HELP!!! I think I killed the vinegar eels

anasfire23 · 10-01-2007, 06:29 AM

Ok so I bought a vinegar eels started culture on thursday and on saturday I transferred it into a larger container with a 50/50 apple cidar vinegar and treated water mix with some grated apple and a little apple juice and now i;ve noticed a weird whiteish film on the surface and can't see any eels anymore... I think i've killed them all..but lucky for me I was smart enough to transfer some to a smaller container (that has no apple in it, just a little juice) and the ones in there are still alive. So what I'm asking is should I just ditch the large containers worth and start again with the small amount that is there? and what did I do wrong? I did everything that I've read to do.. I can't work it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

PS I heated up a knife and made some large slits with it in the lid...so there was air getting in...just incase anyone thinks I might have suffocated them

**Damon** · 10-01-2007, 10:42 AM

That film is likely the vinegar eels at the top of the liquid. Just give them a few days.

anasfire23 · 10-01-2007, 06:10 PM

Yeah, crap what I said.. I got the container under the aquarium light and swirled it a little and they all came streaming down from the surface. There's still a heap in there! thanks for your reply though.

**Damon** · 10-01-2007, 08:31 PM

I did the same thing when I first got my first culture. No worries.....

10-01-2007, 06:29 AM	#1
anasfire23 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Age: 26 Posts: 583	HELP!!! I think I killed the vinegar eels Ok so I bought a vinegar eels started culture on thursday and on saturday I transferred it into a larger container with a 50/50 apple cidar vinegar and treated water mix with some grated apple and a little apple juice and now i;ve noticed a weird whiteish film on the surface and can't see any eels anymore... I think i've killed them all..but lucky for me I was smart enough to transfer some to a smaller container (that has no apple in it, just a little juice) and the ones in there are still alive. So what I'm asking is should I just ditch the large containers worth and start again with the small amount that is there? and what did I do wrong? I did everything that I've read to do.. I can't work it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated PS I heated up a knife and made some large slits with it in the lid...so there was air getting in...just incase anyone thinks I might have suffocated them __________________ ~60L Planted Community Tank~ Plants: 1 x Elodea Fish: 3 Month old guppy fry, mixed sex, 4 M & 3 F guppies, 1 x 10m old M DC Fry ~Male Bettas:~ Robin - HM or Delta CT Cyborg & Slade DC Fry Braedan - CT & Proud Daddy ~Female Bettas~ Starbuck & Scarlet CT Girls 190L (50G) Planted Tank Plants: 3 x Jungle Val, 1 x Ludwidgia Fish: 6 x Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Black, 5 glowlight & 12 Neon tetras, 2 Common Pleco's

10-01-2007, 10:42 AM	#2
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	That film is likely the vinegar eels at the top of the liquid. Just give them a few days. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

10-01-2007, 06:10 PM	#3
anasfire23 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Age: 26 Posts: 583	Yeah, crap what I said.. I got the container under the aquarium light and swirled it a little and they all came streaming down from the surface. There's still a heap in there! thanks for your reply though. __________________ ~60L Planted Community Tank~ Plants: 1 x Elodea Fish: 3 Month old guppy fry, mixed sex, 4 M & 3 F guppies, 1 x 10m old M DC Fry ~Male Bettas:~ Robin - HM or Delta CT Cyborg & Slade DC Fry Braedan - CT & Proud Daddy ~Female Bettas~ Starbuck & Scarlet CT Girls 190L (50G) Planted Tank Plants: 3 x Jungle Val, 1 x Ludwidgia Fish: 6 x Harlequin Rasboras, 6 Black, 5 glowlight & 12 Neon tetras, 2 Common Pleco's

10-01-2007, 08:31 PM	#4
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	I did the same thing when I first got my first culture. No worries..... __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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