kitstyles Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I just went to the LFS today bought 2 serve of black worms for 7$ !! so expensive... I mean they gave me the amount of what 1 serve usually be... and 7$ only last for 3-4 days -,- anyway, I want to if I could get a whole lot of blackworms at a time for cheaper? thx, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Elflett Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Got a trout farm nearby??? Speak to them, they could let you have a 20L tub of 'em, probably - thats what my LFS gets their Blackworms in - I pay $2.85 per serve, and it's about four times the serve I get in a Pisces bag - however that seems to have set a standard for $2.50 - $3.50 serves... How many fish are you feeding to in 3-4 days?? One 'serve' from my LFS fills 2, maybe 2 and a half of those worm feeder cones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitstyles Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Yeah mine too .. about 2-3 cones of those feeder but I'm feeding 10 adult betta and about 30 fry , well they eat as much as the adult fish... I need to feed them 1 cone per day -.- my fish love live food... thx for the info though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Yes you can, but I'm not sure of anyone in your area. Do you have any pet shops that sell by the serve from a tank? If so, do a deal with them and see if they'll order you in 1/2L or 1/4L lots in exchange for your 'cull' bettas or something. Might not work if they haven't seen that you can produce the good though. Do you have the facilities to keep them alive? Most likely it'd be 1/2L or 1L if you bought in bulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitstyles Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I just keep them in a plastic box and change the water everyday.... I was wondering if you need to feed them anything, if I want to keep them over a month... my LFS get new Blackworms every week, I saw they only have like a litre stock each time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpoh Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Just wondering whether Black worms carries any parasites? What are they cultured on? Regards Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Classifieds forum is for ads, guys. Moved this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Hi Fin on Blackburn Rd, Mt Waverley have them at $2.50-$2.95 a serve. They get them in every week and keep a 2ft tank out the back. Always get little stones in the serve and some kind of food that looks grain based. Dunno what they're cultured on. I always have the occasional fish die when feeding blackworm. Obviously some suppliers are cleaner than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 they're cultured in water and leaf litter/organic matter. i grow mine on IAL when i'm not feeling lazy (or have bought too many for my fish to eat LOL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Celeste, can you give us more details? Do you just stick em in a tank with rotting IAL in there? Do you have to change the water? Do they need heating? Or do they prefer to be cool? Is it cleaner if you grow them yourself? Do they need filtration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 they prefer to be cool and they need plenty of O2, IME. Filtration seems to help, judging from the very clean state of the BW at Auburn Aquarium, where they're in an unheated tank close to the ground (coolest place) with a big sponge filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Will they breed and multiply in a tank like that? Or are we just talking about keeping them alive and clean until they get used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 I assume they just bring them in from elsewhere and use them up, rather than breed them. I have heard of people using paper as a substrate to breed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 i just dump a few IAL in the tank, then the worms and a corner filter set on high, they love it, and i just replace the leaves as they eat them when i had to use the tank as a hospital tank the fish LOVED it, they were eating blackworms outta the leaves and even the filter for close to two weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 I can feel another experiment coming on. Oh hey, maybe we can get PeterJ to try it in his lovely, fishkeeper friendly office? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Elflett Posted August 1, 2007 Report Share Posted August 1, 2007 Here's a good doc on blackworms, from Aquarium Industries fact sheet page: http://aquariumindustries.com.au/fishcare.php?cat_id=116 and also at Gelf's page on live food cultures and breeding: http://www.gelf.com.au/fish/production_articles_index.html Cheers, Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Very interesting articles. I reckon in Melbourne it might be possible to culture coldwater blackworms for nearly 8 months a year. Definitely going to have a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren MacFish Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 I turned off the heating and filtration for a week before I emptied a tank and they were still waggling out of the gravel, happily. They're pretty tough. When I buy them, I keep them in the fridge with a bottle of mineral water or aged water and change the water every day. They last about three weeks that way. I put them in my natural planted tank. They're not very good at burrowing but they do wiggle the gravel around and the slow ones feed the fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooshoo Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 just managed to get myself a whole BAG of blackworms for $4! easily 150ml of worms in there, so *plop* they went, straight into the guppy/community tank to wiggle their way into the ground to feed my fishes yummmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 Wow! That's a bit of a bargain. I've got a not so yummy blackworm story. I discovered a jar of blackworms in the fridge the other day which I'd forgotten about. Must have been in there for about a month at least. I won't go on. I think everyone can imagine the rest of the story. Apologies to anyone reading this close to a meal time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 lol :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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