How to Culture Live Blackworms Like a Pro! Live Food for Newts, Axolotls, Corydoras Bottom Feeders

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Take a look at my live blackworm table connected to my fishroom sump system. The water is 65-70F, pH of 7.5-8, decent flow rate of around 100 gph, 4ftx2ftx4inch deep aquaponics tray. Blackworms are one of the best live foods you can culture at home. Give it a try!
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01:51 Blackworm Table
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@gregjonesonline Год назад

Have you tried live blackworms? what do you feed your worms? Let me know below!

@jonayvvv494 Год назад

I’ve and I absolutely love them, just found them a tiny bit tricky to maintain but your video has clarified a lot of questions to me , thanks a lot!!

@AndreasKiefer-cv6rh 3 месяца назад

Might be a little late but how do you get them to reproduce or do they do it on their own?

@fritzwilhelm8258 2 месяца назад

How large was your starter culture? Does their number double in one or two months, and what enables that? Do they cut themselves in the rocks as they travel to food? Sorry for the barrage of questions, but you, pretty much alone on the internet, seem to know what you're talking about on this subject. Subscriber.

@aquariumshrimp 11 месяцев назад

Hi Greg. Can you do an update video on these?

@pelhamsaquatics Год назад

As a fish breeder I must say, this is the best black worm culture process I have ever seen.. so good! I’m beginning to breed wild type bettas soon and I will, if I can find some California black worms, I will try to mimic this as closely as I can thank you. mr jones🙂 just found this channel this has more than earned a subscriber ⭐️

@Fraggy901 Год назад

My local pet store sells live blackworms, ask around and you may find an unexpected source…

@pelhamsaquatics Год назад

@@Fraggy901 I will do that thank you!🙂

@FatherFish 8 месяцев назад

excellent system. You have found answers to difficult problems. VERY impressive.

@Mae-nr7wr 9 месяцев назад

cool setup, love the worms and the cute snails

@dshobe720 Год назад

Thank you for the inspiration I have been looking for a proven technique for black worms for a long while!

@shelbytaylor4634 8 месяцев назад

Honestly, thank you! I just started a 10gal tank a week or so ago... And... my worms migrated into the filter sponge and what not. 😂 I came across this video while searching for how to get them out. This is very informative and helpful. I'll be readdressing this tank asap.

@audio1484 4 месяца назад

Stellar step up bro awesome!

@spoiledsushi7400 11 месяцев назад

Great advice! Thank you!

@alethea9778 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the advice!

@Junkbox_Aquatics 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for this video it was very helpful

@kelvinsoto3553 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for the great information

@NYGOLD Год назад

I really like the set-up, it looks like you can even go 2 high with that.

@pauledwards5607 Год назад

Best video on the subject I've seen. The advantage to doing it this way in a large shallow tub is water conservation for one, but a larger body of water is far more stable; it doesn't need air stones, nor do you have to worry about the water going stagnant. Doing it in a sump is the way to go. Did some research last night and took 3 black worms and cut them all in half. They are all doing well the next day. The dbl their numbers every 4 weeks anyway without cutting them up. I'd set up more than one tray like he has here, maybe ne above it on a rack if you do Cories or something that takes a lot of worms. I fed my CW 106 Cories, which I rarely see eating and BOTH of them ( I only have 2, looking for more) shook their heads violently before eating several. I've never seen that. I'm taking the remaining worms I do have a starting a little culture. They LOVE zuchini.

@redpaulhus Год назад

I love it !

@TMAquatics Год назад

Nice. Was just talking about this topic yesterday.

@Glasshouses-tp7gm 7 месяцев назад

After seeing your video on blackworms, I pretty much did my setup for farming. Mine is similar to yours, but I use a Fluval 307 to filter the water and use the overflow as a secondary tank.

@karenhansen388 5 месяцев назад

I loved your video. I had a culture for almost a year and it crashed. I haven't had a successful one since. I am going to try again with many of your recommendations, but I do not have a sump system. I fed spirulina, yeast, and Bacter AE. I will try the veggies or spirulina wafers. I had a valve at the bottom of the bin and drained about 60% of the water weekly to replace with fresh. I had an air stone. They were for my Africa dwarf frogs.

@suenosdeltanganyika Год назад

awesome farm! I use spinach as a main food. 😊

@J.Olivers_Guppies-Aquatics 5 месяцев назад

Great information 👍

@markfranklin8831 Год назад

Awesome thanks for sharing 💗💯✌️👍

@smncowardyahoo 2 месяца назад

GENIUS !!!!!!!

