tried this out (using microworms)... holy crap, theres millions of them! -its so fun watching my fry go totally bananas :-)

Live food seems to make a big difference for fish, young and old! Great video

I just found you. And I've gotten nothing done this evening except watch your videos. Well done on keeping me still. ⚘

When I get my South America tank going I'm definitely going to get some of them. Thanks for the great vids Mark keep them coming.

I truly enjoy your videos. Always very informative and it was fascinating to also know the history of these nematodes.

Been following you since the early days. Your videos are always very informative. Keep up the great work.

An excellent video. Thank you

If I could give this video two thumbs up, I would. Absolutely everything one needs to know about Walter worms from culturing to cleaning to feeding. Thank you!

Mark, a great tip for the worm culture. Get a brown paper towel (not white as they have chemicals in) and cut it to the size of the surface area of the culture. Lay it on top of the oatmeal. You’ll see the worms the next day can get through it but the oatmeal cannot. Now you can scrape the worms off the paper towel with a plastic spoon. Try it out mate. You get a lot of worms easy. It also keeps their numbers down and prolongs the life span of the culture a little bit.

Hi Mark, I use instant mash potato instead of oatmeal. Apparaently oatmeal stinks when the culture start of go off, but the mash does not. I learnt this from the Aquarium co-op video.

As usual a great informative video, by the way my shrimps are multiplying by the day, can’t thank you enough for the help you gave me.

Followed your guide (thx Mark) - I found the ideal container for a big batch - An old CD spindle, cut the tube bit off about an inch down, and stuff that with a bit of Filter Floss

Your videos are packed with useful information. 👌👌

Thanks for this vid. Just ordered my own culture.

Great informative video! Thanks!

You can find and make your own microworm cultures from your local soil. Take a potato, cut it in half and dig out part of the center of it. Dig a hole and place into damp loam if possible, other soil types work too. Try to do this by a tree or other vegetation for cover. Cover it up with soil and mark where it is. Come back in a couple of days to check if you have some on the potato and scoop out some of the center into a culture dish. You are good to go.

Very interesting,' Thanks Mark!

Thanks for putting this information up.. With your help I finally have some zebra danio fry. Thanks Sir Mark !!!

might have to give this a try.... always seemed a bit daunting trying to get them out the culture into water. Great video as always mark

Great video, I want to do a micro worm culture once I start breeding my Betta fish. Thanks for the video 👌

I think one of the most important things about culturing these worms which is rarely stated is that they are incredibly easy to look after. Once these Walter worms get going you can just ignore them for a few weeks, you don't have to harvest them at all unless you want to. If you have larger fish, cichlids for example it's really not worth trying to feed them Walter worms, micro worms, BBS etc, they're just not big enough. Just leave the culture well alone and every four weeks take 10 minutes of your time to start another one (ideally have two on the go at any moment staggered 2 weeks apart, just in case one crashes, you always have a back-up). This then becomes invaluable when you have an accidental spawning in your tank that you were unaware of and are suddenly confronted with 2-300 free-swimming fry looking for food. If you have a culture on the go you have a never ending supply of first food for your fry. It will cost you less than 3 quid a year - how does that compare with commercially available fry food?

Brilliant video as always Mark, I am going to give this one a go definitely 👍🏻👍🏻⭐️⭐️

Mark your videos are saving me a lot of money. And they are always very interesting.

Wow Mark just watching your video with your fighting fish and the man is outstanding he's awsome and his fins are so long great fish

Well you learn something new every day!!

Great job

Remind me never to ask you for a brew.... that teaspoon has seen some sights

that tank looks amazing

Brilliant thank you new subscriber

I have a week off next week - NOW I have plans for it! I'm definitely going to try Walter worms for my Endlers, which ones might be best for tiger barbs?

Thank You.

Hi Mark. I'm getting a culture today but I'm concerned as I'm going to Wales on holiday next week. Should I start my culture to feed my fish over the next week or leave it until I return ? Will the culture survive for 2 weeks?

Are you using this for the plecos as well?

So these are good to feed to adult plecos and corydoras as well? Also great channel, hooked on your videos.

What did you cook the porridge oats in? Tap water?

Hi Mark. I was wondering if you could keep the Walter Worms in a fridge or freezer to slow them down / preserve them?

Thanks.

Good day Mark. My name is Louis. I live in Cape town South Africa. thanks for all your video love it and learn a lot from them ...I have have a question wounder if you can help...Where i live we do not find Walter worm cultures ...i was wondering how to i start my own culture from scratch ....thanks Regards from South Africa Cape town ..

Hi mark been doing the Walter worm culture for a couple of months now but I got loads left and due to start my next culture what’s the best way to dispose of the excess do you just flush it away or should it be done a certain way loving the vids subs are going up nicely keep up the good work 👍

I love porridge😍 great video, you explain everything so well, thanks for all your videos, I enjoy them so much, take care❤️

Do you need a lid or can I cover the container with a piece of fine fabric held in place with a rubber band.

I've never seen it done with oatmeal. Everyone that I have seen do it uses the instant mashed potato mix. It might be a fun little experiment to try all the different food bases for them.. one with the oatmeal, one with baby food, one with instant mashed potatoes, ect.... We could see if there is really a difference with growth with one or are they basically the same to the worm?

how long should baby bettas be fed on vinegar eels?

G0od day mark, If i start my own culture do i need a starter or not?

