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Large (2oz) Vinegar Eel Starter Culture + Pipettes |
Item #1383351633 |
Current Auction Time: Fri May 17 00:21:47 2024
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Final: | $6.00 | First Bid | $6.00 | ||
Time left | 00:00 | # of Bids | 1 (bid history) | |||
Started | Oct 31 2013 - 07:20:33 AM | Location | Paducah KY 42002 United States | |||
Ended | Nov 1 2013 - 07:20:33 PM Auction Closed |
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Seller | Fishguy_1955 (5843/5874) | |||||
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High Bidder | Goandy8888 (7/7) | |||||
Payment | Money Orders/Cashiers Check, See Item Description, PayPal | |||||
Shipping | Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping, See Item Description |
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Vinegar Eel Starter Culture & Th Vinegar Eel Starter Culture & Three 7ml Feeding Pipettes
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This auction is for a large two liquid ounce starter culture of vinegar eels - Turbatrix aceti - that are perhaps the most easily cultured of all nematodes used as live food for freshwater aquarium fish.� Not eels at all, they are nematode worms related to the common micro worm.� They are extremely useful as a first or second food for very small fry such as bettas, rainbows and many danios.� A huge advantage of vinegar eels is that they will stay alive in the fry tank almost indefinitely without dying and fouling the water.
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You culture vinegar eels by preparing a jug, plastic or glass, with a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and de-chlorinated water.� Fill the jug only to the widest part so that you have the maximum surface area for oxygen absorption.� Then drop in three or four slices of peeled apple and add your starter culture.� Keep the lid ajar or cover the opening with a piece of thin cloth held in place by a rubber band.� If the neck is small you can use filter floss or a cotton wad as a stopper.� The idea is to allow some oxygen to get into the culture.
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That's it!� You have just started a vinegar eel culture.� They multiply much slower than the other nematodes we use, like micro worms, but after they get going they do produce a steady supply.� Just put your culture away somewhere, dark and room temp is best, for about a month and you are ready to feed.� Vinegar eels are not a culture you decide to start when your bettas are spawning.� These are cultures that all serious breeders of small fry egg layers should have on hand before the fact.�
There are many great videos on YouTube showing how to harvest vinegar eels but the main idea is simple - separate the eels from the vinegar.� The first technique is to fill a clear bottle like a Corona beer bottle with your eel culture vinegar up to the bottom of the narrow neck.� The bottle you use needs to have this narrow neck.� Then you stuff a cotton ball or wad of filter floss down to the bottom of the neck and fill the neck with dechlor water.� Put the bottle away overnight.� In the morning, the eels below the plug will have wriggled through it into the clear water above seeking oxygen.� Then you can carefully pour them out and feed leaving the vinegar below the plug.
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The other way to harvest is by pouring a portion of your culture liquid through a coffee filter, and then swishing the filter into a cup of aquarium water to get the worms out of it.�Be sure to catch the solution that you pour through the filter and return it to your culture.� When your culture gets low, just top it off with the same 50/50 mix of vinegar and water.� Your culture can go for months, but depending on how much you are breeding, I would advise starting one every three or four weeks till you have as many going as you need.
You also get three of my 7ml feeding pipettes
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These heavy duty - and most importantly wide barreled - six inch long pipettes are graduated in 1/2 ml increments up the 3ml stem and hold a total of 7ml.� They have multiple uses in any fish room or breeding setup. They come in handy for dispensing medications, transferring fry and eggs (just snip the tip wider with a pair of scissors), delivering small foods right to the fry that need them without spreading them all over the tank, and a whole host of other applications.
Your purchase includes free First Class mail shipping anywhere in the US/Puerto Rico - This item is not available outside the US/Puerto Rico
We prefer Paypal for payment but US Postal Money Orders available only at your post office are also accepted.� I'll contact you regarding payment at the close of the auction.
Thanks for looking at my culture!
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Bid History:
Bidders Bid Time Bid Comments Goandy8888 (7/7) Nov 1 2013 - 11:17:11 AM $6.00
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