@KayHalliday-yf3ms Год назад

My original blackworm culture is in a 10 gallon tank( 2+ years now- thought it had crashed several times) that also now has snails and daphnia. I mostly feed mine the same as you, but also any algae I remove from other tanks. I also seed all my new tanks with them and can then harvest them from other tanks. The best other tank is mostly rabbit snails and neocaridina shrimp . Great set up, but not in my space in UK

@gregjonesonline Год назад

My first culture was 10g with large gravel and it was never enough to feed from on a daily basis, UK space is at a premium though so I get it

@rezaprasetya1844 Год назад

Love it

@Cycnoches2012 Месяц назад

Thanks!

@gregjonesonline Месяц назад

@sherryjarecki1701 4 месяца назад

I use silica sand. I had a fired bellied toad breeder tank. I have 3 baby fbt in the tank now . I added 2 cups of black worms to my tank with silica sand sub straight. They are doing fine. I use a low water filter on the opposite side

@DuzzyDobbin 8 месяцев назад

Hi might seem a silly question but how do you harvest them for feeding? Great vid, I’m a subscriber now! Regards Duzzy 🇦🇺 P.s. got my answer I wasn’t at the end of the vid yet when I commented 😜🤣

@jc.5537 9 месяцев назад

Can you do an update on these? This is probably the best black worm culture setup Ive seen on YT. Cheers.

@gregjonesonline 9 месяцев назад

Yes I've been meaning to do an update

@az_street_walker4181 8 месяцев назад

I would also like an update just now learned about black worms (I own goldfish and gold dojo loaches) and been wanting to upgrade their diet slowly but surely and would like to begin farming black worms for them I don’t think I’d be able to get the black worms to hold in their tanks respectively although that would be cool I’d love to have them to be able to “hunt” for their food

@LushSaltyAquariums Год назад

Black Gold :)

@janeicewgu5620 10 месяцев назад

Hello! Great execution, can we get an update video?

@C-Hirsuta 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for this fantastic video. How often can you harvest from a setup like this, and what kind of quantity do you expect from each harvest?

@gregjonesonline 10 месяцев назад

I pull around 1-2 oz per week, depending on how heavily I feed, sometimes I do less, but I can also put little isolation cups inside with 1 baby newt or 1 crayfish and drill holes so they have an unlimited live food auto feeder, makes life easy

@donteague614 11 месяцев назад

Thanx for all the info! When I begin to raise fire sally larvae this will be the way I do it. Do you have a sump build video?

@gregjonesonline 11 месяцев назад

It's on my to do list

@donteague614 11 месяцев назад

Thanx for the quick response! It will be a year or two before I need to build one. Hopefully you make that video when you get the time. Pretty sure a store bought may cost a lot more than a diy.

@Jen.K 11 месяцев назад

There were some useful tips here, thank you. Waiting for my culture to arrive and I'm going to adjust my setup based on what I learned here. I don't have the room or equipment for something like this, but I'm going to change the substrate I was going to use, and feeding routine. I'm going to add pothos to my tray to help keep the water clean, along with sponge filter and air stone. But one question, why are they called black worms when they are red?

@gregjonesonline 11 месяцев назад

They look quite dark against dark substrate, good luck!

@Jen.K 10 месяцев назад

@@gregjonesonline thank you.

@Rews-fish-shed Год назад

I like the setup Greg, my problem I had with my ten gallon setup was leeches getting into the cultures. How do you keep them (leeches)out of the pond you have manually take is a chore and they do decimate the culture. As far as foods I the same thing as well. I have maybe a small bit of worms left so I’m going to try your setup. I’ll use a mixing tub instead may not be as long but should work. Thoughts!!! By the way great video, I was just trying to get B. Worms from LFS everyone is out

@gregjonesonline Год назад

I washed my worms when I first got them and split them up into several trays to spread them out, I picked out a few leeches, you could also turkey baster out pure worms and leave all the junk behind in a tray to start a clean culture. I think Leeches are more common during a summer order than a winter one

@Rews-fish-shed Год назад

@@gregjonesonline my Cory’s loved the leeches as well so it wasn’t that bad but, never really checked into the health benefits or dangers of feeding leechs

@mikemclain8871 4 месяца назад

Could you post exactly how you made your set up for black worms

@soulfulhysteria3066 5 месяцев назад

I have a question. How do you keep them from reaching the overflow drain? I will be setting up a colony soon but i wanted to make sure they didn't escape... Expensive as they are right now.