Hello Mark, I have a question, do the worms survive under water for long or do they die after a second or 2

For the holes in the container to what mushroom growers do just a slightly bigger hole and put a cotton bud in it it lets it breathe really well but nothing can get in or out

Where do you get the worms too start with

Hi mate ! I really like all your advice on the videos you do and i really apreciate the work you do ! I would like to ask you about what substrate are you use in your tropical fish tanks?! Because i got gravel and i don t know why but my plants are all die slowly slowly … many thanks

all the good ones are lolololololo love it

Can you feed these to angelfish fry? If so from which age?

Hi mark, big fan of yours. Quick question, have you ever cultured tubifex worms? I'm looking at giving it a shot but can't find any information anywhere. Keep up the good work.

I have been making this for 2 weeks now and when days go by u get millions of them i have a big tub u see on the video after a few days there climbing up the tub i also do what mark does and feed them to my adult fish . But when u clean them how long can they stay in clean water for i have millions in a wee tub thanks

Hi Mark are they mico worms or smaller ?

Mark, tell us a bit about how do you keep your water parameters and filters.

Mark, I cultured these guys for years, along with the even smaller Banana worms and larger Micro worms. But using Gerber Mixed Grain (dry) baby food mix with Iron. I used oats like you when I started but found the baby food did two things better. First, it gut loads the worms with vitamins and iron and second, oats smell REALLY BAD when they go off at the end of a cultures life. The baby food mix doesn't exactly smell like roses at the end, but the smell is MUCH less repulsive.

I drill a bigger hole in the center of the lid then tape a piece of cotton gauze over it for the same reason as your pinholes in the lid.

Have you ever tried to make it without a starter culture? Btw nice video, very informative keep up the good work! :)

Great video, Hi Mark do you know what is biggest of that type of food? i.e. Banana,Walter, grindle and Micro worms and are they the same to prepare please?

Great alternative to bbs, much less of a faff by the looks of it. What happened to the first 2 spawns? The mini cultures you had, are they porridge and yeast too or is there a good way to store them longer? Not really sure what to do with my grindal worm culture when I go on hols, it'll be a pain if it crashes.

I wonder, has anybody ever witnessed their shrimp eat these little wigglers before?

Have you tried doing a culture with ready brek Mark. It says it’s got salt in on the side of the packet

Hi Mark have you any videos on parasites and how to get rid? I've been losing fish for a few weeks and have just seen I've got anchor worms

Can anyone give me a better insight on how to keep these starter culture kits please? They came in plastic air tight bags, I have seen many videos that say room temperature is ok, what should that be, also should they have air flow? Etc. Thank you

Do you keep these in the fridge or at room temp

Walter worms white worms micro worms what's the difference between all of them ? & potatoes works good but for baby betta frys it seems that they eat the fins of the fry fihses.

I Just got my starter on ebay today. Teeming with them already. Will bristlenose fry also eat these?

Would these worms be small enough for dwarf rainbow fry?

My female betta was in the same tank with the male but she was in a plastic cylinder so she wouldn't fight or try spawning until he established his territory and everything and made a bubble nest but when I came up in the morning she had layed her eggs and they were all white and at the top of the water. Do u know what happened?

Hi mark waiting for more of your acting skills . Do you own a actual shop with coral tanks in it . Or just work from home .😎

Is that dry active yeast.

HI..Can the you feed your fish just water worms, or is this an addition to the standard fish food? Cheers

Is there a significant difference between Walter Worms and Micro-Worms? I have seen posts where some people say that Walter Worms are smaller and some people claim there is no difference. Do you know of a difference?

Are these micro worms? Looks similar

I would like to try it myself. Anyone selling cultures in Johannesburg.

Pls upload more offten

How do you store your culture from day to day?

I use bread

There are also banana worms which are also smaller than microworms, not sure what the difference is between banana worms and walter worms! maybe banana worms stay in the water column longer.

Thats what she said!!! lol

oh cripes i did not know you had to wash them ,,ooops

How are you my friend, I want to teach me how to find white worms and how to extract them from their source

Addicted to marks aquatics now 🤦‍♀️😂

How do I know when to start another culture, in other words, how do I know they've ran out of food to propagate? Thanks!

Where to find walter worms in the wild

What if I don't have a started culture?

Hello from Algeria. Many of US do not understand english, please can you translate your vidéo (subtitle).thank you.

What type of yeast is used please. There are so many types available, I'm lost, help😂

I,ve been keeping theses worms for about two months i keep then similar to Marks system haven't been using yeast though i've used moistened bread, oatmeal, and instant mashed I've found then bread brings on the culture fastest the oatmeal most productive but slower to come on and the instant mash to be my poorest media for production my results are based on keeping in a 77 degree room

walter worm are same microworms or different ?

How can i start, without starter culture ?

can these worms survive in water??

Can I use whole wheat powder instead of rolled oats?

Are Walter worms, banana worms and micro worms all the same worms?

Hello, can you translate in french please? Thann you.

Nematodes are a phylum of worms. There are 3 (or 4 if you want to count velvet worms, but they usually aren't counted.) Nematoda, annelid (probably what most people think of as worms... Earth worms ect), and Platyhelminthes (flat worms).

Where do u get first Bach of the worms

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/preSZ7B6z6-0kYk.html What type of Endlers where those? I have one and no idea what it is.

These are the same as the so called micro worms?

I use bread