Dwarf/Pea Puffer prep - food amount question

[mw252]

Hello!
I am in the process of prepping for a planted pea puffer tank and working on getting a blackworms culture set up while I wait for everything else to be ready.

I am trying to figure out what size culture and growth rate I will need to have, I plan to have about 12 puffers and will feed them other foods as well but blackworms will be the primary source.

Those that feed blackworms/similar sized worms... How much are we talking per day? Just so I can get an idea of what size of sustainable culture I need to shoot for.

I started with 2oz of worms which seems way low, have another 12 oz on the way and with that I should be able to replenish 1-2 (1-2000 worms) oz a month from growth/reproduction. Seem reasonable? That's like 5ish worms per day per fish?

Thanks!!

[Pufferpunk]

That sounds about right. You could also offer to sell off any extra to fellow aquarium keepers.

[mw252]

Great thanks! Just wanting to make sure I wasn't undershooting by a ton. Never kept them before and trying to get things prepped to do it right