6 Month Update - Live Blackworm Culture - Long Term Low Tech Live Fish Food Culture

[@curvingfyre6810]

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.

[@shaunneal9981]

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.

[@Björn-w7v]

Thank you so much. This is really inspiring. Here in germany we have these normally in our fish stores. but since Corona most fish stores died. So i breeded brineshrimp every day but thats a bit work intense. So i started with daphnia. Blackworms are the perfect completion to feeding my fish. :)

[@jonayvvv494]

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!!!

[@raysfishroom2929]

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

[@jjstone77]

I love the addition of the live plants to that as well. Thank you for the great video.

[@GrumpyGillsFishing]

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.

[@oinaw]

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.

[@TheMrcooldjbigones]

Hey Greg I hope all is well and a Happy New 25 to you!!! I actually spoke to your old partner Mike from Mass Aquatics over the summer, scrolling through the Rolodex and wondering what became of you. IT’s now around a Year since this black worm video came out and I’m not seeing you post anymore! I’m only running 2-4 tanks where these can be fed to, however I’m growing them with scuds in a 80 degree 5 gallon tank. Had some decent hydrogen sulfate issues for 3-4 months, until I used my gravel spreader to burst those bubbles, and then added Daphnia . Now I’ve got one jolly self sufficient food culture, I maybe change water on bi-weekly to monthly!!! :D Mike

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Fascinating! I love feeding blackworms but can only dream of having a continuous healthy supply in my fish room.

[@shadygrady81]

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! 🤩😊👍🏻

[@barrycherneske4067]

Fantastic, I can only hope my rendition of your system will produce as well as yours! Thank you for sharing!

[@frankjames4743]

Oh wow. Very interesting setup especially with the CPO. Thank you for the update

[@majorbruster5916]

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.

[@DickRippEnterprises]

How cold do your setups get in winter?

[@majorbruster5916]

@@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.

[@MrTmac1986]

Going to make one tomorrow. This is awsome!

[@christopherstaples6758]

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)

[@conanlee9024]

This setup is so cool! Can we get more videos on what you have going on in your fish room?

[@dancurran8977]

Great setup! Thanks for sharing it.

[@michaelkremer3301]

Tolles Update. Mit was fütterst du deine Würmer. Gruß aus Deutschland

[@dsproductions47]

I recommending shifting the gravel time to time to split the worm. They reproduce much faster this way. Like propagation

[@dshobe720]

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]

I took a 2 year break from KZbin and now the algorithm hates me

[@dshobe720]

@gregjonesonline lol I understand 👍 any progress with your bonsai?

[@gregjonesonline]

@@dshobe720 I have like 30 pre bonsai that I need to re pot, lol!

[@dshobe720]

@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.

[@aureliusfeynman485]

Awesome setup! Looking to build one myself, do you think a scaled down version (1x2ft) would work well? I'd equip their tub with a dedicated small water filter, perhaps the smallest model available would suffice for such a small volume.

[@mirekt9521]

Thansk for the inspiration and update!

[@spencer4997]

I’d love to see more videos about live feeders and newts

[@vanuaturly]

Great setup, great video.

[@QueAquatics]

So so glad!!!!!

[@jeffkane4391]

Looking great Greg thanks for sharing 😊

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

Thank you

[@danzopff8100]

Where have you gone I miss you lol😢

[@Fray-hb3uw]

Do you have a video showing how you built your set up?

[@reticulous_pets]

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.

[@soulfulhysteria3066]

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?

[@missing_score]

really cool setup

[@meghancass3187]

I really like this update. Have you calculated yield in lbs per square foot per month or week?

[@kylesawyer64]

Any plans to expand the system? Seems that the same system but 3 or 4 tubs high woyldnt take up much more room

[@gregjonesonline]

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

[@Rews-fish-shed]

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???

[@garlenife]

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-pz8ss]

They eat the blackworms too

[@smncowardyahoo]

A Further Update Please Greg............ Are the blackworms actually Tubifex ..... ??

[@mariofina-pz8ss]

Yes they are. Blackworms is the common name

[@davidlee50]

So algae scrapings can become food for black worms if I make them into patties? hmm?

[@gogetterhitter3]

What kind of rock did you use on this amazing

[@gregjonesonline]

Small white quartz gravel

[@fritzwilhelm8258]

How quickly do they reproduce?

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Good info, thank you! Will the dwarf crayfish eat their own babies if they can?

[@gregjonesonline]

Yes, they need room to run away and hide, this seems to be the perfect environment for it

[@timnadinamcclurelively4163]

I watched another video and the guy would move the rock around with a hand and some pressure. It breaks them up and creates way more of them. I cant remember how often.

[@mrhick01]

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]

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

[@christophergonzalez6290]

What about feeding them rapashy ?

[@desfishgeek8119]

curious. what type of gravel are you using... it appears to be aragonite?

[@gregjonesonline]

It's small white quartz gravel, the cheap normal stuff

[@lukeadams6757]

Time-lapse?

[@laughingman_confused]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@laughingman_confused ahh the trouble with common names strikes again lol. Lumbriculus variegatus is the worm Greg is raising.

[@laughingman_confused]

@@dshobe720 yeah this is exactly what I have.

[@dshobe720]

@@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.