"Let's not dillydally here..." Exactly!!! In all aspects of fish education. I've been bingeing your videos today, please accept my thanks and comment-spamming!
I gave this a try for one month. My concussion is the scratchy plastic pads not only dry out much faster than dirt but the worms don’t actually like living in them . The worms that stayed alive in the container that required more water adjustment more often preferred to live on the clear plastic container walls. Ok I should say I have a dehumidifier running in the fish room 24/7 which helps to explain the scrubbing pads drying out continuously, but it does not explain why the worms did not move onto or into the pads long term . Tossed the pads away yesterday and added fresh potting mix that seems to last 6 months at least without smell.
Hey Blake. Love your videos straight to the point. Was browsing through your videos and found this one. So I went out and got some worms, now I have 5 culture to feed my many fish most of are ones you suggested, all going well keep up the great work. Cheers legend
⚠️WARNING⚠️ May not want to watch with your significant other with the volume on. Mrs DKF: "Grindle what now? You don't have those to you?" DKF: "No Mrs DKF, I definitely do not have any of those in the cupboard under the stairs on the middle shelf just next to the micro wor.... Doh!." 🙄
@@CrowntailHalfmoon treat it like a normal tank for water changes and they eat leaves. Although spirulina feeding can make larger colonies but increases the complexity and risk of failure
I was wondering if it was possible to do this type of set up (With the scoring pads) but instead of Grindal worms, I would have White worms? Awesome video by the way!
Looks easier than I thought. I think I have mastered the microworms so now I think I'm going to start on the grindle worms. I love having the option to feed live food that costs me next to nothing to make. Do you sell the starter culture?
Great vid thank you. I started a culture using a couple of old plastic donut containers and the scouring pads. I bought the worms on eBay and they came with coconut husks. I put the worms and a little bit of the husks on the pads. I couldn't really get them off of it and didn't want to damage them. So far they seem to be doing great! I haven't had much luck with them crawling on the feeding thing. it's only been about 4-5 days so far. Maybe it needs more time. Do you need to add any water on the bottom, or can it stay dry on the bottom?
i just kept monitoring the culture and started harvesting once i saw a strong colony where a harvest would be less than 10% of the total number. from them yeah every few days i harvest as I vary my feedings between dried and other live foods.
What will happen if I use the “home brand” scouring pads? I actually didn’t know about the dangers of the cheaper ones until now… I’ve made spawning mops with them and had them floating with rice fish. They’re fine, but I just tried to buy more and the coles brand actually says not to use in aquariums 😮
Usually thats because they have mould inhibitors in them or some sort of artificial scent. Its just an extra unknown to account for but if you have some in use with no issues I wouldnt panic about those it might just affect some sensitive fish in some way
Mold is an issue. I have found it best to keep 2 cultures so that if one gets mold i can discard it, clean it thoroughly and restart it with the backup unfortunately
Hi, I cannot make it happen , I have few cultures in dirt , but the pads are not working, I do exactly like the video and put the worms on top the food but after 2-3 days nothing , as they are all gone, any idea?
Hey Blake just curious with the worms if there are uneaten ones in the tank how likely are they to survive in there? Also would they be alright to use in a shrimp tank that has peaceful top dwellers as in will the worms affect the shrimp in any way? Keep up the awesome work mate! 👍
@@BlakesAquatics me again! 😅 Swapped the plastic to start my dirtless colony. Thanks for the tip! Any advice on mitigating mites? Found them in my dirted colony.
@@christinacastine4355 I just put a scouring pad into the soil container and put food on top of it. The worm will then crawl inside and on top of the pad and then you can just transfer the pad into another container
Hi Blake. I’m that yank in Melbourne with 3 Daughters that sometimes asks you questions. Do you recommend I buy these type of Peter worms starter culture from my local pet shop or do you sell them? What do you think?
It's definitely easier to prevent mites by having different cultures than trying to get rid of mites. Once mites get into your culture they compete with worms for the food source and eventually can destroy the culture anyway.
