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Three Large Starters - MW - WW - BW Free Shipping
Item #1382241003

Current Auction Time: Fri May 10 03:53:53 2024
Final: $10.00 First Bid $10.00
Time left 00:00 # of Bids 1 (bid history)
Started Oct 19 2013 - 09:50:04 PM Location Paducah KY 42002 United States
Ended Oct 19 2013 - 10:50:03 PM
Auction Closed
Seller Fishguy_1955 (5839/5870) 1000+
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High Bidder Lgfelic (126/126) 101-500

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Description

Three Cultures

Large MicroWorm - BananaWorm - WalterWorm Starter Cultures

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 large�one ounce plus starter cultures of the three 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.� These are healthy, sizable cultures that can be used to start mother cultures that will be ready to feed in short order.

The walter worm is much smaller (about half the size ) than its cousin the micro worm�Panagrellus redivivus, and serves as a perfect first food for the very smallest of fry.� Walter worms were first isolated and cultured by Helmut Walter of Germany in 2002, and were introduced to California aquarists when he visited there that same year.� Walter worms can stay alive in the tank for 24 hours or more and float in the water column longer than their larger cousins which gives your fry longer to find them. (As shown�Here�when some aquarists suspended equal amounts in two cylinders and timed their settling)

Banana worms are a relatively newly acquired worm similar to the walter worms but apparently more prolific.� They are also smaller than micro�worms�and share the wally worm's ability to stay alive in tank water longer than micro�worms.� After a few days of walter and banana worms, very small fry are able to progress to micro worms and then 'over the hump' to newly hatched brine shrimp. Even newly hatched larger fry like cichlids will benefit immensely from a few days of walter/banana and micro worms.

The microworm (Panagrellus redivivus) is the larger of the three nematodes commonly used in the hobby as first and second live foods and is on a par with newly hatched baby brine shrimp in terms of vital nutrients and protein, but is much easier to culture and maintain.�

Pictured below are female and male P. redivivus, respectively.� Please note that these are microscope photos and the actual worms are MUCH smaller, just barely discernable to the naked eye as individuals!


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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.

Room temperature up to about 85o�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.� The white areas on the sides of the culture below are many thousands of micro worms. �

Microworms 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
Lgfelic (126/126) 101-500 Oct 19 2013 - 10:04:24 PM $10.00 
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