vinegar eels

[jflowers]

Hi

Just had a search of the forum but didnt find an answer. What are vinegar eels? I am in the UK so do we call them something else? I have no real need for them as i see they are mainly for feeding fry, but had never heard of them and was interested. I also saw you can set up a culture to produce them yourself, would love to know how for the future.

TIA

Jon

 

[The-Wolf]

Turbatrix aceti (vinegar eel) are small (2mm) nematodes, which live in weakly acidic water - they need to be cultured in a special cider vinegar solution and fed pieces of rotting apple.
HTH

 

[Dubby]

This link should help give additional info Vinegar eels

 

[SirMinion]

I've added vinegar eels to the Live Foods Pinned Topic

I'd not heard of them before either, but a quick google and Wolf & Dubby's info revealed all.

 

[jflowers]

Thanks great help.

Jon