How to keep ragworm
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How to keep ragworm
Which is the best way to keep rag for as long as possible?
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Re: How to keep ragworm
sea peat if ur lucky enough to know where ud get some...........



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Re: How to keep ragworm
I put them in trays and cover them with a thin layer of sea water and keep them in a fridge.
With a bit of care and attention you could have them for weeks
With a bit of care and attention you could have them for weeks
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Re: How to keep ragworm
donal domeney wrote:I put them in trays and cover them with a thin layer of sea water and keep them in a fridge.
With a bit of care and attention you could have them for weeks
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Re: How to keep ragworm
just change papers 1-2 times daily
and always separate the dead and the live ones
and always separate the dead and the live ones
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Re: How to keep ragworm
Do as Donal Says
Just don't forget to remove any dead or dying worms. Change the water once a day for the first few days. After that you will get away with a water change every 2 or 3 days.

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Re: How to keep ragworm
Do i put paper over the tray or just a tray with water and if i bring a few litres of sea water home and keep it out the back garden would that be ok or would it have to be fresh sea water? ThanksMAC wrote:Do as Donal SaysJust don't forget to remove any dead or dying worms. Change the water once a day for the first few days. After that you will get away with a water change every 2 or 3 days.
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Re: How to keep ragworm
Keep the sea water in a bottle in the fridge with the worms so its the same tempreture
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Re: How to keep ragworm
Thankskeith wrote:Keep the sea water in a bottle in the fridge with the worms so its the same tempreture

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Re: How to keep ragworm
peat and sea water, keep the peat nice and moist and change every 2 days, make sure they are in a dark cool place at all times, take any dead ones out every day.
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Re: How to keep ragworm
donal domeney wrote:I put them in trays and cover them with a thin layer of sea water and keep them in a fridge.
With a bit of care and attention you could have them for weeks
this way works best for me but change the water every day or 2
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Re: How to keep ragworm
There's a good article in this month's Irish Angler's Digest about live bait and how to keep them.
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Re: How to keep ragworm
Here is something I use to do, after digging worms I would collect some sandstone from the beach and crush it, i would then transfer the worms in to this and they would stay fresh for a couple of days, after that I would transfer them to water in the fridge and they would then last about a week, you have to change the water as normal. I found less worms died this way.