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| WHITE WORMS - Box of culture, warm temp strain. |
| Item #1580367603 |
Current Auction Time: Fri Apr 19 08:33:37 2024
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Final: | $20.00 | First Bid | $20.00 | ||
| Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 1 (bid history) | |||
| Started | Jan 23 2020 - 01:00:04 AM | Location | Veneta OR 87982 United States | |||
| Ended | Jan 30 2020 - 01:00:03 AM Auction Closed |
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| Seller | Food (354/358)  |
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| High Bidder | Mcaquatic (4/4) | |||||
| Payment | See Item Description, PayPal | |||||
| Shipping | Will Ship to United States Only Buyer Pays Fixed Amount, See Item Description | |||||
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PAYMENT:
$20(culture) + $8(priority shipping) = $28
My Paypal is a business account and accepts credit/debit.
Make payment with Paypal at: ryanthehut@gmail.com
CULTURE:
A USPS Priority flat rate box(5-3/8 x 8-5/8 1-5/8"), filled with newly cycled medium, and a handful of old medium containing several dozen worms and an unknown number of eggs. If I have extra worms, which I almost always do, I will add more. The image is a picture of one of my large cultures, and one that I take the scoop of established medium from. They ship safely year round, including winter.
Why white worms as a live food?:
I have cultured just about everything and white worms are easily my favorite. They are very easy to keep, require little effort, and produce enormous harvests year round. I have kept this particular strain well over a decade, in my garage on a shelf, and have never had a problem.
The goal in live culturing is to obtain a harvest. How productive are white worms? Compared to daphnia, a one gallon culture will contain around 100 daphnia, but the same size worm culture would contain 1000's of worms. Not only are white worm cultures insanely productive they are one of the best things you can feed to your fish.
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 fertilizer or sand is added. All these products are inexpensive so try several to see which work best. They like their medium on the wetter side. White worms are semi aquatic in some aspects so don't worry you are drowning them. Anything from nicely damp to fully saturated works good.
Food:
They eat like any regular composting worm. They like bread, cereal, rice, potato, and softened fruits & vegetables. They require their food to be wet and soft.
Temperature:
There is a lot of inaccurate/misleading information suggesting white worms be kept at temperatures in the low 60's. Enchytraeus Albidus has a range of habitat from Cananada to Virginia, as well as many other temperate parts of the world, including much of Europe. Also, many of these strains have been in the hobby for decades, such as this one, allowing it to further adapt to my garage enviroment. Most white worm lineages are temperate, much of this country is temperate, and places like our garages are an ideal culturing location for year round harvesting. For best results when it comes to temperature obtain a strain that is kept in temperatures you will keep them at.
I live in a fairly warm state, have kept this particular strain in my garage for over a decade, never having an issue, and harvest year round. My cultures temperatures range from the 40's during winter to the mid 80's in summer. 50 to 75 degrees is ideal.
If you don't have a cool place for a culture some things you can try are: a frozen water bottle on hot days, a culture is so damp a fan blowing across a culture acts like an air conditioner, place the culture in contact with a home cold water line, or a kitchen cooling plate placed under the culture.
Culture Invaders / Mites:
This is another topic with a lot of inaccurate information. Every organism has its parasites, but because it's something easily visible in a WW culture, it gets discussed disproportionately. Mites are usually a non issue because there are very few creatures that want to bite living worms when there are worms that die naturally every day. An invasive mite may actually be providing a necessary service by helping keep the culture cleaner for the worms.
If you do have an invader making an impact on your culture mitigate it. Tap on the culture to drive the worms deep into the medium, and remove the top layer along with most of the the invaders.
Harvesting:
Place a plastic deli lid over their food and the worms will crawl onto it.
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 package not be left in your mailbox so meet your mail carrier.
INSTRUCTIONS AFTER RECEIVING PACKAGE:
White worms are long and can be damaged if overhandled. Don't stir or rummage through the medium after you receive it.
Add the medium into a shoebox container. Poke a couple small holes in the lid with a tac.
I remove moisture from the medium prior to shipping so it doesn't leech water into the packaging. When in their new container add water.
Add a small piece of bread in the center.
Place your new culture in a cool location.
WHITE WORM MAN:
For additional culturing content visit my YouTube channel: White Worm Man
or
White worm culturing video: White Worm Culturing
Bid History:
Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments Mcaquatic (4/4) Jan 24 2020 - 09:59:40 PM $20.00 BUY IT NOW
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