I once had a worm farm. I used a old military wall locker with drain holes in the bottom. I filled it with dirt; yep, common dirt. I added common earth worms, not night crawlers, and kept it moistened. I fed everything from chicken feed to fish food. It was on my patio.

The old idea of letting worms be your garbage disposal isn’t a good idea unless you want to grow maggots. I had to keep the lid closed to keep the worms in and flies out.

On rainy days, the worms generally climbed up the sides to go elsewhere. Worms were everywhere. That was ok with me but not for wife. BTW, worms are really prolific.

I finally sold the whole works to a couple of Dallas cops. They divided it into about 20 big containers and had a surplus of worms. So, they decided soil that rich would be good for raising plants. They wound up getting arrested for going into the marijuana business with the super enriched soil.

It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.

Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa