Raising Vinegar Eels For the Aquarium
Excerpt : It is a well known fact that feeding live food to your fishes will help them to grow better, show better coloration, and improve vigor. Fish love a variety of foods, and live foods are more closely
It is a well known fact that feeding live food to your fishes will help them to grow better, show better coloration, and improve vigor. Fish love a variety of foods, and live foods are more closely related to what they feed on in their natural habitat. Although raising live foods can take up a small amount of space, and a bit of your time, the results in seeing your fish thrive are well worth it!
Vinegar eels are basically fry food, and very easy to grow. They are not really eels, but are classified as a minute nematode worm (Turbatrix aceti. and feed on vinegar or acidic, fermenting
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
vegetable matter. These tiny roundworms are bilaterally symmetrical, approximately .08 in. (2 mm) long, and lives for around 10 months with a minimum effort of care.
To cultivate, fill a gallon jar with a quart of undistilled apple cider vinegar, a quart and a half of aged cool tap water, and an apple cut into 6 sections. If your water is typically hard, increase the apple cider vinegar to a 60% ratio. Introduce your vinegar eel culture to the container, and cover with a piece of cloth, held in place by a rubber band to keep flies out of the culture.
The media will need to be replenished
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
about once a month, due to some evaporation and loss from harvesting the eels.
Culturing the eels is very low maintenance, as they have no temperature requirements and a long life span. One consideration is odor, for the apple cider vinegar will smell a bit like a winery, and some may find it objectionable!
Be patient with the culture, as it may take up to a month for the culture to be strong enough to see the eels in large numbers. When you are able to see them in quantity, it is time to harvest and feed to your fishes.
Harvesting vinegar eels is perhaps the most challenging part of the
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
whole process. The easiest way to accomplish this is to draw the eel laden fluid up with a small baster, such as is used for basting chicken or turkey. Transfer this liquid into a funnel lined with a coffee filter placed over the opening of the culture jar to return the excess fluid to the container. When you feel that you have harvested enough for a feeding, gently rinse the coffee filter under a stream of cold fresh water for several minutes. Swish the inverted filter in your tank, and feed the fishes. If feeding several tanks, swish the filter in a beaker of water, and feed the eels using an
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
eyedropper.
Vinegar eels will stay near the surface of the water, so aren't good food for bottom feeders. Surface feeders such as rainbowfish will benefit greatly from feeding vinegar eels, but a lot of cichlid fry are bottom feeders. This is why a variety of live foods is important to feeding fry.
If you do not feed vinegar eels on a regular basis, don't worry. The culture will keep indefinitely for a year with little care needed. A couple of times per year, thin out the culture by using a coffee filter and funnel, remove about half the media, and replace with fresh media in the proper ratio.
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
You can then gift a fellow aquarist with the culture to begin a vinegar eel colony of their own.
About the Author
Alden Smith is a published author who has been marketing on the internet for over 7 years. His website, http://www.kingdiscus.com, is a resource for articles, software and information on the tropical fish hobby. Visit his website for more information on live foods, tracking software, and articles on the tropical fish hobby, especially if interested in raising discus fish. Weekly articles are posted, along with updates for Fish Minder software.
More Aquarium Articles
Aquarium Fish Health: White Spot Disease Symptoms And Cures
Fish death is one of the main problems that beginner aquarist and even some expert aquarist face. It's frustrating to the extent that most quit...
Discover The Aquarium Of The Pacific In Long Beach California
The Aquarium of the Pacific is located near the waterfront in The Pike at Rainbow Harbor in the city of Long Beach, California. It is one of the...
Buy this Art Print at AllPosters.com
Aquarium Tips
|
sitemap
Partners :
Web Advertising | Internet Advertising | Online Advertising | Internet Advertising | Online Advertising
copyright www.aquariumtips.net 2006
Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/aquarium/public_html/php/footer.php on line 30
Warning: include(http://www.ultrasonicspabath.com/adsenselogger.inc) [function.include]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/aquarium/public_html/php/footer.php on line 30
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://www.ultrasonicspabath.com/adsenselogger.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:../:../../:../../../:../../../../') in /home/aquarium/public_html/php/footer.php on line 30
|
Recently Added Aquarium Articles
How To Discover And Prevent Aquarium Fish Illness
Aquarium fish fall ill just like any other pet. The illnesses are as a result of disease. The common diseases that affect aquarium fish are mostly...read more
Tropical Fish Aquarium
Tropical fish are beautiful and are brilliant for keeping at
home provided that they have the right habitat. When thinking of
keeping tropical fish...read more
How To Keep Your Aquarium's Temperature Just Right
Our warm-blooded nature enables our body temperature to adjust
to our environment. Fish and invertebrates are not as fortunate.
