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| WHITE WORMS Free ship, warm temp strain. |
| Item #1569512007 |
Current Auction Time: Tue Apr 23 01:46:12 2024
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Final: | $14.00 | First Bid | $14.00 | ||
| Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 1 (bid history) | |||
| Started | Sep 19 2019 - 10:33:27 AM | Location | Veneta OR 87982 United States | |||
| Ended | Sep 26 2019 - 10:33:27 AM Auction Closed |
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| Seller | Food (354/358)  |
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| High Bidder | Specifically_mahachai (11/11)  |
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| Shipping | Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping, | |||||
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PAYMENT:
$14(First Class shipping included)
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Make payment with Paypal at: ryanthehut@gmail.com
Don't request an invoice unless vital.
CULTURE / AUCTION:
I have cultured just about everything and white worms are my favorite. They are cultured in my garage year round without any special treatment and produce enormous harvests year round.
This is for 3 ounces of established medium, several dozen worms of a temperate strain, and an unknown number of eggs. This is enough to make a deli container size culture. The image is my culture - that I take yours from.
First Class shipping included in auction price. A tracking number IS NOT provided but I do email you with the date it's expected - which is usually accurate.
FYI: There is a lot of innacurate information about white worms. There are unidentified species & lineages commonly referred to as 'white worms'. These worms are found at numerous locations around the globe and some of these strains have been in the hobby for decades. What people call 'white worms' may not even be the same species. For best results obtain a strain cultured similarly to the conditions you will keep them in.
CULTURE BASICS:
Medium:
I find most bagged soil, peat, commercial worm bedding, and cocofiber works well. I use cocofiber but don't recommend it over other products. Avoid products where fertilzer or sand is added. These products are inexpensive so try several and see which works best.
How wet do white worms like their medium? In many aspects white worms can be considered semi-aquatic so anything short of pooling water is good. It may seem odd adding so much water into a worm culture but it's what they enjoy. Add enough water so the medium is fully saturated.
Food:
They aren't picky eaters. I feed mine like any composting worm. They like bread, cereal, rice, potato, and softened vegetables. They require their food be wet and soft. If something is too hard boil it until softened.
Temperature:
There is a lot of inaccurate information suggesting white worms be kept at temperatures in the lower 60's. The term 'white worm' contains a number of unidentified species & lineages, they have been discovered at many locations around the globe including large portions of the continental United States, and with many strains being in the hobby for decades. That 60's temperature suggestion is little more than people regurgitating very old and innacurate information. Yes, there are some that do prefer cold temperatures, but that doesn't represent every strain. Mine are a 'temperate' strain that is kept at higher temperatures.
My outside temperatures reach over 100 degrees, with culture temperatures reaching the mid 80's, and I harvest year round. A cool place in your home, somehwere that protects them from excessive heat, is all that is needed for this particular strain. If you live in an enviroment that is warmer than mine there are some simple tricks to help cool a culture. A cool concrete slab will help draw heat out of a culture, being cultures are so wet a slight breeze from a fan will act as an air conditioner, or keeping them in a styrofoam container and adding a frozen water bottle every few days. There is no smell to a culture so it can be even kept in the house.
I find white worms hardy to a very broad temperature range. I can't culture grindal worms in my garage year round because I can't keep them warm enough during the winter, but in the years I've kept white worms I've never had a temperature issue. My cultures have been so cold they were covered in ice, and in the summers culture temperatures reach into the 80's.
Temperature made simple: Being 'white worm' describes a number of known & unidentified species consider each strain unique. For best results obtain a strain that is kept in a temperature range you will be keeping them at.
Culture Invaders / Mites:
This is another topic with a lot of innacurate information. Every organism has its parasites but because it's something easily visible in a WW culture it gets discussed disaporportanitely. Reality is there are very few things that want to bite living worms when there are hundreds that die naturally each day. Most invaders are more interested in dead worms, worm wastes, and the food you add. The only invader that has adversely impacted my cultures, in decades of keeping WW, are house fly maggots.
If you do end up with an invading organism that impacts your culture you can mitigate its impact. The easiest method to mitigate most invaders is to tap the culture so the worms burry themselves, then scrape off the top layer of medium and place that on a plate. After a few days the invaders will have wandered off and you can add it back into the culture.
Harvesting:
Place a plastic deli lid over their food and the worms will crawl onto it. Dip that into your aquarium.
FYI: White worms are as productive as daphnia, but what makes a white worm culture hyper productive, is they live in much greater densities. A ten gallon daphnia culture will contain hundreds of daphnia, but ten gallons of worm culture contains many thousands of worms.
GUARANTEE:
If DOA I will send one replacement at no cost. Please don't file any claim as that adds additional steps for us both - just let me know and I will send another without a guilt trip.
FYI: During shipping, distance isn't a risk factor, neither is temperature - what will kill the culture is sunlight. It's critical this not be left in your mailbox. If you don't greet your mail carrier and receive the package directly from them its not likely to survive.
INSTRUCTIONS AFTER RECEIVING STARTER:
I recommend you keep what I send you as its own culture and not combine it with new medium trying to make a larger culture. Why? White worms tend to not like new medium which can cause the population to retract for several weeks. To start a larger culture add extra worms from this culture until the new culture has cycled for a few weeks.
Have a deli sized container with a few holes poked in the lid ready for your worms.
White worms are long and can be damaged if overhandled so don't stir or rummage through the medium after you receive it.
Medium depth isn't overly important. Anything from the thinest layer to 1" is good.
I remove moisture from the medium prior to shipping so it doesn't leech water. When in their new container add water to a point it's soggy.
Add a piece of bread the size of a cherrio in the center.
Place your new culture in a cool location. They emit no odor so they can be kept just about anywhere without being a disturbance.
WHITE WORM MAN:
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Bid History:
Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments Specifically_mahachai (11/11) Sep 23 2019 - 03:33:13 AM $14.00 BUY IT NOW
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