owner-Live-Foods at actwin_com>
> To: Owner-Live-Foods at actwin_com
> Subject: Live Foods Digest V1 #8
> Date: Tuesday, August 19, 1997 2:58 AM
>
>
> Live Foods Digest Tuesday, August 19 1997 Volume 01 : Number
008
>
>
>
> In this issue:
>
> Red worm culture
> insect larvae
> Re: Live Foods Digest V1 #7
> Re: Wingless Fruit Flies
> Re: Live Foods Digest V1 #7
>
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> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:02:31 -0400
> From: "Maladorno, Dionigi" <DIONIGI.MALADORNO at roche_com>
> Subject: Red worm culture
>
> OK, here is a post.
>
> I have a red earthworm culture that has been running for about two
> years, on a peat substrate (very soggy now, but still very productive).
> I feed them dried plant material and various types of ground seeds
> (corn, birdseeds, rice, beans, whatever goes bad in the house).
>
> Questions:
>
> - - I addition to the white mites that have been residents of the culture
> for a long time, I noticed more recently some very small (say, 0.5 mm or
> less) reddish , round beetles, which congregate in big numbers. I assume
> they will not give substantial problems: anybody has any experience with
> them? I even tried to feed them to the tetras, but they ignored these
> little bugs.
>
>
> - - does anybody know if the number of worms escaping from the culture
box
> correlates to any variable that can be corrected (availability of food,
> humidity, etc.)?
>
> Dionigi
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 97 13:52:21 PST8
> From: spushak at CCGATE_HAC.COM
> Subject: insect larvae
>
> In some of my outdoor daphnia rearing containers I have found some
> interesting insect larvae. Some are easily identifiable as mosquito
> larvae and others look like chironomid (sp?) (blood worm) larva. I
> noticed another type which I hope someone can identify. It is about
> the size of a mosquito larva, very black, more round shaped than a
> mosquito larva. My killies seemed to enjoy eating it as they do
other
> insect larvae. Any ideas?
>
> Steve P in Vancouver BC
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 17:57:45 -0400
> From: Poseidon <poseidon at together_net>
> Subject: Re: Live Foods Digest V1 #7
>
> I'd like to kick off the discussions...
>
> 1. What are the best kind of worms to feed community fish?
> 2. What kind of worms are the easiest to harvest/raise?
>
> Thanks
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 20:39:00 -0500
> From: Augustine Rodriguez <rodrigaj at uwec_edu>
> Subject: Re: Wingless Fruit Flies
>
> I'm glad to see that this digest is alive and well. I too was beginning
to
> wonder if I had done something wrong when I subscribed.
>
> I have been raising wingless fruit flies for about 2 years with excellent
> results. When I started out, I had read that the wingless genetic trait
> was regressive and that eventually, the fully formed wings would begin to
> show up in offspring. This has not happened and I was wondering if any
> readers/subscribers have actually had this happen to them.
>
> Augustine Rodriguez
> Elk Mound, WI, USA
>
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>
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 22:19:46 -0400 (EDT)
> From: BErney1014 at aol_com
> Subject: Re: Live Foods Digest V1 #7
>
> I joined and forgot I did because no posts ever came in. Until today.
> Goldfish, rainbowfish, live plants and live foods. I am currently running
a
> brine shrimp hatchery, mosquitos, and a duckweed pond.
> Bruce
>
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