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A Juvenile Earthworm
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Re:Worms for aquarium use only - 2006/08/04 15:23
I liked the rays, but they quickly out grew my tank. I have a friend who has a lot of bigger tanks that I give them to. I'm also raising up some tiger muskies which will be going to his tanks eventually.
My redworms I have in an outdoor bin. It's 4'x 2'x 1'. I have 2 lids that are hinged to it. I started them off in COW's (can-o-worms) and then about a month ago moved them to the outdoor bin. They are amazing eaters. I originally bought 10# of them and split it between the 2 COW's. They came with that coir bedding, and I use shredded paper for the additional trays. I would just bury the food scraps under the paper, and in a few days it was gone. I used a food processor to chop it up, and now have a blender (which is faster). It has been really hot + humid here lately yet the redworms are doing fine. They just go down deeper in the bin, and I water them on hot days. I haven't had any problems with them, and when I look through there are all sizes in there. They breed like crazy.
The ENC's (european night crawelers) I got are larger worms. I did lose some from the nasty heat last week. They don't seem to be as tolerant as the reds are. In my experience they don't seem to breed at quite the rate the reds do. I have had a pound of them indoors for a while, and they are just starting to produce capsules. The others I have in the COW's that the redworms were in. They are in shredded paper + newspaper.
Your bedding sounds fine. One of the most important things is to make sure it remains moist. If it doesn't you will kill off your worms. Just check it, and the moisture from the food scraps you add should keep it pretty moist. If not, then you can use a spray bottle or something like that to adjust it. I basically just feed mine vegetable, fruit scraps, coffee grinds, and egg shells. They eat it up along with the paper. I just add more paper as it goes down, and feed away.
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