Live foods??

[wesleydnunder]

So no one knows where to get other live foods in a good size bulk locally?

something more cost effective than the tiny tubs of superworms/earthworms

Check with the lfs stores you buy from and see if any buy from a local wholesaler called Robert's Tropicals. He was bringing in a quarter pound of live blackworms a week for me to Jungle Jim's in LaMarque. For a while, PhishPhreak was getting his blackworms there too. He can get bigger volumes and he was pretty consistant in being able to get them weekly.

Mark

[Totenkampf]

Found this place and thinking about using the nightcrawlers...

http://www.knutsonlivebait.com/index.html

oh boy! easter maggots!

[eklikewhoa]

I seen the "green glow" Nightcrawlers at Academy the other day... wonder if that would make my fish temporarily "glow in the dark".

[eklikewhoa]

would probably make finding/cleaning up poop a bit easier.

[eklikewhoa]

Check with the lfs stores you buy from and see if any buy from a local wholesaler called Robert's Tropicals. He was bringing in a quarter pound of live blackworms a week for me to Jungle Jim's in LaMarque. For a while, PhishPhreak was getting his blackworms there too. He can get bigger volumes and he was pretty consistant in being able to get them weekly.

Mark

Now that I have gotten a better idea of what I am dealing with the blackworms might not be the main staple so trying to find large amounts of it isn't what I am looking for anymore. I will see if they can get some so I can try though or maybe see if any of the LFS can.

Thanks for the heads up mark.

[eklikewhoa]

Another nightcrawler site I found.

https://canadiannightcrawlers.com/shop/

[sunkenmetal]

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[Totenkampf]

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^^^this is how you become a dagon

[eklikewhoa]

^^^this is how you become a dagon

He's past that now.

I think the whole dagon title in fact helps provoke post whoring but soon after the novelty wears off there's no reason for post whoring after that.

[Tiapan]

I need them by the handfuls

You could start some worms bins. If you start with a large enough colony they double their population about every two months, especially if you just pull some every week. shouldnt be a problem. plus you get really nice compost for plants

[Tiapan]

I grow both normal red wigglers and Euro nightcrawlers, and they are breeding like mad for me.

[eklikewhoa]

How do you have your nightcrawlers set up?
Could I use the canadian crawlers?

I read that the euro and red wiggler are easier since they work in room temps which is why I ask. How big are your euros and how large is the colony?

I am feeding about 5-10 large canadian night crawlers a day.

[Clyde]

I raised mealworms and they breed like crazy. I ground oatmeal and put whole carrots in with them. I ground the oatmeal in a blender so it would go through my coarse strainer, so I could easily remove the larger ones. Mealworms are easy if you start with a couple dozen, you can have a enough breeding to feed handfuls each day. I just set up totes with oatmeal and transfer the beetles to a sifted bin. I had a total of four totes and would transfer around the first of the month. You will not be able to keep all of the beetles in one bin, the worms seem to morph faster with no beetles around. All you need is a few tupperware totes, some oatmeal and fresh carrots. An established tote will eat a whole carrot in a few hours. I was told the mealworms die in the freezer then thaw so, they be fed without hurting your fish. I got rid of them, when I went on vacation. The first month is slow, but believe me, if you start with a few dozen mealworms, you will have plenty in a few months. You can find videos on raising mealworms on youtube.

I have heard superworms will eat the baby superworms, but have no experience with them. I think you need to separate superworms when they are changing into beetles, or they will eat the dormant ones.

[eklikewhoa]

Supposedly super worms breed differently from mealworms and the shell of super worms are not as hard to digest compared to meal worms.

I am using mealworms only right now but from the prices Ive seen it might just be easier to buy bulk to feed. So with that decided I have moved onto the next live food I am using which is the nightcrawlers.

Right now I am feeding my tank a mix of...
Market shrimp
Tilapia filet
Canadian Nightcrawlers gutloaded with pellets listed below
Superworms gutloaded with the pellets listed below in oatmeal bed with Kens Premium veggie flakes mixed in.
NLS Thera+A
Omega One shrimp pellets
guppies
sulawesi malawa shrimp
Hikari Massivore


The live foods I am using I really like for the ease of feeding and cause it brings out the savageness of the fish so I want to try and keep bulk on hand.

[sunkenmetal]

^^^this is how you become a dagon

No this was after the whole dagon thing... There wasn't a link and well I was jacked up