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____Large BananaWorm Starter + Food + 7ml Pipettes

Item #1381185611

Current Auction Time: Thu May 16 23:52:44 2024

		Final:	$6.00		First Bid	$6.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	Sep 23 2013 - 05:40:12 PM		Location	Paducah KY 42002 United States
		Ended	Oct 7 2013 - 05:40:11 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Fishguy_1955 (5843/5874)
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		High Bidder	Kepkilcel (184/184)
		Payment	Money Orders/Cashiers Check, See Item Description, PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping, See Item Description

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Description

Large BananaWorm Starter Culture

Packet Of Baker's Yeast Culture Food

Three 7ml Graduated Feeding Pipettes��
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This Item Only Offered For Buyers In The US / Puerto Rico

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This auction includes a large�two ounce plus starter culture of nematode worms widely cultured and used�as a first food for fry of many species of freshwater tropical fish, and as a second food for smaller fry.� This is a healthy, sizable culture that can be used to start two mother cultures that will be ready to feed in short order.

The banana worm is much smaller than its cousin the micro worm�Panagrellus redivivus, and serves as a perfect first food for the very smallest of fry. �Banana worms are a relatively new worm similar to the walter worms and apparently more prolific.� After a few days of banana worms, fry are able to progress to microworms and then 'over the hump' to newly hatched brine shrimp or even better decapsulated brine shrimp eggs, which are included in this package. �Even livebearers and newly hatched larger fry like cichlids will benefit immensely from a few days to a week of banana worms. Pictured below are female and male P. redivivus, respectively.

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Pictured below are female and male P. redivivus, respectively.

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These nematode worms�thrive in a simple culture medium of oatmeal enriched with a small sprinkle of active baker's yeast - supplied with your starter.

All I can find out about the banana worms to this point is that they are related nematodes, seem to be about the same size or slightly larger than the walter worms, and appear to be even more prolific than the walter worms - if that is possible! They simply reproduce at a phenomenal rate. I would love to hear from anyone who can come up with more on their origin, but in the meantime they are a super source of live food for the smallest fry up to about 1/4".

Room temperature up to about 85^o�F is acceptable, and the worms�throw 40 or so young from the their 4th day on. There will ALWAYS be enough worms on hand for all the fry you can produce. Within literally days of starting your cultures with our large starter portion you will see the surface of your cultures shimmering with millions of�worms. �

BananaWorms can stay alive in the tank for hours thus giving your fry time to seek them out before they die and foul the water.� Care should be taken with the amount fed though, as all foods will foul a tank if overfed.

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AND Finally.....

You also receive (3) of our best selling 7ml pipettes.

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These heavy duty - and most importantly wide barreled - six inch long pipettes are graduated in 1/2 ml increments up the 3ml stem and�hold a total of 7ml. �They have multiple uses in any fish room or breeding setup. They will come in handy for dispensing medications, transferring fry and eggs (just snip the tip wider with a pair of scissors), delivering small foods right to the fry that need them without spreading them all over the tank, and a whole host of other applications.�
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You will also get complete and very detailed culturing instructions and my own guidelines for fry rearing and feeding, sent in an email at the time of your auction win/purchase so you'll have adequate time to prepare for the arrival of your culture.

Your purchase price includes free First Class Mail shipping anywhere in the 50 United States and Puerto Rico.� Auction winners will get the PayPal and snail mail payment addresses on the close of the auction.

We prefer PayPal for payment, but US postal money orders (Available only at the Post Office) are OK as well.

Unfortunately we no longer ship this item outside the US and Puerto Rico.

If it will be sunny and warm in your location PLEASE let me have an address where someone will be home to bring your culture in when it is delivered, as it will cook in short order in a mail box in the sun or even on a porch in very warm weather!� You should know when it will arrive, as your shipping also includes tracking and delivery confirmation.

Thanks For Looking And Best Of Luck With Your Fish! �

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Kepkilcel (184/184)		Oct 2 2013 - 07:37:33 PM		$6.00

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