DIY Mealworm Station | FLL Research Project

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This Mealworm breeding station should enable that you can breed your own Mealworms at home. There is already a tower like ours, but this one is in our opinion too expensive. With this instruction you can build your own und really cheap station. Have Fun!
More Information: www.electronic-machines.net/m...
Material:
- 13 stackable Tupperwares (suggested: Migros topline Food Center 1.35 liter boxes)
- 2 fly net (1.5mm stitches) the size like the ground of the Tupperwares
- 6 screws
- 12 nuts
- 4 nuts (ca. 1cm high)
- net (5mm stitches) the size like the ground of the Tupperwares
- hot glue
- sharp knife
- nail or 1.5mm drill

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@teammindfactory 7 жыл бұрын

good job guys!

@nonbirthingperson8087 Жыл бұрын

This is the neatest most compact setup I’ve seen yet. It’s really true what they say about German Engineering. Well done. I’m going to closely mimic this setup, thank you.

@TheAvidflier 3 жыл бұрын

probably one of the most sensible easy to make systems. I've looked all over the place and others seem to make it so complex. Thank you.

@tonysicily2687 3 жыл бұрын

A great tutorial, did not like the music, but with no VO and great subtitles it was not a problem to mute. Liked, Saved & Subscribed. Good post, thank you

@thesaint8544 6 жыл бұрын

I was gonna do the normal 3 drawer one, but since I've seen this, it's changed I see a whole new perspective of mealworm farming!

@ufochris 5 жыл бұрын

I wish u would show this with mealies/beetles/pupea to show how it works. I have uses the all in one and regular drawer system for a while and can not picture how this would work, especially the 4 big holes and the raised bottom one.

@betterlifeacademy1744 4 жыл бұрын

The pupae is the first Box. If the pupae turns into a beetle they crawl to the food and that is one tray down through the big holes. Then the beetle lays eggs and they fall through the net to the elevated ground and not to the worms. If they are Born they crawl to the food at the last tray through the elevated ground. So you only have to Grab the pupae and put that to tray one. But i dont know if it's working.

@TheLeontheking 6 жыл бұрын

that is some sort of a pro setup! i am going to take some bucks aside and then ill build that exactly the way you did it! i am excited! Thank you!

@maik30us 5 жыл бұрын

So somewhere he got his Tupperware from

@TatoAV 5 жыл бұрын

Really efficient and creative. Though I doubt that the compartment that you finished around 7:25 works... The hatched eggs will simply stay in the frass, some will wiggle down, but most will stay in the same compartment, eating frass. Yet I thank you for the creative idea of making holes in the pupae container for them to walk down, maybe if you make divisions to hold the pupae in, even if beetles walk by, and if you put fruit pieces near the holes so that the hatchlings are attracted by the smell, then it may just work

@TheLeontheking 6 жыл бұрын

hey- as far as i understand, in your setup the adult beetles dont get food anymore, right? Will they have enough energy left to mate and lay eggs? Would be awesome if you replied! Thanks in advance.

@tyferro 7 жыл бұрын

Really clever man! Congras!!!!

@desertrose2085 6 жыл бұрын

Do you have any instructions on how to use this setup once it's completed? I know the basics - darkling beetles lay eggs, which turn into mealworms, which pupate into beetles. And all 3 life stages need to be kept separate. So who goes where? Does food only go into the growing boxes, and none of the others?

@Littlefootization 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome system ! Do you have a video of them in action ? Cause I don't really get how the sorting tower works.

@BadgerNNN 6 жыл бұрын

Waiting to see some update videos as well. However, the sorting tower is fairly simple. The full size mealworm bin is poured into the sorting tower. The mealworms/wheat bran/chaff will fall thru the big screen and the pupae's will not so that you can toss the pupae's into the pupae bin. Than, the chaff/poop will fall thru the smaller screen in middle bin leaving only the mealworms and good wheat bran in middle bin that you can place back into the grow container.

@Littlefootization 6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking something like that. Now it's even clearer. Thanks !

@TheLeontheking 6 жыл бұрын

i would suggest to watch some other videos about mealworm breeding (i.e. the ones from "home farm ideas") then you will soon understand this setup!

@reneebrown5598 5 жыл бұрын

I've got some number 8 hardware cloth will that work? It's got 8 squares per inch

@connernestler6709 6 жыл бұрын

Looks very effective but have you had problems with the beetles crawling back in the pupae bin and eating the other pupae?

@philclouse2780 5 жыл бұрын

Where can I find these containers I've googled with no luck

@maryhornbostel6959 5 жыл бұрын

I like your pupa staging tray. I will add to my current 2 tray system. Dont understand the need for an elevated floor in one box. I just have a box with fly screen containing beatels and a solid tray to catch eggs. New tray to catch eggs each week, watch older trays for development of pupa.

@theghostrider430 Жыл бұрын

I understand the setup. But what's the use of the box with nuts and bolts ? Isn't it better to rather skip it. It just serves the purpose for mealworms to walk into the 4th box right ? Or do you add some feed on the raised platform in to for them to grow a bit, after which they will move to the last box ?

