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White Worm Culture - Free ship & guarantee

Item #1604262521

Current Auction Time: Fri Apr 19 05:18:42 2024

		Final:	$29.00		First Bid	$29.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	Oct 18 2020 - 03:28:41 PM		Location	Veneta OR 87982 United States
		Ended	Nov 1 2020 - 02:28:41 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Food (354/358)
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		High Bidder	Killiemane (721/722)
		Payment	PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping,

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Description

PAYMENT:
Cost: $29 total. Includes USPS priority shipping & guarantee.
Make immediate payment with Paypal using: ryanthehut@gmail.com
Ships the Monday or Tuesday after payment. Please refrain from ordering if your highs are above 90 degrees, Wednesday thru Friday following your payment. During summer, mild temperatures & overcast skies is ideal.


CULTURE:
A USPS priority flat rate box(5-3/8 x 8-5/8 1-5/8") filled with established/cycled culture that is over two months old. This is enough medium to make a couple sandwich container sized cultures or one shoebox container. It will contain several dozen worms and an unknown number of eggs. If I have extra worms, which I usually do, I will add more. The image is one of the cultures I take yours from.

White worm culturing video: White Worm Culturing

Why white worms?:
I have decades of experience culturing and white worms are easily my favorite. I have kept this particular strain on a garage shelf for over a decade and never had a problem. Production alone, when compared to daphnia, a one gallon daphnia culture will house 100 daphnia at most, but the same size worm culture would contain 1,000+ worms. They are very high in protein, can be gut-loaded for extra nutritional value, will survive in a fish tank for weeks, don�t have mite issues like grindal worms do, are productive year round, and fish go crazy for them...there are many reasons why they are my favorite culture.


CULTURE BASICS:
Medium:
I find most soil, peat, cocofiber, commercial bedding, and green kitchen scrub pads all work well. I use cocofiber but don't recommend it more than other products. Medium can be the thinnest layer to several inches deep. Make it wet - in some aspects they are semi-aquatic and love water.

Food:
Feed like any composting worm. On the menu is bread, cereal, rice, potato, and fruits & vegetables. It needs to be soft & wet or the worms struggle ingesting it. Burying the food will help it stay moist.

Temperature:
There is a lot of misleading information suggesting white worms require an abnormally low temperature of 62 degrees. Enchytraeus Albidus, on this continent, ranges from Canada to Virginia, as well as inhabiting many other temperate parts of the world. Also, many of these strains have been in the hobby for decades, such as this one, allowing it to further adapt to our home environments. The magic �62� degree number originates from a very old study, on one particular strain, so it doesn�t represent all Enchytraeus Albidus. Reality is white worms are robust in a wide range of temperatures.

The ideal range is 55 to 75 degrees. Being my cultures reside in my garage they experience a few days of extreme temperatures each year. My lowest culture temperature has been 40 degrees and the hottest 85...but stick between 55 to 75 degrees as much as possible.

Tip: If you live in a very hot area, and your home doesn�t have a cool spot to keep a culture, your cold water lines are ideal. Set your culture on aluminum foil that is attached to your cold water line. It will act as a heat sink drawing heat from the culture.

Culture Invaders / Mites:
This is another topic with a lot of inaccurate information. Every organism we culture has its invaders, but because it's something easily visible in a WW culture, it gets discussed disproportionately. First, mite�s aren�t nearly the issue they are with grindal worms. I rarely deal with mites. Invaders are usually a non-issue because they aren�t likely interested in living worms when there are worms that die naturally daily, or any number of other organic food sources present in a worm culture. What you consider to be an invasive mite, even if causing some damage, may also be aiding you by breaking down the bodies of worms that die naturally.

To keep out larger invaders place your culture into a pillowcase.

If you do have a mite making an impact on your culture, �mitigate� it. How? Tap on the culture to drive the worms deep into the medium then, remove the top layer of medium and place it outside where the mites will walk off. You can remove invaders if you repeat this frequently enough.

Harvesting:
Place a plastic deli container lid over their food and the worms will crawl onto it. Dip that directly into your fish tanks. This will also help keep the food moist as moisture condenses on it.


GUARANTEE:
If DOA, provide a picture, and a one time replacement will be sent at zero cost to you. Please don't file a return as that usually adds additional steps for us both - just send a picture and we will send another package.

Prior to ordering, check your forecast the upcoming Wednesday thru Friday, which is when this box should arrive. Only order if that forecast is mild & cloudy. Then, meet the mail carrier and take the package from them directly.


INSTRUCTIONS AFTER RECEIVING PACKAGE:
White worms are long and can be damaged if over-handled. Don't stir or rummage through the medium after you receive it.

Add the medium into a container that is tall enough so the worms don�t crawl out. Poke small holes in the lid.

I reduce moisture from the medium so it doesn't leech water into the packaging. When in their new container add water until soggy.

Add a small piece of bread in the center.

Place your new culture in a cool location. Ideal temperature is 50 to 75 degrees.


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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Killiemane (721/722)		Oct 27 2020 - 03:04:12 PM		$29.00		BUY IT NOW

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