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Established White Worm Culture - FS, guarantee

Item #1646359070

Current Auction Time: Mon May 6 00:45:29 2024

		Final:	$35.00		First Bid	$35.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	Feb 17 2022 - 07:57:50 PM		Location	Veneta OR 87982 United States
		Ended	Mar 3 2022 - 07:57:50 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Food (354/358)
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		High Bidder	Butirfleye (112/122)
		Payment	PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping,

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Description

SPECIALIZING IN NEOCARIDINA SHRIMP & RARE AQUARIUM RAISED MEDAKA

CYCLED WHITE WORM CULTURE:
A USPS priority box(5-3/8 x 8-5/8 1-5/8") filled with cycled medium and a spoonful of worms. Purchase 2 and be upgraded to a medium box containing �4� bags. This is a temperate strain kept in the garage. The medium, 100% coco-fiber, is taken from a running culture.

Ships well in winter months to all parts of the country.


PAYMENT:
Cost: $35 total. Includes USPS priority shipping & guarantee. Make immediate payment with Paypal using: ryanthehut@gmail.com


Culturing White Worms:
I have cultured live foods for decades and white worms are my favorite live food culture. They are exceptionally high in protein, productive year round, can be gut-loaded for extra nutritional value, will survive in a fish tank for weeks...there are many reasons why white worms are my favored live food culture.

Medium:
Most soil, peat, cocofiber, and commercial bedding work well. We use reduced sodium coco fiber but don't recommend it over other products. Medium depth isn�t overly important. Keep their medium wet; they love moisture.

Food:
White worms are related to common composting worms, such as the red worm many of us have in our home compost pile. On the menu is bread, cereal, rice, potato, and fruits & vegetables. It must be soft & wet or the worms struggle ingesting it.

Temperature:
There is a lot of misleading information suggesting white worms require a low temperature of around 62 degrees. Enchytraeus Albidus, on this continent, ranges from Canada to Virginia, as well as inhabiting many other temperate parts of the world. The magic �62� degree number originated from some of the first scientific studies that used a Northern strain - so doesn�t represent all Enchytraeus Albidus locations. It�s a regurgitated figure from self-appointed experts referencing each other over the years. In addition, many of these strains have been in the hobby for decades, such as this one, allowing them to further adapt to our home environments. Our cultures are kept in the garage where the concrete floor keeps the temperature mild. On the hottest of days cultures reach the mid 80�s - so this strain won�t perish on tough days. Reality is white worms are robust & productive in an impressive range of temperatures.

Culture Invaders / Mites:
There is an easy way to rid a culture of invaders - �mitigate� them. How? Tap the culture to drive the worms into the medium. Once the worms have retreated, remove the top layer of medium, and place it outside where the mites will wander off.

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 also helps keep their food moist enough for the worms to consume it.


GUARANTEE:
What if your culture doesn�t show up alive? Send us a picture and we will ship a replacement at no cost.


INSTRUCTIONS AFTER RECEIVING PACKAGE:
Your culture had some water removed from the medium prior to shipping. When in their new container add water until it's fully saturated. White worms are nearly semi-aquatic and love soggy medium.

Add a wet piece of bread, about the size of your thumb-nail, in the center. It needs to stay wet. If it dries, dig a pit to wetter soil and place the bread there. If there is any leftover food in the culture, the worms will likely finish eating that before fully focusing on the bread - worms like old stuff.

Place your new culture in a cool location and away from any sunlight.


GRINDAL WORM vs. WHITE WORM:
I keep both worms and there is one important difference - that is temperature. If it wasn�t for temperature these two worms are equally easy to culture. Both these worms are temperate species, but each has a different �ideal� temperature they are fond of. If I was a grindal worm you would find my home a little on the warm side; if I was this strain of white worm you would find my home a little on the cool side. My grindal worms are kept in the fishroom where it�s warm, and the white worms are kept in the garage where it�s cool.


THE CARBON DRAGON:
We are a family business. Ryan - the brawn, and Donna - a 2nd grade school teacher.

Visit our YouTube Channel for videos from the fishroom: The Carbon Dragon

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Butirfleye (112/122)		Feb 21 2022 - 11:57:47 AM		$35.00		BUY IT NOW

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