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| WHITE WORM STARTER - Warm temperature strain |
| Item #1572740150 |
Current Auction Time: Fri Apr 26 22:41:36 2024
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Final: | $14.00 | First Bid | $14.00 | ||
| Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 1 (bid history) | |||
| Started | Oct 19 2019 - 07:15:50 PM | Location | Veneta OR 87982 United States | |||
| Ended | Nov 2 2019 - 07:15:50 PM Auction Closed |
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| Seller | Food (354/358)  |
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| High Bidder | Chrosomus (492/492) |
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| Payment | See Item Description, PayPal | |||||
| Shipping | Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping, See Item Description | |||||
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PAYMENT:
$14 total. Includes First Class shipping.
My paypal is a business account and accepts credit/debit
Make payment with Paypal at: ryanthehut@gmail.com
CULTURE:
My favorite live food culture are white worms. There is nothing tricky about them and they produce enormous harvests year round. This particular strain I have kept continuously well over a decade and never had a problem with them.
This is for 3 ounces of established medium, several dozen worms of a temperate strain, and an unknown number of eggs. This will make a deli container size culture. It ships First Class without a tracking number - I will inform you of the delivery date by email.
FYI: There is a lot of innacurate content stating white worms require abnormally low temperatures. White worm, is a general term, that includes a number of unidentified species & lineages. They are found at many locations around the globe, including large portions of the United States, and some strains have been in the hobby for decades. This means not all white worms are kept at the same temperature. This is a warmer temperature variety I have cultured continuously for over a decade in my garage without any special treatment. See "Temperature" for more information.
Image is one of my cultures and shows how awesome white worm cultures are. Not only are white worms productive they also live in very dense masses. The culture in the picture contains over 10,000 worms.
CULTURE BASICS:
Medium:
I find most bagged soil, peat, and cocofiber works well. I use cocofiber but don't recommend it more than other products. Avoid products where fertilzer or sand is added. These products are all very inexpensive so try several to see which work the best.
They like their medium on the wetter side. White worms are semi aquatic in some aspects so don't worry about adding too much water. Anything from damp to fully saturated works good.
Food:
My worms are fed much like a composting worm. The like bread, cereal, rice, potato, and softened vegetables. They require their food to be wet and soft.
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, is found at many locations around the globe including large portions of the United States, and many strains have been in the hobby for decades. My outside temperatures reach over 100 degrees, with culture temperatures reaching the mid 80's, and I harvest year round. Yes, there are strains that like frigid temperatures, but NOT ALL WHITE WORM STRAINS ARE THE SAME. A cool place in your home, something to protect them from excessive heat, is all that is needed for this particular strain. I live in a western state and keep mine in the garage near the concrete floor. If you live where it's hotter than Oregon, and don't have a location to isolate them from excessive heat, a fan or frozen water bottle during the hottest days will suffice.
I find my strain of white worms very temperature resilient. Cultures ice over in the winter and in the summer temperatures reach into the mid 80's. In many aspects WW are much more temperature resilient than grindals and why I prefer them.
Temperature made simple: For best results obtain a strain that is kept at 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. There are very few things that want to actually bite your living worms when there are hundreds available that die naturally every day. Something needs to break down all those dead worms. If you do have an invader making an impact on your culture you can usually mitigate it...doing something that reduces it's population. For example, taping the container drives the worms into the medium, allowing you to easily remove the top layer of medium. Place that on a plate and the 'mites' will walk off it. Another mitigation tip is to flood the culture for a few hours to several days - which drowns the invaders but doesn't bother the worms.
To help keep out invaders cover the culture in a pillowcase. However, being most invaders start out microscopic in size, it's nearly impossible to keep them out for any length of time. In the decades in keeping this worm I've never had a mite significantly impact a culture. This is an over discussed topic by people regurgitating hype.
Harvesting:
Place a plastic deli lid over their food and the worms will crawl onto it. You then dip that into your aquarium.
GUARANTEE:
If DOA I will send a replacement at no cost. Please don't file a return as that usually adds additional steps for us both - just message me know and I will send another without a guilt trip.
FYI: During shipping distance isn't a risk factor. What will kill the culture is if it's left in the elements after being delivered to your home. It's critical the box not be left in your mailbox so meet your mail carrier.
INSTRUCTIONS AFTER RECEIVING PACKAGE:
White worms are long and can be damaged if the medium is overhandled. Don't stir or rummage through the medium after you receive it.
Add the medium into a couple sandwich or one shoe box sized container(s). Medium depth from 1/4" to 1" is good. Poke a couple small holes in the lid with a tac.
I remove moisture from the medium prior to shipping so the medium doesn't leech water into the packaging. When in their new container add water to a point it's soggy.
Add a few wet cheerios to the center. If they worms don't gather around it that's okay - they are just finishing the remaining food I added.
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 Chrosomus (492/492) Oct 24 2019 - 09:03:38 AM $14.00 BUY IT NOW
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