Free Meal Worms

I have MAD quantities of meal worms... thousands. I have three cultures going and they are all over-prolific right now. I'd like to thin them out but hate to waste the worms. If anyone wants some, let me know. I'd be happy to give them away for free.

Anyone ever tried feeding them to fish? I may chop some up and try that unless someone cautions me against it.

I would trade you for some,if you are in need of anything fish related?My colony is not so prolific,any tips to help a guy out?

A few months ago we sifted through our old cultures and took out all of the beetles and worms. We put them back into flat plastic dishpans on top of about 1 inch of bulk wheat bran that we got at WinCo. We feed the worms mostly old halved apples or vegetables that are about to go bad. When the apples or veges are gone we add more. The cultures are in a room with average humidity that stays 70 degrees most of the time. Now we have three full dishpans that are each a half inch deep with meal worms. When you look at them, you can't see any bran, just white worms and a few black beetles. Never seen them so prolific before. I'm happy to share... you've been generous with me and others many times.

You the Man man.

Have you tried feeding any off to your larger fishes? I was thinking about doing so after using tweezers to "Pinch" them to ensure they do not survive long. I have several medium cichlids that I want to try it with, I know last time I checked you had a electric blue jack and a synadontis.

On a couple of occasions I've fed the bigger fish baby meal worms. They gobbled them up pretty fast. Never had a problem. One time I pinched the head off a larger one and fed it to a large boesemani rainbow. It took him about 5 minutes to get it down but he ended up fine. I'll throw some in for my African cichlids tonight and see what happens.

That is what I wanted to hear. Looks like I will be supplementing some diets here shortly. Thanks for the quick reply.