Micro Worms Are a Lot Easier Than I Thought

Live foods are great for growing big and healthy fish, but I've been reluctant to try them because of the extra work to maintain the cultures. Turns out microworms are one of the easiest live foods you can keep and feed to the tiniest fish fry.

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[johnnygee]

Little disappointed. If you're gonna feed your fish mashed potato flavored worms, you should also sprinkle in some gravy flavored fish flakes.

[vj]

My first betta refused anything but the specific brand of pellets the pet store used. I think he was an older betta. My second betta was a baby. I put him in the tank and he immediately started eating the detritus worms that I'd been trying to reduce in the tank I put him in. He would probably love this. Lol!

[andystokes]

If you think micro-worms are easy you should give vinegar eels a go. Put your culture in a bottle containing 50% vinegar and 50% water. either start harvesting after a coupe of weeks or alternatively just totally ignore them for 6 months and they are still fine. They don't care whether they are in the light or the dark and temperature doesn't bother them either. Simplest live food going.

[McChimkin]

California blackworms are one of the easiest live foods you can cultivate. All you need is a well oxygenated aquarium with a 2-3 inch layer of gravel at the bottom. They literally eat flakefood that fall into the gravel so not only are they a must-have for gravel aquariums, but they are very appealing for fish and they are one of the healthiest for fish to eat. (One of the most nutrient-rich as well).
The culture will last you for up to a decade if nothing goes wrong.

[sarahwoodring]

Awesome video! I've watched/read lots of other sources that tried to explain this process, but seeing all the steps in this style made it so much more manageable. I just ordered a microworm culture and I'm sure my fry will love it!

[alekkoomanoff]

Nice DIY Demo. If you add brewers yeast and/or paprika to culture in very small quantities, worms will be more nutritious.

[safabekr]

Mashed potato?! That’s so interesting! I hope you never get it mixed up in the fridge though ewwww 😭😂

[King_DarkSide]

Omg. Please, please, PLEASE make a video about this kind of thing! I currently buy frozen foods for my fish, but I feel I could reduce buying frozen foods with this kind of thing!

I'll never remove frozen foods from my fish room diet. But, I would like to have something that I can "grow in house" like I have a 5 gallon 3 foot shorty I grow ghost shrimp in, but that's to feed my two flowerhorns, and a weekly treat for my single betta. But I have about 200 gallons of fish that I wish I had an in house live food to add to thier diet, and my hobby! But I would really love a video going more in depth into this! Your videos are awesome! Thank you!

[sarahjones]

I love your platies! Platies and variatus were my favorite fish when I had my tank! I had a 65 gallon “community” tank with mostly live birthing fish and an assortment of tetras!

[shesellsfish]

I still haven't tried this yet, but your video makes it look really simple and easy. This might be the year I give it a go.
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[beingL]

I love feeding live foods but realized it was getting expensive. So I also started micro worms! Works great but the big fish looked confused for a while like they couldn’t see what everyone else was eating. They eventually figured it out.

[marypaigeflynn]

Thanks Irene, great informational video 🙌
I haven't tried my hand at it myself..
I've watched all kind of videos about doing this, so since you took the plunge and went for it....
maybe it's time for me to try to🙌
I hope you're having a great weekend!! 🙏🌿🐟🌿💚

[wndrboy]

These short videos are a good time. Like the format. Like the content.

[zixx]

I hatch baby brine shrimp and Daphnia. I found the Daphnia colony took a long time to get going (~6 weeks) before I could start harvesting, but the medium-sized fish love them - everyone loves the baby brine shrimp, however.

[kop]

Omg there's also a pleco there. It's so cute.

[jako_the_maned_wolf]

During the late spring and summer in my area, I would breed mosquito larve for my fish and they would love it. For payment, the ones who made it into adulthood would drink my blood. 🙂

[zuhaibhaider]

Wow ! I think I'll try this in the future.

[SimpleTanks]

Put a small dab of spirilina powder for more nutrients for the fish via worme consumption of mixture.

[davidbluestein]

My question is if the worms taste any different? Can you make your fish a whole thanksgiving dinner out of flavored worms!?!

[charliem]

I scoop up mosquito larvae for my fish. It’s ridiculous seeing a tiny guppy with half a larva sticking out of its mouth like a cigar