Live Feeders –  Live White Worms Culture 50ml

White worms can be a valuable source of live food for many aquarium fish. For most of the smaller fry, they will not be able to eat white worms as their first food. However, white worms are suitable after the fry outgrow microworms, baby brine shrimp, and Grindal Worms.

Since white worms have a high nutritional content, it enables good growth rates and also help produce the most robust specimen. For smaller aquarium fish, white worms can be fed to them even after they reach adulthood. In fact, along with other live fish food such as gammarus, white worms are great for conditioning adult fish for breeding. Many fish breeders use white worms to help encourage their fish to breed in captivity. Since oligochaetes constitute a significant portion of food for many fish in the wild, white worms can be a great tool to help mimic such natural environments.

White worm cultures can be a great source of quality food for your fish, but they are not exactly the easiest live cultures to care for. If you wish to harvest lots of worms, you will need the worms to not only survive, but thrive as well. In order to have the worms reproduce consistently at their maximum capacity, it is important to understand how to maintain certain parameters such as moisture level and soil pH. You will be able to harvest lots of worms, only if these requirements are met and maintained. Experienced breeders may be able to get large and consistent yields, but this will require some practice.

First, let’s understand how to properly start and take care of your white worm culture.

How to Start a White Worm Culture

In order to start a white worm culture, you need a starter culture, culture container, culture media, and food. Once the materials are gathered, the white worm culture can be setup in the following simplified steps:

1. Prepare culture media by sterilizing and adjusting pH of the soil
2. Evenly spread 2-3 inches of soil in the culture container
3. Add enough water to keep the soil moist, but not wet
4. Add the white worm starter culture
5. Add a food source, such as bread covered in yogurt
6. Cover the culture with a non-airtight lid
7. Place the culture in a cool dark place

Once the culture is setup, it should be monitored on regularly. Check to make sure that the culture is not drying out and there is enough food.