@lucasfaley 11 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this, but do not have a sump or auto water change system in my fishroom. Do you have an idea of how you would modify this if you did manual water changes?

@gregjonesonline 11 месяцев назад

For manual water changes I would position an empty bucket under the overflow pipe to collect excess water, then pour or drip a 5 gallon bucket of fresh water up above

@justfnqlife 2 месяца назад

is there a preferred temperature for them? i live in a hot tropical climate

@thedampestcrib6004 2 месяца назад

Hello so i habe separate worm tanks but i put them in all tanks and id like to harvest but whats best way? I seen some say Electric but idk what they are useing

@freezaLMAP Год назад

great setup :D would you say that the pest snails have benefits or would you rather remove them all if it was easily possible?

@gregjonesonline Год назад

The snails compete for the food fed to the worms but it's not that big of a deal

@Aiken47 4 месяца назад

This could be done using air powered sponge filters, 2 shallow stackable storage trays or maybe better one tray nests inside the other so water level can be adjusted for bubble lift. The lower tray holds filter media and sponge filtration bubbles water up to the top tray containing the worms, Then overflows back down into the lower tray - Might not get the head height though

@zlatanista Год назад

What kind of gravel donyou keep them in?

@Flyingdinosaur69 8 месяцев назад

You are on the money my friend. The black worm farm in Australia uses this method, but in the ground. Pretty much shallow high flow riverbeds. The common tank method on youtube is 100% a waste of time.

@Flyingdinosaur69 8 месяцев назад

I wish I could find a tray like that here though

@gregjonesonline 8 месяцев назад

@@Flyingdinosaur69 any aquaponics store should carry them

@davidschluter6639 2 месяца назад

We use morter mixing trays from hardware store.

@tingchan2049 7 месяцев назад

Great video! Is the tray levelled or slightly tilted?

@gregjonesonline 7 месяцев назад

Tray is level, the overflow screen keeps it at 1-2 inches deep water in a 4 inch tall tray

@christophergonzalez6290 Год назад

What are the water parameters and temp for your black worms ? Also. What about husbandry ? Love the set up. If you have a video on a tutorial for the complete build, I will try to get it as close to your set up as possible

@gregjonesonline Год назад

75F, hard water, haven't tested pH in a while, have never tested TDS. I feed them the cheapo spirulina wafers every few days and they are on an auto water change system, doing extremely well. Go visit an aquaponics store and look at the flood and drain trays

@christophergonzalez6290 Год назад

@@gregjonesonline Thank you very much

@JOhnDoe-pi9jj 9 месяцев назад

Been told they don’t like warm water. That’s for the info!

@NantThananan 7 месяцев назад

GREAT VIDEO. Are you related to Michael from Michael's Fish Room by any chance?

@gregjonesonline 7 месяцев назад

Not related, but acquainted

@fritzwilhelm8258 2 месяца назад

@leenguyen6130 Год назад

How do you go about cleaning up the detritus and worm poop that will build up over time?

@gregjonesonline Год назад

6 months in, haven't touched it, I suppose I could deep clean it once a year, but it's on an auto water change system so it won't crash from nitrates

@GrumpyGillsFishing 6 месяцев назад

Hey Greg, I just got my order of blackworms. I’m trying to maintain the culture as long as possible. I’ve got a plastic shoebox with just enough gravel to fill the bottom, and a cycled sponge filter keeping the water good for them. I’ve got a tank full of algae, can I just feed them the algae from my algae farm or should I get wafers? Also can I feed them regular fish food as well? I’ve got a lot of foods I don’t use anymore. Thank you for this amazing video ❤

@GrumpyGillsFishing 6 месяцев назад

Also wanted to add I’m working towards getting a large plant starter tray like you’ve got, but in the mean time I’m just working with what I’ve got.

@gregjonesonline 6 месяцев назад

In the short term a shoe box size will work and you can feed them spirulina flake food if you want. Be careful not to spike your ammonia in such a small container, good luck!

@GrumpyGillsFishing 6 месяцев назад

@@gregjonesonline awesome, thank you! That’s what I’m mostly concerned about. I’ll be monitoring it daily like I do with my fish. With any luck hopefully they’ll be fine until I get it something more suitable. I started with just an 1/8lb. I didn’t want to get too many for that reason.

@cococalm 3 месяца назад

Can you show us how you harvest them please ?

@MsJimbo1960 4 месяца назад

Great set up, can you tell me the temperature of the water please ?

