Banana Worms (Panagrellus Nepenthicola) Culture
Features
Banana Worms (Panagrellus Nepenthicola)
Small free living nematode
1.5mm length & approximately 40 microns diameter.
Small live food that helps entices feeding behaviour for baby fry.
Perfect for baby fish fry, and newly hatched fish as a first feed that are too small to eat Artemia (Brine Shrimp).
Smaller than Micro worms and more prolific reproduction.
Banana Worms will sink to bottom of tank.
Nutritional Analysis
Dry Matter - 40% protein, 19.5% fat.
Can be enriched by gut loading worms with vitamins & fish oil.
Ingredients / Culture Media
Banana Worm (Panagrellus Nepenthicola)
Wholegrain Oats (Quick Oats) & Bakers Yeast (Culture media)
Product Details
STARTER - 130mm x 210mm clear plastic bag containing seed culture with media.
LARGE - 650mL takeaway container (approx. 170mm x 115mm x 47mm). Culture contains a large sized portion of seeded media for faster start up.
Shipping
Live products are shipped by FREE Express Post shipping ONLY on Monday or Tuesday.
Please note: Starter cultures are shipped in a Express Post envelope, with minimal protection during transit to keep price low for customers. Refunds will not be provided for any damage during shipping. We recommend purchasing our Large culture which has extra protection for shipping.
Features
Banana Worms (Panagrellus Nepenthicola)
Small free living nematode
1.5mm length & approximately 40 microns diameter.
Small live food that helps entices feeding behaviour for baby fry.
Perfect for baby fish fry, and newly hatched fish as a first feed that are too small to eat Artemia (Brine Shrimp).
Smaller than Micro worms and more prolific reproduction.
Banana Worms will sink to bottom of tank.
Nutritional Analysis
Dry Matter - 40% protein, 19.5% fat.
Can be enriched by gut loading worms with vitamins & fish oil.
Ingredients / Culture Media
Banana Worm (Panagrellus Nepenthicola)
Wholegrain Oats (Quick Oats) & Bakers Yeast (Culture media)
Product Details
STARTER - 130mm x 210mm clear plastic bag containing seed culture with media.
LARGE - 650mL takeaway container (approx. 170mm x 115mm x 47mm). Culture contains a large sized portion of seeded media for faster start up.
Shipping
Live products are shipped by FREE Express Post shipping ONLY on Monday or Tuesday.
Please note: Starter cultures are shipped in a Express Post envelope, with minimal protection during transit to keep price low for customers. Refunds will not be provided for any damage during shipping. We recommend purchasing our Large culture which has extra protection for shipping.
Features
Banana Worms (Panagrellus Nepenthicola)
Small free living nematode
1.5mm length & approximately 40 microns diameter.
Small live food that helps entices feeding behaviour for baby fry.
Perfect for baby fish fry, and newly hatched fish as a first feed that are too small to eat Artemia (Brine Shrimp).
Smaller than Micro worms and more prolific reproduction.
Banana Worms will sink to bottom of tank.
Nutritional Analysis
Dry Matter - 40% protein, 19.5% fat.
Can be enriched by gut loading worms with vitamins & fish oil.
Ingredients / Culture Media
Banana Worm (Panagrellus Nepenthicola)
Wholegrain Oats (Quick Oats) & Bakers Yeast (Culture media)
Product Details
STARTER - 130mm x 210mm clear plastic bag containing seed culture with media.
LARGE - 650mL takeaway container (approx. 170mm x 115mm x 47mm). Culture contains a large sized portion of seeded media for faster start up.
Shipping
Live products are shipped by FREE Express Post shipping ONLY on Monday or Tuesday.
Please note: Starter cultures are shipped in a Express Post envelope, with minimal protection during transit to keep price low for customers. Refunds will not be provided for any damage during shipping. We recommend purchasing our Large culture which has extra protection for shipping.
HOW TO CULTURE BANANA WORMS
Requirements
Starter culture
Container with sealable lid.
Quick Oats
Bakers Yeast
Dechlorinated, RO or distilled water
Cotton wool, filter floss or paper towel.
Method
Prepare oats in a separate container and pour boiling / warm water over oats. Mix well until oats have absorbed water, and is a fluffy / sticky consistency. Ensure oats are not runny and wet.
Add a 2cm layer of oats to the bottom of the container and spread evenly. Set aside to cool down.
Once cooled, add starter culture to oat media and spread evenly.
Sprinkle small amount of yeast into culture for initial boost.
Make a small hole in lid of container as a breather hole. Stuff hole with filter floss or cotton wool. If not available tape paper towel over the outside of hole to cover. This prevents pests from entering the culture.
Harvesting
Once culture is established worms will begin moving up the sides of container. Taking your finger, cotton wool bud or brush you can remove worms from side of container and feed directly to tank.
Worms will last approximately 8 - 12 hours inside the tank. Ensure you don’t overfeed.
Re-Culturing
Cultures will become exhausted after a few months depending on size of culture and additional feeding.Cultures will become stinky, runny consistency and off colour. Time to re-culture.
Take some of the original culture and set aside.
Repeat steps outlined in method and seed new culture with original worms.
Recommendations
Yeast can be fed to your microworms to boost the culture size. Be careful not to overfeed. Additional feeding will exhaust the culture media quicker with build up of worm waste.
We recommend starting minimum of 2 cultures. This allows a backup culture if one crashes, and prevents overharvesting of your main culture.
Store away from direct sunlight in temperatures approximately 20-29 degrees celsius.
Other culture media can be used, such as mashed potato flakes, starch and bread. We use quick oats, and works well for us, if you wish to explore other media please do further research.
