I have a refrigerator turned into a sub irrigated worm bin.
So far, it's had BSF colonize it, but they died out.
This is fine by me, my
experience with BSF in previous
compost has been negative.
Despite other reports, they always seem to come with the worst smell imaginable, worse than sewage, dead things or even a grease trap.
The worms are there but there's not an explosion of them,then again I started with only a few bait shop containers.
I think they might not be getting
enough oxygen?
The
water in the reservoir doesn't smell at all, and hasn't frozen either, two good signs.
I might add a bubbler to the reservoir, see what happens
I'm adding bunny bedding today, maybe they just need more time and good food.
If I can get the worm bin going, I might start another bin for dubia roaches.
Of the insects usually farmed, they seem like they would be the least troublesome, less picky than mealworms, not stinky like crickets.
If I didn't have an irrational loathing of them, aquatic snails would be on my list to grow for chicken feed.
A small
pond with snails, algae and koi could be self sustaining.