OOOH, so THATS why everyone cultures them in gravel! In the wild htey prefer softer substrates, so I was confused about all the tutorials specifying gravel, making them segment naturally makes perfect sense.
@shaunneal998110 ай бұрын
After watching your original video I set up a mini version of my own using a 3 gallon shallow tub on top of a 5 gallon bucket and it works so well. I've got heaps of blackworms and it does not take much effort to maintain. So glad I came across your video.
@jonayvvv4942 ай бұрын
This guys are the perfect live food, one I came across them (and scuds) I don’t try anything else, mine literally survive in a bucket outdoors all year round with the eventual vegetable scraps every now and then, they’re great!!!
@ediwatdahekАй бұрын
thank you very much for the information! you've inspired me to build my own blackworm culture and it's been running successfully for over a year now. mine is not connected to a water change system, i just put old water from my other tanks in every few days. the water is about 4 inches deep and i have daphnia multiplying in there aswell.
@jamesjohnston79526 ай бұрын
I love the addition of the live plants to that as well. Thank you for the great video.
@raysfishroom2929 Жыл бұрын
Hi Greg, I am going to the NEC Convention looking forward to it. I was informed Father fish was not invited to talk at the convention it would be great to see him there I believe a lot of fish keepers would benefit from his many years of fish keeping Ok thank you Ray
@GrumpyGillsFishing11 ай бұрын
What an amazing setup! I just ordered some blackworms to start my own culture. I only have 4 fish to feed, so I’m hoping I end up with far more than I need.
@shadygrady8110 ай бұрын
Hey Greg! Met you yesterday at the SCTFS swap! I wish I had gotten to your table earlier, but maybe we can stay in touch for future purchases! Great video! 🤩😊👍🏻
@LushSaltyAquariums Жыл бұрын
Fascinating! I love feeding blackworms but can only dream of having a continuous healthy supply in my fish room.
@barrycherneske4067 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic, I can only hope my rendition of your system will produce as well as yours! Thank you for sharing!
@frankjames4743 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow. Very interesting setup especially with the CPO. Thank you for the update
@dancurran8977 Жыл бұрын
Great setup! Thanks for sharing it.
@danzopff810016 күн бұрын
Where have you gone I miss you lol😢
@MrTmac19863 ай бұрын
Going to make one tomorrow. This is awsome!
@majorbruster5916 Жыл бұрын
Nice setup. I keep mine outside in buckets and shallow trays. I find that the worms are vegetarian in nature, in some of my bins they eat short strands of filamentous algae and in others they eat decaying leaves. They prefer bacteria though, because where some layers pellets land in the bin near to where I throw these to my chickens, they quickly congregate around the pellets after a couple of days. A lot of earthworms drown in the bins after crawling in to eat the algae, and the worms gather around the dead body to eat the bacteria that are breaking down the flesh. All I do is collect the bunched worms using a slotted spoon. Downside is that I can only harvest during the summer.
@DickRippEnterprises11 ай бұрын
How cold do your setups get in winter?
@majorbruster591611 ай бұрын
@@DickRippEnterprises -5, -7 °C, depends on how much frost we get. We're in a frost pocket here so we tend to get lower temperatures than the surrounding area.
@mirekt9521 Жыл бұрын
Thansk for the inspiration and update!
@QueAquatics Жыл бұрын
So so glad!!!!!
@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@vanuaturly Жыл бұрын
Great setup, great video.
@jeffkane4391 Жыл бұрын
Looking great Greg thanks for sharing 😊
@spencer49979 ай бұрын
I’d love to see more videos about live feeders and newts
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
Im glad i caught this youtube has failed to load your channel into my feed as usual. I live that you are using cheap quartz gravel. I have a bunch of turface soil conditioner i use. It is a fired clay product for baseball infields. I use it for aeration in potted plants, bonsai, and aquarium gravel.
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
I took a 2 year break from KZbin and now the algorithm hates me
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
@gregjonesonline lol I understand 👍 any progress with your bonsai?
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
@@dshobe720 I have like 30 pre bonsai that I need to re pot, lol!
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
@gregjonesonline that is progress do a video of the one with the most growth when you repot that'll give you the most roots for the video. I have been wanting to incorporate a bonsai into a paludarium for a long while. Probably going to use button wood FL. Native and the Caribbean.
