Reply To: My first fry!!!

Well, yes, I have to concede my daughters also grab their noses and complain when I open a lid of worm soup, but no general complaints from daughters or wife about odor in the room except at feeding time. I rotate a few trays of them around and try to start a new batch before they get more than a couple weeks old — once the colo(u)r of the culture starts to turn darker it does go sour and get noticeably rank (worm production slows considerably then also). But for the first few weeks, as long as I open the lids for feedings a couple times a day and swirl the culture around to let it breathe before setting the lid back on, the smell is more yeasty than nasty. BBS on the other hand can get downright evil smelling after more than a couple days — septic if the airflow stops! Plus the bubbler is constantly pushing the BBS air/smell into the room whereas the worm smell stays contained to brief moments when the container is open. (Sorry if this is digressing; hopefully still related to Atlantis’ fry feeding question… )