Wood Worm Farms

The aquaponic systems is still functional. I changed the bell siphons in growing beds, added a small aquarium to the system, in hope to keep there some small fish, replanted a new generation of water cress. For some reason water cress in one of the beds constantly dies. It seems like some harmful creature is hiding there. May be it's a peaceful Eisenia Fetida, that I released there to process solid fish waste?
Starting from approximately mid-March, fish shows extraordinary appetites. Luckily there was a chance to collect for them "wild" worms. Only one day this year... They grew significantly and seem to accept their role of home pets. They less get scared, bag for food, eat from hands. They finished all the collected worms in less then 2 months, eating as much as a 15cm nightcrawler for a fish a day!
With such a metabolism the inadequate growing bed got even more inadequate, so I change 4 gallons of water every week. I use rain water from my rain barrel.

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