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I just got some new critters. Can anyone tell me all about vinegar eels? I konw its all over the net but I want to read about it here lol.
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I keep my eels in a 50/50 mixture of water and apple cider vinegar with an apple cut into small pieces for their consumption.
Had a discussion with another betta breeder sunday and he uses an eye dropper to suck up the little eels (and some vinegar water) off of the top of their container and then just squirtes it in the fry tank.
So I asked for a demonstration and like Tom Sawyer, got him to feed my new spawn of pastel Bluebonnet bettas. Still have a couple of hundred fat happy fry tonight. :emtthumbs:'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
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It sounds like you harvested the eels diferently in the past. So the vinegar does not build up in the water and hurt the fish?
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if you are doing regular water changes then one eye dropper of vinegar in a 5g tank is not going to build up to harmful levels.
The recommended method of harvesting eels is to keep them in a bottle that has a ling skinny neck (you have to drink the cold duck first).
keep the vinegar level at the base of the neck. Take a piece of cheese cloth (filter foss) and tie a string around it. Poke the filter down to the vinegar level (half in / half out) and then fill the neck slowly with dechlorinated water. Let it sit for an hour or two and the eels will make their way through the filter to the surface where they can be syphoned out with the fresh water. Then remove the filter with the string. Be sure to leave some eels in the culture to keep it going.
'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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i wouldn't mind starting a culture of vinegar eels. do you know where i could get a starting culture in the next couple of months, i know i have gotta get back to phreak about those daphnia its just i have been so busy (u know the rock trip and all that plus those darn jobs and busineses plus school startin again soon.the list goes on and on)Never fear I is here
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Yes, I do have vinegar eels
A small culture but if I split it this week, there should be plenty for all at the next swap meet.. You will need a bottle with a long neck, some apple cider vinegar (50/50 with water) and half an apple.
Had planned to bring some daphnia to the HAS auction but at the last moment, I had to cancel out. No problem, I just put them in the tank with my new Apistos and they resolved my overstock problem'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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well they are certainly good for that arent they. cant wait to get my own so i can enjoy watching them.Never fear I is here
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Greater Houston Aquarium ClubComment
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