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Kmst80, good morning. You have to cycle that worm enclosure just like a fish tank or as you found out, it will crash in hours. If you can find something like a brick, cement or rocks in a pond or stream, that would be great for bacteria. In lieu of that, you need to fill that container and put some food in there like some worms or a piece of clam or shrimp and let it rot. Then add more. It may tank a few weeks to build up bacteria to clean the water.
I didn't use a sponge because the worms will get in that and you can't get them out. They will also get in that carbon but not to many can fit in there so you won't lose many.
The worms need very shallow, moving water. A quarter inch is deep enough as the worms have access to oxygen like that.
Try to build barriers in the trough that keep the worms in there but the ones that get into the tank below can be "rescued" with a baster.
If it is cycled enough the worms can live a very long time.
I don't use black worms any more because I can't get them here so I raise white worms now.
My pods are a rocking again this summer.
My pods have exploded the last couple of days and I haven't even fed them directly.
bumper amount of pods
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Am not sure but at a guess they need to be less than 30c. I have had pods crash in the high 20s but they come back. My cultures get about 4/5hours direct sun here in the UK.@atoll I see you are doing that outside, what is the maximum temperature you think you can do that?
I had anIn a couple of weeks my reef will will have reached 40 years old.
Unfortunately I don't remember when I was 40 but I remember when I set it up. I was a skinny 22 year old just back from Viet Nam.
It is still running very well, still using the same reverse UG filter, same dolomite substrait but none of the fish are original. The oldest one, a fireclown is just over 16, all of the older fish died in an accident that was due to my carelessness.
The tank is mostly LPS, gorgonians, giant mushrooms and a few leathers.
There are only three SPS corals, two of which have been with me for a few years and are growing nicely.
I am not sure is any of the original NSW from the Long Island Sound is still in there or any of the original amphipods but maybe much later generations.
I still can't take a decent picture and the tank is not as blue as these pictures but it is what it is.
When I was about 12 I had a salty tank and dolomite and an under gravel filter. I did many things wrong looking back and was not successful. Things have really changed a lot in the hobby since then. I'm going on 60 now and just now decided to try again -- and be successful this time.In a couple of weeks my reef will will have reached 40 years old.
Unfortunately I don't remember when I was 40 but I remember when I set it up. I was a skinny 22 year old just back from Viet Nam.
It is still running very well, still using the same reverse UG filter, same dolomite substrait but none of the fish are original. The oldest one, a fireclown is just over 16, all of the older fish died in an accident that was due to my carelessness.
The tank is mostly LPS, gorgonians, giant mushrooms and a few leathers.
There are only three SPS corals, two of which have been with me for a few years and are growing nicely.
I am not sure is any of the original NSW from the Long Island Sound is still in there or any of the original amphipods but maybe much later generations.
I still can't take a decent picture and the tank is not as blue as these pictures but it is what it is.
Am not sure but at a guess they need to be less than 30c. I have had pods crash in the high 20s but they come back. My cultures get about 4/5hours direct sun here in the UK.
Well you could try just growing the phyto outside to feed your indoor pod cultures.Oh yeah, they will cook here in the south. I very likely may start up a culture myself inside.
Well you could try just growing the phyto outside to feed your indoor pod cultures.
I’m in Florida on the coast so we get a nice breeze. Generally keeps it below 100 but also brings in all the humidity so it feels like 115The outside temps here are getting above 100 this week.
I’m in Florida on the coast so we get a nice breeze. Generally keeps it below 100 but also brings in all the humidity so it feels like 115