Help keeping worms

SS4Luck · Apr 12, 2010

I got a new monitor today, and got about 200 supers for free (helps knowing employees lol) anyways, currently i have them literally sitting in an extra snake rubbermaid tub i had laying around cuz its about a week and a half worth of them. I dont want them to die off, and i hate having to pick them off the slippery plastic bottom, what can i keep them on and is a rubbermaid tub ok to keep them in? I forgot to ask Corey but supers are a pretty main staple for monitors so im going to be getting alot of them and need to know..

Also, how hard are they to breed?

mc9423 · Apr 12, 2010

Mine are kept in an opaque plastic container with no extra heating or anything, just about 4" of oat/bran substrate. As long as they can't climb out, pretty much anything deep enough will work.

Julirs · Apr 12, 2010

Yep-good old oatmeal works great-I get the non-instant kind. Throw some sliced up apple, carrots, sweet potatoes etc. to give them food and moisture and gutloading and you are good to go!

GoFast · Apr 12, 2010

As has been said...oatmeal makes a good base. Just make sure it's original and not some other flavor...

Then like Julirs said, keep some apple slices, potatoes, or carrots in there for moisture. I also throw some greens in there for additional nutrition.