@gregjonesonline 4 месяца назад

65-70F

@MsJimbo1960 4 месяца назад

Thank you ..@@gregjonesonline

@marie-linevillers7105 Год назад

do you do anything to encourage them to split/multiply?

@gregjonesonline Год назад

Nope, when the culture is large enough that doesn't seem to matter

@fxestevez7309 Год назад

What temperature can they be kept? My fish room is kept between 76-80 year round.

@gregjonesonline Год назад

Mine are between 65-70F water temp

@NateK-MN Год назад

Do you have any parasites that come from them? I farmed them for a little while but never that successfully.

@gregjonesonline Год назад

So far I haven't noticed any Ill effects

@xKenn 8 месяцев назад

Brb let me get a 700 gallon sump system 😂 Jokes aside, awesome setup. Wish I could do the same. In Canada they sell them in grams like it's some kinda drug lol If you manage to import them from the states you can probably 10x your money, easy 🤣 I have a small culture, but sometimes I feel like I'm losing money feeding them these worms...

@gregjonesonline 8 месяцев назад

any size sump is better than nothing imo, the larger the water volume the more stable your water parameters, the larger the surface area the more worms will grow and spread out. they are insanely expensive because only one place in the US is farming them, we need more suppliers.

@aquariumshrimp 9 месяцев назад

Update please Greg!!!!!!🎉😂😢😢😢🎉

@user-ml2tv3xh3g 5 месяцев назад

What temp are you keeping the water at?

@gregjonesonline 5 месяцев назад

65-70

@TheMrcooldjbigones Год назад

Ok I'll agree to your method of farming black worms, however I've had a feeding turn into a colony in my ten gallon breeder of Black Emperor Tetra's. 😮😮 I had to break down the tank and either, flush and boil the substrate or add a fresh substrate...🤔🤔 Been awhile, but I definitely had to remove them as the family of fish weren't eating enough of them nor the Cory's. In addition to them degrading the water quality much faster than normal. 🤦🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️✌🏿💯

@gregjonesonline Год назад

Sounds like you need more fish haha!

@CapnChemo678 8 месяцев назад

I recently got a culture of black worms and unfortunately didn’t see that there were leeches in the bag until I put them in their tank. Do you have a good way of removing them? I have read that they will eat the worms and I fear they will multiply and crash my culture.

@gregjonesonline 8 месяцев назад

what i did to remove leeches originally was divided the worms into many shallow dishes, picked out the leeches - i would recommend trying that

@CapnChemo678 8 месяцев назад

@@gregjonesonline Thank you so much for the response! I’ve been picking through leeches all day and must have pulled out close to 100. I’ll just have to keep on top of them until they’re all out.

@greenrazor2 Год назад

What kind of newts do you keep? I have a few rare species. Paramesotriton, laotriton, tylototriton and so on hit me up and let's chat!

@gregjonesonline Год назад

I have P.Watl because they are 100% aquatic, learning how to breed them now, may do other species later as space allows

@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants 8 месяцев назад

Any updates on this system?

@gregjonesonline 8 месяцев назад

still running strong, ill do a vid soon

@JR-lo2ei 2 месяца назад

Put some assassin snails in with the worms. That will keep the pest snails down. You can feed them small fish pellets from time to time.

@susmus123gaming2 Год назад

Is black worms and tobifix the same

@gregjonesonline Год назад

they are different

@susmus123gaming2 Год назад

@@gregjonesonline ok thank you

@toutanglor Год назад

You have any for sell ?

@gregjonesonline Год назад

Not set up to ship at this time

@jonayvvv494 Год назад

Just I quick question…. By feeding them the dead fish, aren’t you afraid of using them as “vectors” of potential diseases or parasites????

@gregjonesonline Год назад

I haven't had any noticable diseases in a long time, I attribute it to buying hobbyist bred fish, QT, and continuous water change. If something was noticably sick I wouldn't feed it to the worms

@spotlightinspect5540 2 месяца назад

I don't have a sump OR this much space

@gq_aquatics Месяц назад

Do u breed/ sell your newts!???

@gregjonesonline Месяц назад

Not currently, I have wholesaled them in the past, it's a lot of work

@gq_aquatics Месяц назад

@@gregjonesonline I’ve been trying to find newts here and there but haven’t had any luck. I used to have some when I was a kid back in the day, wayyyy back in the day lol, I’m 37 now. But if you ever feel like you could let a couple go if u get over stocked I’d love to have some. Or, do u know of a reputable dealer/breeder? Thanks and have a blessed day