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Raising Worms for fish food
Hi.
I've been reading about raising worms to use as food for my pond fish, and just ordered 100 red worms online. I have the Rubbermaid bin, peat moss, and corn meal, and am anxiously awaiting their arrival. Has anyone here ever done that, and if so, any tips or suggestions or advice you can offer? I live in Connecticut, and plan on keeping their "home" behind our storage shed where it's totally treed and shaded. My fish LOVE earthworms as a treat, but in order to feed all of them worms regularly, I'd have to dig up my yard on a daily basis - this seemed like the perfect solution. Wish me luck! Sue and her Zoo |
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Raising Worms for fish food
Boy the robins will love you!!!!! No tips here but my guess would be the birds
will be visiting too. Maureen in Phila |
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Sue Alexandre wrote:
I have the Rubbermaid bin, peat moss, and corn meal, and am anxiously awaiting their arrival. Has anyone here ever done that, and if so, any tips or suggestions or advice you can offer? I've been doing this for years, mostly to compost kitchen waste, but the worm castings also make awesome planting mix. The liquid given off is also terrific fertilizer. I believe "The Rodale Guide to Composting" has an entire chapter on the subject.. You can put lots of stuff into your bin except meat and cooked products. We put in egg shells, coffee grounds ( and the paper filter) and of course, all vegetable matter. Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Raising Worms for fish food
Thanks Joe and Maureen, sounds like I'm going to get my money's worth with
this new hobby. Joe, what's the best way to collect the liquid? Drill some holes in the bottom and keep some plastic under there to catch it? Sue "joe" wrote in message ... Sue Alexandre wrote: I have the Rubbermaid bin, peat moss, and corn meal, and am anxiously awaiting their arrival. Has anyone here ever done that, and if so, any tips or suggestions or advice you can offer? I've been doing this for years, mostly to compost kitchen waste, but the worm castings also make awesome planting mix. The liquid given off is also terrific fertilizer. I believe "The Rodale Guide to Composting" has an entire chapter on the subject.. You can put lots of stuff into your bin except meat and cooked products. We put in egg shells, coffee grounds ( and the paper filter) and of course, all vegetable matter. Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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Sue Alexandre wrote:
Joe, what's the best way to collect the liquid? Drill some holes in the bottom and keep some plastic under there to catch it? I have a container made specifically for worms and it has a valve that I drain into a pail. You might go down to the Home Depot and buy some PVC pieces that will do the same thing. Drill a hole in the end (or bottom) at one end of the bin that is large enough to accommodate the fitting. Then, because the crud in the bin will clog the valve, take some stiff wire ( like chicken wire) and build a barrier around the valve on the inside. Then place some newspaper around the chicken wire. Alternatively, I've heard you can place a sponge against the valve, but I've never tried this. Then, slightly tilt your bin in the direction of the valve. We're not talking heavy flow here. Hope that helps Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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How often can you feed your fish worms?
I tried feeding earthworms to my fish last year & they loved them. Can you or should you do it everyday or only once in awhile for a treat? Thanks Carole NJ |
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Keep us advised . . . "sounds" like a good idea . . . but I'd have to get
past the "ugh!" factor! GBG Lee "Sue Alexandre" wrote in message ... Hi. I've been reading about raising worms to use as food for my pond fish, and just ordered 100 red worms online. I have the Rubbermaid bin, peat moss, and corn meal, and am anxiously awaiting their arrival. Has anyone here ever done that, and if so, any tips or suggestions or advice you can offer? I live in Connecticut, and plan on keeping their "home" behind our storage shed where it's totally treed and shaded. My fish LOVE earthworms as a treat, but in order to feed all of them worms regularly, I'd have to dig up my yard on a daily basis - this seemed like the perfect solution. Wish me luck! Sue and her Zoo |
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That's a real good question, Carole, and one I don't have the answer to yet.
I figured until I hear or read differently, I would feed them their regular floating pellets once a day, and then some worms once a day. As to which will be their "primary" meal, I'm not sure yet. But you're right about them seeming to love them - it's so much fun to watch how excited they get when you drop a worm in the water! Sue "RED1102" wrote in message ... How often can you feed your fish worms? I tried feeding earthworms to my fish last year & they loved them. Can you or should you do it everyday or only once in awhile for a treat? Thanks Carole NJ |
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I have found while cleaning around the garden a whole slue of regular earth
worms. They are not red. Are they safe to feed to my koi's?? How can I breed them?? Thanks in advance, Sacha |
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On the rare occasions that I find an earthworm in the garden, it goes in to
the fish (can you say "food fight"?) I guess I really shouldn't toss 'em in, the garden could really use them. I really should do some research on growing them, too. But to answer part of your questions, earthworms are great fun! Lee "MISSYMAGICGIRL" wrote in message ... I have found while cleaning around the garden a whole slue of regular earth worms. They are not red. Are they safe to feed to my koi's?? How can I breed them?? Thanks in advance, Sacha |
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"MISSYMAGICGIRL" wrote in message
... I have found while cleaning around the garden a whole slue of regular earth worms. They are not red. Are they safe to feed to my koi's?? How can I breed them?? My yard consists mainly of concrete hard clay. Over time we have tilled landscaping beds, gardens, etc. We also keep a compost heap of garden and yard waste which gets mixed into the beds every year. What I am getting at, in a long winded way, is that now that we have been working the beds...the worms are EVERYWHERE!!! I suggest you get a nice compost pile going. Use grass clippings, newspaper, coffee grinds, egg shells, etc. If you pile it...they will come. BV. |
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MISSYMAGICGIRL wrote:
I have found while cleaning around the garden a whole slue of regular earth worms. They are not red. Are they safe to feed to my koi's?? How can I breed them?? The worms you find in your garden will not survive "worm-bin" life, nor will the red worms survive long in your garden. Each are suited to their own specific worm lifestyles. Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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joe wrote:
Each are suited to their own specific worm lifestyles. Seinfeld Not that there's anything wrong with that. /Seinfeld Sorry, but the images running through my fevered brain today are totally beyond the pale! You can raise regular garden worms in bins, but they need the material much more broken down that the red manure worms, and they reproduce much more slowly. I'm going to be quiet now, as I feed the worms some tasty coffee grounds. Maybe a banana peel or three if they behave themselves. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G |
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Raising Worms for fish food
Yes, not only are they safe for the fish, they are GOOD for them, and they
love them. I'm pretty sure you could breed them, too, but I'm not sure they breed as quickly as the red worms, that's why I ordered some of them. The ponding season is much too short here in Connecticticut for me to exercise any patience. Sue "MISSYMAGICGIRL" wrote in message ... I have found while cleaning around the garden a whole slue of regular earth worms. They are not red. Are they safe to feed to my koi's?? How can I breed them?? Thanks in advance, Sacha |
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Raising Worms for fish food
Gary Woods wrote:
Seinfeld Not that there's anything wrong with that. /Seinfeld Is that one of the new standard HTML tags? Joe -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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