microworms

[bhughes]

I have been reading about different fry food, well all around live food and microworms sound easier than brine shrimp. Anyone raise microworms? I want to try, please let me hear some input:)

[Dr. Awkward]

I raise Grindal worms. I think they are easier than microworms because of the mess involved with microworms. Both are easier than brine shrimp in my opinion. If you forget about the Grindals for a few months and let the culture completely dry up you can add water and they come back to life and are ready to harvest in less than a week.

[joshd]

what is the difficulty or mess with brine shrimp? Just curious. I had thought about growing some baby brine shrimp.

Thanks
Josh

[bhughes]

My problem with brine shimp is finding eggs that will hatch and to get good eggs prices goes up and then they must be tended to. Read up on it.
I read on the grindal worms they sound interesting. But they are bigger do you have any problem with them being to big for fry?

[Dr. Awkward]

Grindals are fine for fry that are about 1/4 inch or bigger. The worms themselves are about 1-2 millimeters long. Have you thought about vinegar eels? They are really easy to culture and harvest and are much smaller.

[bhughes]

I just read about the eels very interesting. Have you cultured these too? I like with the grindals that you can forget about them for awhile :confuzeld: I have apistos and may try breeding bettas. Need live baby food.

[Dr. Awkward]

No, I've never tried vinegar eels but I've heard good things about them. I've never needed live food that small before.