White Worm Starter Culture – Live Food
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Live Food for Fish Fry & Small Inverts
White Worms (Enchytraeus albidus) are a classic and highly nutritious live food that’s perfect for conditioning adult fish and feeding fry or smaller predatory species. Small Frogs, Newts and Salamanders also love these live worms. Our White Worm Starter Culture comes ready to grow, making it easy to establish your own colony at home. These soft-bodied worms are packed with protein and healthy fats, making them an excellent supplement to dry foods.
Cultures are started fresh at the time of shipment and include live worms, active bedding, and enough starter food to get you going.
Why We Recommend This:
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Excellent Protein Source – Ideal for fry growth, fish conditioning, and boosting breeding readiness.
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Easy to Cultivate – Maintain your own colony with minimal effort and consistent harvests.
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Great for Picky Eaters – Many nano fish and inverts eagerly accept white worms.
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Cost-Effective – Grow your own live food at home and reduce reliance on commercial feeds.
How to Use:
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Remove lid and place culture in a cool, dark space (ideally 50–65°F / 10–18°C).
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Feed small amounts of oatmeal, bread soaked in milk, or specialized worm food 2–3 times a week.
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Harvest worms as needed using a piece of glass or plastic on top of the substrate.
For best results, avoid keeping the culture in warm areas or direct sunlight, and don’t overfeed to prevent mold.
Ideal For:
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Killifish and livebearers
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Freshwater nano predators and fry
- Frogs
- Newts and Salamanders
Storage & Care Tips:
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Keep the culture slightly moist but not soggy.
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Stir the bedding gently every few days to maintain airflow.
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Replace substrate every 1–2 months to keep the colony healthy.
Live Arrival Guarantee:
All Aquatic Arts live food cultures come with a 100% live arrival guarantee. If your culture arrives in poor condition, contact us within 2 hours of delivery with clear photos, and we’ll make it right.
Looking to expand your live food options? Be sure to check out our Microworm Starter Culture—another easy-to-grow, protein-rich food perfect for fry and nano fish!
For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.
UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.
Shipping Schedule for this service
Current Handling Time:
1-9 business days
Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.
Shipping Rate
Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.
