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Vinegar Eel Starter Culture- FREE SHIPPING!!!

Item #1384547402

Current Auction Time: Sun May 5 07:11:37 2024

		Final:	$6.00		First Bid	$6.00
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	Nov 1 2013 - 03:30:03 PM		Location	Helena MT 59602 United States
		Ended	Nov 15 2013 - 02:30:02 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Chrisajohns (146/149)
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		High Bidder	Drkillifish (61/61)
		Payment	See Item Description, PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship to United States Only Seller Pays Shipping, See Item Description

Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Currency is U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted.

Description

This listing is for a starter culture (approximately 3 ounces) of vinegar eels (Turbatrix aceti). Instructions for culturing eels are not included with the package as they are listed below.

Vinegar eels (Turbatrix aceti) belong to the phyla Nematoda, otherwise known as nematodes. Vinegar eels make an excellent first food for most fish fry. Vinegar eels typically reach about 3mm or 1/8in. This makes them an ideal size for feeding to fry that are too small for baby brine shrimp. They are extremely easy to culture and require almost no attention other than refreshing the culture a couple of times a year. Vinegar eels have many advantages to other foods for fry. They are very easily cultured, collected, and you cannot overfeed your fish on them unlike flake food and other dead foods, because the vinegar eels will live quite happily in you aquarium until your fry eats them.

To culture vinegar eels get broad necked jar or container that is a quart to gallon in size. The size of the container doesn�t really matter, you can culture them in anything, however, you can harvest more from a larger culture. Surface area is more important than depth. They can be plastic or glass, as long as they will not leach chemicals while holding an acidic solution. It is preferable that they are transparent so you can the eels.

Fill the container about 2/3rds full of a 50/50 solution of apple cider vinegar and water. Once you have all this, you can add the vinegar eels which will rapidly multiply in your culture over the next serveral months. Many people recommend the addition of apple or sugar which can help a culture get established. Keep the culture at room temperature and you should be able to reliably start havesting from your culture in about 1-2 weeks. It is not necessary to cover the culture. However, this will reduce evaporation and keep dust and bugs from contaminating into the culture.

To extract the eels from the culture hang something pourous like a well rinsed green abrazive pot scrubber in your culture You only need about 1/2 an inch of scrubber hanging in the culture as most of the vinegars eels are at the surface. To feed your fish just lift the scrubber out and allow it to drain back into the culture. Swish the scrubber in some aged tank water to transfer the eels from the scrubber. Now you have your eels ready to feed to your fry, just pour it into their aquarium. Hang the scrubber back in the culture and you are ready for next time. The minute amount of vinegar that may be transferred to your tank with this method should not cause any problems if you are keeping up with your regular water changes on the aquarium

I ship on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and shipments generally take 3-4 days. My live arrival guarantee only applies if your temperature on the day of delivery is between 30-93 degrees Fahrenheit according to weather.com. If your temperature is predicted to be hotter than 93 degrees or cooler than 30 degrees, please wait till your weather adjusts or you waive the live arrival guarantee. I reserve the right to delay shipment due to extreme weather conditions. I will ship as soon as possible after the temperatures come mellow out. Another option is to have the package held at your post office for you to pick up. This option will cost $4.00 more. This policy is for the well being of the creatures you are buying. Thank you for your understanding.

If you have any problems with your order, please, please , please contact me before leaving negative feedback. I am a reasonable person and I try to make my customers happy. Also, I sell numerous different types of aquarium related products. If you want to by several different items, contact me and I can do a package price for you and save on shipping costs. I normally answer all emails within 24 hours during the week and 24-48 hours on the weekends. If you have any questions regarding the items I am selling, please let me know I am willing to help before and after the sale. Thanks for looking and I hope to do business with you.

Please make your PayPal payment to grumpybearart@yahoo.com
No "gift" payments or "Friend or Family" payments please.

Thanks again,
Chris
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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Drkillifish (61/61)		Nov 8 2013 - 06:01:46 PM		$6.00

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