windeindoiel Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 I read an article that said to just stick them in a container with paper towel and 2 fish pellets (though it didn't specify how many blackworms you should add) and the population should double in about a month. So I put in an algae wafer and a carnivor pellet because I don't know what they're supposed to eat. Does anyone else raise their own blackworms that could give me a little more guidance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Couple of articles (note the use of brown, unbleached paper towel): http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/faculty/Drewes...docs/LVCULT.htm http://article.dphnet.com/cat-01/blackworm2.shtml http://www.angelfish.net/yabbse/index.php?...y;threadid=8721 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandj Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 NO! Do NOT use paper towel! I got a culture and I split them up. Half into a little tank with just a little bit of gravel on the bottom, and half into a little tank with brown paper towel. Both tanks had an airstone added that was lowered just a little under the surface. It is very easy to collect the worms from the gravel tank. Sometimes just a water change will make them come out and they form a ball. Very easy to suck up with a turkey baster. HOWEVER, try getting them out of the paper towel! The paper towel disintegrates into a rotting mess and the worms are intwined in this junk. You can't even strain them out because the worms are small enough that they get tangled up in the strainer. If the paper towel can't pass through the strainer, the worms won't either. (The paper fibres/chunks are the same size as the worms.) Just use a little gravel. That's ALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 See, I have never used paper towelling, but was considering it, since everybody else seems to....I have always used burlap, and it works quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windeindoiel Posted July 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Huh. Good food for thought, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veng68 Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Can you get California Black worms shipped into Canada from? Or is there a Canadian source? Cheers, Vic [veng68] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midgetwaiter Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Can you get California Black worms shipped into Canada from? Or is there a Canadian source?Cheers, Vic [veng68] Riverfront sells them if you are in Calgary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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