Microworms as live food for fish fry

**zhiz22** · 7th Nov 2007, 12:41

Hi

I have used microworms and they are clean live food for your fries. It's useful for feeding fries of small fishes like betta, guppies, dwarf cichlid.

Here are 2 interesting link for those wanting to find out more and culture them.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2002277_crea...m-culture.html

http://www.cbsbettas.org/microworms.html

**benny** · 7th Nov 2007, 12:45

zhiz22,

Do we just scoop out of the tub and feed? Need any washing like live tubifex worms? Any other pre preparation need?

Do you have a culture going that we can get from you regularly or we have to buy a tub and start our own culture?

Cheers,

**Wackytpt** · 7th Nov 2007, 12:48

Benny,

Just need to scoop from the side.

You can actually start a new sub culture from it

**zhiz22** · 7th Nov 2007, 12:52

You can use a tooth pic when the worms climb up onto the wall. only use those on the walls as they are cleaner (free from the mash)

Then i would dip the toothpick of worms into a little bit of water so it cleans them. the worms will sink to the bottom of the water and i would use a dropper and you can use a dropper to pick up the very clean, safe, live worms.

if you put in some effort to start new culture, you can keep the culture going and going and going. I have been keeping the cultures going on for a number of years.

**benny** · 7th Nov 2007, 12:54

zhiz22,

I've copy this thread into the nutrition section as well since it contains 2 good links. Hope you don't mind. The members here can certainly benefit from the good information you shared.

Here's a list of tips from one of the links for those interested in culturing them..

The warmer you keep your culture the faster it will grow.

You can put your Microworm culture in the fridge if you want to slow the growth.

Disposable Tuperware makes a great Microworm culture container

Keep your Microworm culture in a dark place if possible

Keep more then one culture container going at once, this way you lessen the chance of your entire culture crashing.

An aged Microworm culture will smell bad when the container is opened.

Do not keep your culture near food products and do not wash your culture container in the kicthen sink.

Cheers,

**zhiz22** · 7th Nov 2007, 15:01

No problem benny.

Remember to 'air' your worms once a day, just by removing and replacing the lid. They need fresh air too. it doesnt smell as long as the lid are closed.

**sonique** · 7th Nov 2007, 15:24

will they creep out of the lids??

**zhiz22** · 7th Nov 2007, 15:43

haha
will not lah. lid is seal, how to crawl out. the worms are very very tiny, hardly visible to naked eyes.

**rav** · 11th Feb 2008, 16:08

Hi zhiz22, sent you an email regarding microworms. Need some of them.

**Razorblade** · 24th Feb 2008, 13:17

Could we feed these worms to CRS too ?

Thanks,

**zhiz22** · 24th Feb 2008, 14:00

I dun see why not....as long as your current not too strong and suck all the worms into the filter before they reach the bottom

**PlAnTaNoOb** · 24th Feb 2008, 22:31

I've got a question. I'm currently working with C. elegans, which are basically a kind of worm about 1mm long. Can I feed these nematodes to fish fry?

**zhiz22** · 24th Feb 2008, 23:20

Originally Posted by PlAnTaNoOb

I've got a question. I'm currently working with C. elegans, which are basically a kind of worm about 1mm long. Can I feed these nematodes to fish fry?

i believe so, but please ensure that no one notices that you are carrying petridishes of worms home, esp the mutant strains.

**PlAnTaNoOb** · 25th Feb 2008, 15:56

No worries bro. C. elegans are found naturally in the soil. The lab has no issues with me bringing them out. Of course, I won't bring mutant strains! We must be responsible for our environment and ecology.

Thanks for your advice nevertheless.

**PlAnTaNoOb** · 25th Feb 2008, 15:57

So... anyone wants c. elegans for your fries? Properly bleached and washed 5 times to ensure cleanliness.

**AYWL** · 3rd Apr 2008, 19:13

Anyone know where to get starter culture?

**vaynard** · 3rd Apr 2008, 19:54

get from zhiz22. he selling them. i got one culture from him.

**darien** · 31st May 2010, 22:06

hey zhiz22,
can i buy some micro worms from you?
email me at [email protected]
thks

**Xaviergxc** · 15th Apr 2014, 19:00

Originally Posted by zhiz22

Hi

I have used microworms and they are clean live food for your fries. It's useful for feeding fries of small fishes like betta, guppies, dwarf cichlid.

Here are 2 interesting link for those wanting to find out more and culture them.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2002277_crea...m-culture.html

http://www.cbsbettas.org/microworms.html

Hi there bro, if you are still selling microworm starter cultures and you dont mind, pls email me the detail , the price, collection point etc at [email protected]