Question: Feeding farmed earthworms

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Hey all, I am setting up my 46-gallon bowfront tank to home a couple of Axolotls, and I was wondering about feeding. Specifically, I'd like to feed them home-farmed earthworms, bred in a vermiculture farm with kitchen waste and the like. Has anybody done this, and are nice juicy earthworms a good long-term food?

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Thanks for the link, antiejude. If I may ask, how many axolotls were you able to feed with a 25 liter Dendrobaena farm, and do you give the axolotls any supplements or the like?
 
I have 12 axies, I have to top up my tub about every 2-3 months. I'd say a 25L tub with a 1kg of worms could be self sufficient for 3-5 axies, depending on individual apetites.
 
Excellent, thanks! I'm planning on two axies, but that size would leave some more for special occasions (Christmas for a nice roast worm, etc) and plenty of breeding stock.
 
Hi I have a store bought Dendrobaena and my ax spits it out. Any idea why he does not want to eat it ?

He is rather small, 4 inch, so I chopped it into smaller peaces but still he does not want to eat :(
 
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