Re: Micro worms

["mudpuddle" <mudpuddle@ccis.com>]

I use a flat brissle craft paint brush to remove the worms along the edges
of the culture. A pencil eraser brush also works. This way you don't have
to get your fingers in the culture.
mudpuddle@ccis.com

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> From: IDMiamiBob <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: Re: Micro worms
> Date: Friday, February 27, 1998 8:31 PM
> 
> Leo writes:
> 
> << Micro worms
> > I started a micro worm culture 3 days ago using mixed baby cereal as a
> > medium. There can be seen a shimmering movement on the surface when
viewed
> > from a certain angle.The mixture has a slight odour which was not there
the
> > first day.
> 
> The smell is the yeast.  What a lot of people don't know about mivroworm
> culturing is that  they don't consume the medium.  They consume the yeast
that
> consumes the media.  The yeast is introduced along with the microworms in
your
> "starter culture".
> 
> > How do you harvest the worms with out getting some of the cereal? When
will
> > the culture be ready for harvest.
> > Thanks
>   >>
> I always slide my fingers along the inside of the container just above
the
> medium.  They are ready as soon as you can do that.  I recommend you
start a
> second culture in about two weeks, and rotate each of them to fresh
cultures
> once a month.  They will sour and die in about five weeks, unless your
> container is really large.
> 
> Bob Dixon
> 
> 
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