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Live food Pool - GTA Bug Buddy System

Live Food Bug Buddies...

Okay, here is an idea that might be something we should really think about doing. After the green water discussion, perhaps it is best to put it here.

Live foods are sort of hard to come by, and if there is away to group together a group who are willing to swap for genetic diversity, trade for something you need or sell to those who have nothing to start with.

This can serve purpose of acquiring live foods, or helping if a culture crashes and no back up is available.

Anyone in for this? Anyone wants to help me figure this out? I need rules of guide lines.

I was thinking we can keep our names in a list for what we want, what we are looking for.

UPDATE: Going to Update the list. Come on Bug Buddies :3

Your thoughts?

Live Food Haves:

Sunstar: Microworms, vinegar eels,
wng368: Baby Brine Shrimp (is this a culture?)
UnderTheSea: Phytoplankton, Live Rotifier culture (In progress)
Zebrapl3co: white worms
Ppulcher: Vinegar Eels, Red worms (In Progress)
juanitow: red worms
newbiefishfanatic: Pond snails (On the house)
Blossom112: Guppy fry, Vinegar Eels, Microworms (poor little slags) (almost all gone, I repeat, poor little slags)
Bigshark: red ramshorns, Microworms
Slobodan: daphnia, microworms, white worms

Live Food Wants:
theeyrietrainer: Microworms
desjardo: Daphnia, red/black worms
Sunstar: Daphnia, red Wigglers, White worms. Phytoplankton starter.
wng368: Black Worms
Zebrapl3co: Something the size of bloodworms
Ppulcher: Microworms, grindle Worms
Kyle775: White worms
Bigshark: Any Culture or trade
matti2uude: Microworms

Stores that have live foods:

Big Al's Oakville: Black worms (warning may contain leeches)
Big Al's Hamilton: Wingless fruit flies
PJ pickering: Wingless fruit flies

Rumour: Petsmart plains road may have live foods in future. For reptiles tough, they now carry Silkworms and hornworms, as well as the normal stuff.

Word from the Wise:
Bwhiskered said:
Did anyone know that you can start a daphnia culture from sun dried daphnia bought in some pet shops. Use some old or better yet green water in a gallon jar and sprinkle in some dried daphnia and in a week they should be swimming around. They can then be fed with brewers yeast a tiny dusting at a time.
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#3 ·
I could get you some Microworms somehow.
 
#5 ·
red worms as in red wiggler? or blood worms?
 
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#261 ·
I know a place in the GTA that sells live black worms. I get mine there. Its called Aqua Pets. Its al 680 Silver Star Blvd, Toronto. Across the street from the pacific mall. They usually have, maybe give them a call before hand cause they only order them if there a fresh batch. I call ahead usually and get them to add my order to theres, I get a half pound for $30.
 
#8 ·
Glad its a good idea. Just I think this should help, hopefully, solve the live food location issue.
 
#9 ·
Yea great idea Sunstar!

I have nothing to offer ATM :( I wanna start up a redworm bin soon and depending on how that goes could make for a nice feeder worm. I do have vin eel but they arnt going so well.

Mum does have a pool that i can gather from in the spring. :) Lots of crap grows in the water that is collected on top of the black cover.
 
#10 · (Edited)
So the red worms are the red wigglers? There's a bait store across the road. I might investigate it. I've raised red wigglers before.


Thanks for the sticky!
 
#12 ·
Oh I had my night crawlers breeding when I was a kid. I'd catch them mating. and sure enough, I'd find babies. I sold lots for fishing.

I bougth from them years ago. I got my worm bin...somewhere... where....hmmmm lid is outside...
 
#14 ·
I was curious. Where do you get your eggs?
 
#25 ·
it is the wiggle factor of seed shrimp which have my celestial pearls finally feeding. they will eat flake, but cyclops and seeds are that much more interesting.

Also all fish seem to enjoy wiggling little food. my platy, as huge as they are, eagerly eat the microworms. The whole tank goes fraggin' bananas.
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#27 ·
snails

i have small pond snails! if anyone wants them, come and get 'em! completely on the house!
 
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#28 ·
I do believe that everyone has been added.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this better and easier to use?
 
#30 ·
Pagers what?
 
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