@miat789 4 жыл бұрын

How was this set up once you actually used it ?

@tonysicily2687 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what the ‘raised floor’ box is for, not seen this in any other video

@maik30us 5 жыл бұрын

Where did you get those Tupperware

@justinemurrin3851 3 жыл бұрын

They are from a supermarket in Switzerland - Migros (I used to live there, Swiss have containters for everything!). Haven't seen anything like it in the UK.

@maryharvey7601 6 жыл бұрын

ive got to try this

@bernhardtmitdt2586 4 жыл бұрын

I used a stacked drawer box with 10 drawers to build this project. This is the drawer box: www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00KRAW9FC/ I started the project right now, so I am not sure if the automatic sorting will work. I´ll keep you informed ...

@taleandclawrock2606 6 жыл бұрын

What was the level qithe the bolts andxwashers for?

@haraldcoppoolse4149 5 жыл бұрын

Eggs that fall through the netting land on the platform. This way the beetles can't eat them. When the eggs hatch. The tiny mealworms crawl to the edge where they fall down to box #1 which contains food

@BadgerNNN 7 жыл бұрын

Very clever layout. So now that you have it all built, how well does it work?

@BadgerNNN 7 жыл бұрын

Aaand too bad cannot get those containers in the US. Nice stacking setup.

@thesaint8544 6 жыл бұрын

Did you find any over containers you could use?

@TheLeontheking 6 жыл бұрын

there are definetely alternatives you can use- in my country there are "Rotho stackable tupperware" which are basically the same as the ones he used.Of course i don't know if they are available in your country.

@KarenmitchellANI 6 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see it in action too, see his produce and creation in progress. Would hate to think all that work for nothin'. lol

@TheLeontheking 6 жыл бұрын

i did the build, and i must say that i am changing to bigger boxes right now, as the small ones capture mold fast. Also the seperator only works partially. The bigger-sized "screen" isn't able to seperate worms from pupae, as the pupae fall through as well- at least for me they do- and i chose the size that was adviced in the video. So you may be sparing some time and money if you just go with flat storage boxes... anyway i still like this video as it made me start the whole mealworm-project.

@farhananyc1963 5 жыл бұрын

5:19 what do you mean you change the box on the bottom of the breeding tower? Change it how? and what is the middle one for? you have a lot of them stacked up

@haraldcoppoolse4149 5 жыл бұрын

First you put box #1. After a week(?) You'll replace it with box #2. When you add box 3, you put box 2 on top of box 1. After a few weeks, you'll have box 7, while boxes 6..1 are on top of each other, hoping that generation #1 is old enough to be fed and to become puppae

@davidebadini7866 6 жыл бұрын

What a genius!

@darwinchannel1356 6 жыл бұрын

Wow I wish I watched this before! :)

@sherimoen617 Жыл бұрын

You need to show the name of the tubes. I can't find anything like those

@GypsySammael 5 жыл бұрын

update?

@bernhardtmitdt2586 4 жыл бұрын

Genial!!! Danke!

@xXxDevelloxXx 3 жыл бұрын

Hallo, könntest du ein Video von der neuen Anlage machen ? Wie sieht es mit dem sieben Wochen Zyklus aus, meiner Recherche nach haben die Würmer einen 10 Wochen Zyklus bis sie sich verpuppen ? Welche Maschenweite würdest du für das trennen zwischen Würmern und Puppen empfehlen ? Grüße, mach weiter ;)

@marcseiler6220 4 жыл бұрын

MAybe just add some holes at the sides for Airflow and i would be perfect very nice system

@Andrey0153 5 жыл бұрын

5:26 I don't have 3 hands though :(

@munirtasano6123 6 жыл бұрын

sehr gut, das best was ich gesehen hab

@dirtycxnt3235 6 жыл бұрын

munir tasano r u learning German in school

@mahmoodmilani2565 6 жыл бұрын

Hi, Can you please share more details on how and when to move beetles, eggs, worms and pupae between bins? Thanks,

@TheLeontheking 6 жыл бұрын

ill suggest to watch this video series: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icuUhNarv7Orp2w.html the guy uses a bit different setup but when u watched the videos you will understand the principles and you will know what to do with this setup here.

@GhostlySagas 5 жыл бұрын

am i the only one that thought that he put the eyes there to look like plank from ed edd and eddy

@seancain7299 5 жыл бұрын

I had to see if there were others!

@helciop79 2 жыл бұрын

Don't put bad music.

@user46922 6 жыл бұрын

pupae evovled in a Beatle it learned reproduce

@cantalibre4708 5 жыл бұрын

Oh for goodness sake! just chuck the whole lot in an old fish tank with oats - then pick out the worms you want to be eaten - as you need...

@haraldcoppoolse4149 5 жыл бұрын

Yes of course, every day 100 worms for my chicken. What a work that would be! Now I just chuck 90% of box 7 in the chicken coop and keep 10% for the next generation