![]() They also will heavily populate the sponge filter if there isn’t enough airation ( found this when the airline had poped off my sponge filter. They are really sensitive to chlorine so I rinse mine with the shower head attachment on our water tank hose ![]() They like to eat decaying plants (I stuck some Elodia in there that wasn’t doing well. When you feed them, they clump around the food If everything is ok then they will be waving their little wormy bodies with their tails in the gravel. If something is wrong, like water is too dirty, they will start crawling up the side of the tank or be very wiggly in the substrate They like clean water and lots of airation. I’m just about to order another 500g and give it a more serious go. Mine live in a small plastic fish tank and I did kill a bunch of worms while figuring things out and I’ve also depleted what I had left with feeding my fish. I can special order the same size filters they sell from PetSmart for $4, but since nobody else here sells sponge filters I made my own from jelly jars, sponge, lava rock, new and cycled poly fill, and PEX tubing. My Lfs sells small sponge filters for $11 which I am not going to pay for. I’ll take pictures in a bit, can you guys let me know what you think? I’ve read they can go on brown paper towel, but this is food for my fish and potentially worms for my Lfs. Basically this entire set up is going to be diy style since it is the most cost efficient for me to do this. There will be gravel substrate in the drawers and diy sponge filtration. ![]() My set up will be in a 3 drawer container set up in the basement. ![]() So I’m asking those with experience with culturing for advice to help my worms thrive and multiply! I’ve read and watch YouTube videos on how to, but I always find that there are tips and advice the videos are lacking. Today I bought a 1/4 of blackworms from my Lfs and I want to grow them out. ![]() I’m ready to start some of my live cultures but I need help/ advice since I’ve never done this. ![]()
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