The Great Eel Man
Chirping
I've known about these awesome little guys for a while, I first encountered when I was researching ways to create compost and they are truly, amazing 1000 of them can go through a whole large cooked fish in just 12 hours, they practically burn through any compost AND, create tons of potential live feed for your chickens, AND give you beautiful garden soil. I highly recommend that you check em out. Anyways, I was researching ways to properly get a system going for them and it actually seems fairly simple, all you need is a plastic bin that is able to hold and drain some moisture from the compost and an upward going ramp so they can climb up into maybe another bin and pupate. The main problem I had was the fly stage of their life, The flies only live for a few days and need to be able to breed in that time span. What most people do is that have an area made with mesh or netting (similar to a butterfly enclosure) and have some sugar water out for them and corrugated cardboard so they can lay their eggs, BUT you also need like 1000 lumens of light otherwise they won't breed properly. But if you have all that down, you're essentially good to go. And you have a 3 in 1 super efficient system. Anyways I just wanted to share how cool they are and recommend that everyone should take a look at them and if you have any recommendations for me (because i'm still setting mine up) I will take a close look at them.
P.s. Apparently they are also food used for reptiles and they sell them at some pet stores
This is a pretty good site for info.
http://ie.unc.edu/files/2016/03/bsfl_how-to_guide.pdf
P.s. Apparently they are also food used for reptiles and they sell them at some pet stores
This is a pretty good site for info.
http://ie.unc.edu/files/2016/03/bsfl_how-to_guide.pdf
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