The body...read more
How to Buy The Right Aquarium
Buying Your First Aquarium, What To Look For
If you are interested in buying an aquarium and keeping several varieties of fish as pets, there...read more
Aquarium Fish Health: White Spot Disease Symptoms and Cures
Fish death is one of the main problems that beginner aquarist and even some expert aquarist face. It’s frustrating to the extent that most quit...read more
Aquarium Ornament
Aquarium ornaments aren't there to add any benefits to the fish,
they are just for you to add some decoration in the tank. You
can have all sorts...read more
Aquarium Fish
You have the set up and now all you need is the fish to go in
it, but what to choose? Do you want to start of small? Or do you
want to dive right...read more
Aquarium Ornament
Aquarium ornaments aren't there to add any benefits to the fish, they are just for you to add some decoration in the tank. You can have all sorts...read more
Quick Tips for Fish Tank Cleaning
Cleaning Your Fish Tank
One of the nicest additions to any home is a fish tank. A fish
tank creates a colourful, relaxing ambience and they...read more
Furnishing Your Aquarium In 4 Easy Steps
Furnishing your aquarium is another important process in aquarium set up after getting the tank. You will need to put in components that will make...read more
Some News About Aquarium
- Crowds line up to get a look at Belle Isle Aquarium
Detroit - For the eight years Susan Doolittle lived in Detroit she never visited the Belle Isle Aquarium before it closed. When she heard the historic building would be opened on Saturday she brought her daughter Madeline, 10, for a visit.
- Aquarium sets $15m last stage of renovation
The New England Aquarium plans a $15 million facelift, including renovation of its Giant Ocean Tank and surrounding exhibit spaces plus opening a new ground-floor center focused on conservation and research efforts. Scheduled for completion in July 2013, it marks the final phase of a five-year, $42.5 million expansion and renovation program for the Boston aquarium, which opened on the city’s ...
- Aquarium announces $15M ocean tank upgrade
The 800 colorful inhabitants of the New England Aquarium's four-story Caribbean coral reef exhibit will temporarily...
- Aquarium Plans $15 Million Revamp Of Giant Fish Tank
The New England Aquarium announced it is launching a $15 million rebuild of its central tank.
- Popular New England Aquarium undergoes renovation
The New England Aquarium, one of the region's most popular attractions, is planning a $15 million renovation of its core exhibits as the final phase of a five-year upgrade.
- New England Aquarium undergoes renovation
The New England Aquarium, one of the region's most popular attractions, is planning a $15 million renovation of...
- Windsor shouldn't build aquarium, report says
WINDSOR, Ont. -- With Toronto getting an aquarium beside the CN Tower, Windsor shouldn’t try to build its own $50-million to $100-million aquarium, says a report going to city council Monday night.
- Utah Aquarium Board of Trustees Selects Architectural Firm and Commercial Contractor for New Building
SANDY, Utah, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â The Living Planet Aquarium board of trustees selected Beecher Walker Architects and Layton Construction for the development, design and construction of the new ...
- PHOTOS: Baby sea otter at Seattle Aquarium
A new fuzzy resident at the Seattle Aquarium, as yet unnamed, is generating lots of oohs and ahhs from spectators lately. A baby sea otter was born to Aniak at the Aquarium on January 14th. After public votes are tallied on a selection of names chosen by staff, the little guy will be named in February. For now you can enjoy these cute photos by local Associated Press photographer Ted Warren ...
- New England Aquarium to undergo renovation
BOSTON -- The New England Aquarium, one of the region's most popular attractions, is planning a $15 million renovation of its core exhibits as the final phase of a five-year upgrade.
|
