Culturing Nightcrawlers?

[Tankfull Tropicals]

Since Le Bud has become so picky and doesn't seem to like crickets as much, I am considering starting a nightcrawler bin. They are $5 for a dozen at the pet store, and in Connecticut the baitshops are mostly seasonal. Does anyone else raise nightcrawlers? I'd like to know about your process! What kind of worms are you using? What kind of bedding? How much I should start with? How big of a container? I've done a little bit of research, but I like to hear from you guys too! THANKS!

Beep617. If you are a gardener it is easy.I raise lots of Red wigglers for my fish to eat. All you need is a plastic storage bin, half full of yr. old compost/ leaf mulch. Through in a dozen or so starter worms. You will need to wait a yr now though before you start harvesting and they have multiplied enough. Before I feed them I put them in a separate small container of moist peat and coco core fibre, with a pinch of finely ground fish food for a few days. This cleans out their gut of any compost. Don't know what your feeding but they are about 2 " long, red and quite active.

[mapdoggis]

Beep617. If you are a gardener it is easy.I raise lots of Red wigglers for my fish to eat. All you need is a plastic storage bin, half full of yr. old compost/ leaf mulch. Through in a dozen or so starter worms. You will need to wait a yr now though before you start harvesting and they have multiplied enough. Before I feed them I put them in a separate small container of moist peat and coco core fibre, with a pinch of finely ground fish food for a few days. This cleans out their gut of any compost. Don't know what your feeding but they are about 2 " long, red and quite active.

Red Wigglers may be rejected due to their self-defense mechanism that produces an offending taste. That's why I switched my bin from red wigglers to european nightcrawlers.