CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How do red worms reproduce?

Red worms are bred by chironomids. Late spring and early autumn are the peak breeding seasons for chironomids. When collecting adult worms, take advantage of their ability to be luminous. Collect them during the day and collect them in the evening. Keep the temperature in the box between 23-25℃ and the humidity between 80-90%. When they lay eggs, keep the water level at the bottom of the box at about 10cm and put in a small wooden stick with a diameter of 2cm for the adult chironomids to lay eggs on.

Red worms like to live in fertile water with slow flow. Late spring and early autumn every year is the season when red worms reproduce in large numbers. They float on the water surface, often making the water surface brown-red. This is a great opportunity for us to collect red worms.

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When raising a small amount of red worms at home, you can take the river pond sludge together with the red worms and put them in a basin or glass container. It is best to soak them with river water. If you use tap water for breeding, you should dry the tap water for 2 to 3 days in advance to remove bleach and other substances. Change the water every other day. In winter, you need to prevent freezing and put a wet red cloth on the container to keep it moist.

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It is best to use a container with a larger area in contact with the air, because the red worms will float to the water surface and make breathing-like movements, so if there are too many of them, some of them may not be able to compete for a position and die.

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Light source is necessary for raising red worms. You can't turn off the light source at night. You can use a small light source (such as a 5w night light, etc.) at night. Because red worms are too lazy to breathe, if there is no light source, they will die easily the next day.

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There are specialized breeding farms, most of which ferment rice bran, sawdust, banana peels, bagasse, sludge, pigeon droppings, etc. to make breeding feed. For home breeding of red worms, you can use yeast powder soaked in water to feed them, but you must control the amount.

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When the number of red worms increases, they should be collected and dried in time. In late autumn and winter, the reproduction capacity of red worms is greatly reduced. In winter, when you can't see the red worms in the water tank, don't pour out the water in the tank, because they are hiding in the green algae. We can put the water tank in a sunny room or near the radiator. In spring, when the indoor temperature rises, the red worms come out again. When the room temperature rises to above 28℃, the red worms begin to reproduce in large numbers.

These red worms are all caught from the wild, how can they be farmed? I have never seen farmed ones.