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Hello to everyone!
Yesterday I got a starter portion of white worms in a little lump of dirt:

I also got a portion of dehydrated cocos fiber, hard as a rock. After adding the prescribed amount of water it became nice and fluffy:

I buried 2/3 of the starter portion in it.
The remainder I buried in Seramis, fired-clay-granulate, a household name and product in its "native" Germany for growing ornamental plants. An absolute favorite with German aquarium fish lovers for growing grindal worms (I do it myself with satisfactory results) and, to a lesser degree, white worms - its color indicates the amount of moisture present:

My question-list:
- How much moisture do I have to put into the cocos fiber? The dirt in which the Enchytraeus albidus came was soaked with water, perhaps you can see it from the picture.
The cocos fiber.. I have sprayed an sprayed and sprayed water, but the substrate is always a little dry to the touch.
Is there any risk of developing mold?
- What do I feed them? Their tiny cousins the grindals go bananas over fish flakes and fry granulate. Do white worms need something else?
Hopefully they are just hiding to recover from their 5-day journey, but I haven't seen any of them until now.
- How fast or slow do they multiply? I fed two or three of them to my Pygmy Sunfish and dwarf red Blue Gularises, they were enthusiastic. How long do I have to wait to give my fish a treat?
Thanks in advance for any reaction and for any helpful suggestion!
Miguel
Yesterday I got a starter portion of white worms in a little lump of dirt:

I also got a portion of dehydrated cocos fiber, hard as a rock. After adding the prescribed amount of water it became nice and fluffy:

I buried 2/3 of the starter portion in it.
The remainder I buried in Seramis, fired-clay-granulate, a household name and product in its "native" Germany for growing ornamental plants. An absolute favorite with German aquarium fish lovers for growing grindal worms (I do it myself with satisfactory results) and, to a lesser degree, white worms - its color indicates the amount of moisture present:

My question-list:
- How much moisture do I have to put into the cocos fiber? The dirt in which the Enchytraeus albidus came was soaked with water, perhaps you can see it from the picture.
The cocos fiber.. I have sprayed an sprayed and sprayed water, but the substrate is always a little dry to the touch.
Is there any risk of developing mold?
- What do I feed them? Their tiny cousins the grindals go bananas over fish flakes and fry granulate. Do white worms need something else?
Hopefully they are just hiding to recover from their 5-day journey, but I haven't seen any of them until now.
- How fast or slow do they multiply? I fed two or three of them to my Pygmy Sunfish and dwarf red Blue Gularises, they were enthusiastic. How long do I have to wait to give my fish a treat?
Thanks in advance for any reaction and for any helpful suggestion!
Miguel