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what kind of live foods are you using/culturing?

Discussion in 'Aquarium Equipment & Decor' started by dig317537, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. dig317537

    dig317537 Thread Starter New Member

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    live foods
    who's using them, culturing, what kind? I am trying to co culture daphina and dero worms, its still alive and they are reproducing but not a yield i want it at, so trying to find another source i can use while i am working on that culture.
     
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    Re: live foods

    I use live Black Worms but do not culture... I just buy portions.
     
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    Re: live foods

    one of these days i am going to get some of those

    i would rather have freshwater foods than others
     
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    I just started a microworm set up, it doing great for me. I don't have any fry but my guppies small or big seem to enjoy the worms, they are almost now work at all and give a good amount of them daily, I think I just feed my fish cloudy water (it was cloudy from the worms).

    Note:Most of my males didn't seem interested in the food that much but the females were pigging out on them. The male seem more interested in the females.
     
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    Re: live foods

    I do the occassional live brine shrimp (pre-rinsed of course).
    I don't culture (I buy them by the bag already hatched at the lfs).

    Other than that the closest to live I feed is frozen!
     
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    Re: live foods

    what kind of medium house your microworms.
     
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    Oatmeal, it was the cheapest and I am on a budget so I got. oat meal working great for me, in 2 to 3 week I'm going to expand to four containers, about 4 or 5 week down the road I can most likely sell a few starters.
     
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    yea thats what i used when i was culturing them before, i might start that back up again
     
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  9. Anonymous

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    If you do I wouldn't mind selling a starter to you, it would be the cost of the worms and for the shipping.

    I'm thinking about e-mailing the person I got my worms from and seeing if she has some eels that I can buy.

    Note:I mean vinegar eels.
     
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