MICRO WORM CULTURE FOR FISH BREEDERS Express (post)

Posted by banable (NEWCASTLE/CENTRAL COAST) on 7-Oct-08 11:59 AM AEST
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MICRO WORM CULTURE FOR FISH BREEDERS $8+ $8 (post)
or you can pick them up from Morisset.

phone Brian 0410 404273
regards


I HAVE MICRO WORM CULTURES FOR SALE.
THEY ARE VERY VERY GOOD FOR YOUR FISH FRY AND KEEPING THE CULTURE GOING IS REALLY EASY.
(you wont need to buy another if you look after them)

Microworms (Panagrellus redivivus) are sometimes known under the synonym Panagrellus silusiae and have been cultured by aquarists since the early 1930's as a live food for a variety of fish species. Their small size and ease of culture has received renewed attention in recent years with rising costs and declining hatch rates of brine shrimp eggs sold in the aquarium hobby. Microworm has as good if not better nutritional profile to that of brine shrimp, containing 48% protein, 21% lipids, 7% glycogen, 1% organic acids, and 1% nucleic acids. Approximately 70% of the lipids are fatty acids and the remainder is phospholipids.

Microworms are a tiny nematode about 0.5 to 2.0 mm in length and 0.05 mm in diameter. Males have a curved tail, are smaller, more slender, and less numerous than the females. They reproduce sexually and are livebearers; releasing 10-40 young every 1-2 days for a 20-25 day life span. The young reach sexually maturity in approximately three days. Their size increases by three times during the first day and five to six times during the next three days.

Microworm are one of the simplest live foods to culture. When cultured under the right conditions they will multiply in vast numbers. They are a valuable live food and tolerant of environmental variables. Microworms like it warm and a temperature range of between 25 and 28° Celsius is about right. Although they will tolerate cooler and warmer temperatures, they will not increase in numbers as well. They have the added advantage of staying alive for six to eight hours in freshwater, by which time they should all have been eaten. However, they are not suitable as a first food for all fry. some larvae are so small that they will require microorganisms.



these are one of the best Fry Foods around,