@michaelkremer330111 ай бұрын
Tolles Update. Mit was fütterst du deine Würmer. Gruß aus Deutschland
@dsproductions4710 ай бұрын
I recommending shifting the gravel time to time to split the worm. They reproduce much faster this way. Like propagation
@christopherstaples67589 ай бұрын
infusoria colony above with a dripper works great as well , as they eat microbes / bacteria (that way you do not foul the water / have to separate worms from muck)
@conanlee90247 ай бұрын
This setup is so cool! Can we get more videos on what you have going on in your fish room?
@Jabinho Жыл бұрын
really cool setup
@Fray-hb3uw5 ай бұрын
Do you have a video showing how you built your set up?
@reticulous_pets6 ай бұрын
Made mine and I'm weirdly obsessed with it. I come out everyday and just look at it. Does your worms go into the sponge? Mine go all through them.
@smncowardyahoo7 ай бұрын
A Further Update Please Greg............ Are the blackworms actually Tubifex ..... ??
@mariofina-pz8ss11 күн бұрын
Yes they are. Blackworms is the common name
@Rews-fish-shed Жыл бұрын
Hey Greg thank you for the update. As I said to you before I’m putting this up in the rebuild of the fish shed. I’ll try to send ya a video of it when it’s completed Quick question if you crush those snails would that also be a good source of food for them???
@soulfulhysteria306610 ай бұрын
I asked in the other videos comment section but since this is newer I figured I'd ask here too. How do you keep the blackworms from escaping down the overflow drains?
@meghancass31875 ай бұрын
I really like this update. Have you calculated yield in lbs per square foot per month or week?
@kylesawyer64 Жыл бұрын
Any plans to expand the system? Seems that the same system but 3 or 4 tubs high woyldnt take up much more room
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
I have thought about building a rack with drawers that slide in and out like a kitchen to allow vertical stacking and easy access, I've also thought about digging some outdoor ponds and seeing what happens
@fritzwilhelm82587 ай бұрын
How quickly do they reproduce?
@garlenife10 ай бұрын
Have you try some assassin snail or dwarf pufferfish, they should make a quick work for you. Since there are so many snail in there too.
@mariofina-pz8ss11 күн бұрын
They eat the blackworms too
@davidlee508 ай бұрын
So algae scrapings can become food for black worms if I make them into patties? hmm?
@christophergonzalez6290 Жыл бұрын
What about feeding them rapashy ?
@gogetterhitter3 Жыл бұрын
What kind of rock did you use on this amazing
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
Small white quartz gravel
@meminustherandomgooglenumbers Жыл бұрын
Good info, thank you! Will the dwarf crayfish eat their own babies if they can?
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
Yes, they need room to run away and hide, this seems to be the perfect environment for it
@lukeadams67578 ай бұрын
Time-lapse?
@desfishgeek8119 Жыл бұрын
curious. what type of gravel are you using... it appears to be aragonite?
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
It's small white quartz gravel, the cheap normal stuff
@mrhick01 Жыл бұрын
Greg, what kind of substrate is that? Is it just white gravel (for contrast's sake to see critters) or is it something like Aragonite?
@gregjonesonline Жыл бұрын
It is small white quartz style gravel because I had it laying around, I like it because it provides tons of little nooks for individual worms to live in, large gravel is bad and sand is bad
@laughingman_confused Жыл бұрын
We call them blood worms here. I put a container above my pond, no gravel or substrate. Just plane container above the pond where fish can't enter buy water can circulate. The reason why no substrate is for easy harvesting.
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
Blood worms are the larva of a fly. These black worms do not metamorphose into any kind of insect they are just worms. Hope that clears up any confusion 😊
@laughingman_confused Жыл бұрын
@@dshobe720 I looked up and you are right about blood worms. But the black worms in this video, in are country, we call them blood worms, tubifex and sludge worms.
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
@@laughingman_confused ahh the trouble with common names strikes again lol. Lumbriculus variegatus is the worm Greg is raising.
@laughingman_confused Жыл бұрын
@@dshobe720 yeah this is exactly what I have.
@dshobe720 Жыл бұрын
@@laughingman_confused awesome I have to go catch some. I have plans on making salamanders and newts a nice home and want to be able to feed them a home grown meal, also because the nearest pet store is an hour away and it is not a good one.