My latest culture setup is based on a 1.5 liter plastic jug (bought from Daiso), i choose it because the volume is sufficient for maintaining a good sized culture, doesn't require much space to keep and is still easy to carry around to do water changes with its narrowed flow lip and handle: Here is the link to a detailed research document on laboratory mass culture of dero worms: Part of my methods are based on accumulated info from other keepers and research documents online. You can compare the difference in density and size of the worm culture based on the same sinking wafers in the container.įor reference, here is a close up macro photo and video of a small ball of microfex worms: How To Culture:ĭuring the early stages of my microfex culture experiments, i divided the starter culture into a few separate containers to test different water parameters and feeding techniques, eventually i settled on a setup which worked for my space and feed requirements. This is the size of the culture after approximately 1 month of growth: Here is the initial starter culture ball of microfex worms (it is sitting on a Hikari sinking wafer of less than 1cm diameter for scale comparison): The starter culture i got was perhaps 20-30 worms, a small ball of them measured around the size of a pin head. I set about experimenting with different methods to culture the microfex as live food for my fishes. In addition, they are hardy and can consume all sorts of food, so their care and maintenance is relatively simple. Microfex are similar to tubifex but they are much smaller in size, hence easier for smaller fishes and fish fry to eat. Back in May 2015, i managed to obtain a starter culture of microfex (aka dero worms) from J'adore.
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