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How to breed water centipedes

Set up the sandworm breeding facilities, then purchase seedlings, pay attention to the density when stocking, and strengthen water quality management and feeding of erbium feed during growth.

1. Breeding facilities

The breeding pond is a 2m x 5m cement pond with a depth of 1m. The bottom of the pond is covered with river sand and flat pebbles. A drainage pipe is set at the bottom of the pond. The water depth is about 0.5m. In one corner of the breeding pond, river sand and pebbles are piled up to form a slope. The slope is 45 degrees. The height is 1m, and the bottom area should not exceed one quarter of the bottom of the pond.

2. Insect net

The insect screen is 2 meters x 5 meters and 1 meter high. A steel pipe frame is used to fix it on the cement pool, and then the sewn insect screen is put on it, and the entrance and exit are usually sewn with a zipper.

3. Oxygenation machinery

Each pond is equipped with an aerator to keep the dissolved oxygen in the pond water above 6 mg/L for circulating water culture. During the pupation and emergence period of sandworms from July to September, some flowers, plants and small shrubs should be planted in the breeding pond to provide insects for the sandworms and put them in foam boxes.

4. Seedling transportation

It uses foam boxes for oxygenated transportation and can be transported by various means of transportation such as airplanes, cars, trains, and ships. It causes little damage to the seedlings and has a high survival rate during transportation.

5. Breeding management

Before the seedlings are released and the seedlings are transported back to the pond, the water temperature and salinity should be adjusted so that the temperature difference is within 2°C and the salinity difference is within 5% when the strains enter the pond. The collected sand crawlers of various ages are placed in the breeding pond, and the younger sand crawlers must be raised separately to prevent them from being eaten by the older sand crawlers.

6. Stocking density

Sandworms have a close relationship with the water environment and have high requirements for their living environment, such as water quality, temperature, humidity, oxygen content, food and light. The stocking density of seedlings is generally 50 to 100 per square meter. In order to promote the growth of the worms, they should be screened and separated according to their size during the breeding process.

7. Water quality management

The cultivation of sandworms belongs to flat cultivation. The water level does not need to be too high. Generally, the water depth can be maintained at 40 to 60 cm. In artificial breeding production, river shrimp, mealworms and fish bait are mainly used as bait. The bait fed should be diverse, fresh, free of pathogens, and free of toxic and harmful substances.

8. Feeding

Research shows that in the natural state, sand crawlers start to forage for food at dusk, and their foraging ability is strongest at night. Therefore, every time you feed, you need to feed mealworms evenly around the breeding pond every evening. The mealworms released every day are about 10% of the total number of sand crawlers.

9. Daily feeding

Make sure to do it at a fixed time and at a fixed location. Purify the water quality, optimize the breeding environment, and enhance the disease resistance of crawling sandworms. Regularly remove the remains of mealworms and other perishable impurities every 2-3 days. Regularly or irregularly adjust the pool water with quicklime water. Regularly change the pool water. In summer and autumn, it is generally cleaned every 2-3 days, and in winter and spring, it is generally cleaned once a week. In the early morning of the second day after feeding, when the raking sandworms have eaten the remaining bait at the bottom of the pool, unplug the drain pipe and wrap the drain pipe at one end of the pool with a small mesh gauze in advance.

Can water centipedes be bred?

At present, the vast majority of farmed centipedes on the market are "golden-headed centipedes".