DIY Vinegar Eel Harvester Test

[@justincoleiro2581]

There's so many videos online about vinegar eels. This is by far the best one. Thankyou

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks so much!

[@AngelosFishTanks]

It’s always interesting to see these cultures you got going on. You make it look so easy lol. Awesome stuff.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

You should try these Angelo. They are super easy and best of all don't smell

[@AngelosFishTanks]

Fishman the wife is a hard no🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@greenthumbaquariums1185]

I've seen tutorials where people culture vinegar eels in Corona beer bottles. The long, narrow neck lets them set up the same system where something is used to separate the vinegar from fresh water above i.e. they can culture and harvest from the same bottle.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Sounds interesting though it would require close observation so as to not completely deplete the culture. I will have to give that a try. Thanks for the tip!

[@laceytopmiller794]

Very cool build...I enjoyed this video

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks Lacey! Much appreciated

[@ashscichlids7057]

Congrats on the babies!

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks so much Ash!

[@andystokes8702]

I have a number of live food cultures, paramecium, microworms, grindal worms, vinegar eels, white worms. I appreciate that not all serve the same purpose but by far the easiest is vinegar eels. Once you set the culture up there is no maintenance required at all, you can quite happily leave them for months and they just keep thriving. Your video shows very clearly just how easy they are to harvest but the best thing about them is that , as you say, when you put them into an aquarium they not only continue to live but they continue to move up and down through the water column. Even relatively large fish will eat them, probably as a response to their movement. It is virtually impossible to overfeed because they do not die. I'm surprised not more people keep them.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

I find that surprising too. I used to culture paramecia but haven't recently. My plan this summer is to start culturing more live foods. Thanks so much for coming by and sharing your experiences

[@shesellsfish]

Lots of useful info as usual. 👍💕👍

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks so much!

[@MarcoIsidori]

What a show my friend, a beautiful tutorial on vinegar eels. Thanks for sharing and good weekend ... thumbs up. Marco

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thank you so much and for taking the time to come by!

[@MarcoIsidori]

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[@pnw_element9822]

I also just got a batch of babies of endlers/guppies mix frys everywhere awesome stuff here great info thanks fish man

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Got to love those little fry! Thanks so much for watching

[@taiaquatics]

tks, another great vid. I breed bettas and paradise fish. Vinegar eels are great for the first couple of weeks until I can get them on bbs. I use chemistry measuring cylinders for a separator; funnel in the culture from a jar to about 1/2 full, slide in a pp filter wad, then top with freshwater and freed with a baster. I get 2 or 3 feedings per fill, then dump back into the culture jar and refill. tks again.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with these and for watching!

[@taiaquatics]

@@FishmanEricRussell Hi, watched your egg catch for scatterers vid. I have some drawings for a tank that uses a maten filter chambered effect to get similar result. if interested, email me at robv(at)hydrolush(dot)com and I will send the drawings, tks again for the vid

[@maxwellsteel]

Very interesting. Never knew about this. Thanks

[@FishmanEricRussell]

So glad you liked it!

[@wearefishlover]

Nice video brother

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Much appreciated!

[@DexTroN06]

What is the easiest way to get started with live food cultures and is there a live food culture for "bigger" fish?

[@FishmanEricRussell]

For bigger fish I would go with either meal worms or actual worms liked red wigglers. Most of the cultures I use are for fry or for smaller fish like guppies. I find most easy to start and grow. Thanks for watching

[@Rick-fc5zr]

As the fishman said red wigglers are great. They eat your garbage too. I have used them to feed Giant Danios and Clown Loaches and if you have an established bin there are lots of smaller "baby" worms as well.

[@KevinsCaninesAndAquatics]

Where did you get the culture conrtainer?

[@FishmanEricRussell]

I made it

[@irishaquarist]

I use a Glass Bottle with a Long Neck to harvest my Vinegar Eels. It works pretty well. Using a Syringe is great for feeding also. As always great video. I really need to upload more, but don't have the time to make videos xD

[@FishmanEricRussell]

I hear you on that one. Finding time for everything is always the challenge. Thanks for coming by

[@AndreaCappelletti]

Hi I'm a friend of Marco Isidori who introduce you to our community. Here you have a new friend.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thanks so much for coming over to see my channel. I really do appreciate you taking the time

[@MegaGANOEXCEL]

If you have vinegar eels and don’t want to set this up how do you clean the vinegar off the eels to feed them ?

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Hey Linda. Unfortunately this is the only way to get rid of most of the vinegar. If you have a larger tank that the fry are in you could feed the culture media to the tank. You would just need to do frequent water changes to ensure you don't drop your pH.

[@MegaGANOEXCEL]

I wonder who discovered this for fish

[@leslamarch]

Thank you!!! a ton of great Info!!

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Thank you for watching!

[@ioannisgeorgiou4347]

Nhow i need to get myself some vinegar eels after seeing that. Do the breed only in room temperature???

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Hey Johny. My fish room is over the average room temp but I don't heat individual tanks.

[@andystokes8702]

I live in Greece. The room I keep my cultures in has no heating so it fluctuates seasonally. In the winter it dropped to 8 degrees F and today it is 29 degrees F. Middle of last summer it was up to 33 degrees F. The vinegar eels don't seem to mind either way, they just continue to reproduce regardless of the temperature or the light. I have tried them on a windowsill and also inside a cupboard with no light - they don't seem to care either way. I'm sure there must be an upper and a lower temperature at which point they will either die or stop reproducing but anything which might be considered normal room temperature is fine.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

@@andystokes8702 So true! Thanks for your input

[@jamariowaterman5271]

Do I have to buy vinegar eels to this?

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Unfortunately, yes.

[@ShotgunAndAShovel]

people would buy that brooding bottle i bet.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Glad you liked it!

[@AngelosFishTanks]

300lb empty well that sounds fun lol

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Living the life lol!

[@AngelosFishTanks]

Fishman lol

[@NoSaltBP.org.]

Still running you brother!