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#1 06-xiv-2010, 09:05 AM

surface2feather Join Engagement: Sep 2008 Location: Red Deer, AB Posts: 606

Tips to keep leeches live. Can anybody offer whatsoever communication on how to keep leeches alive. I withal take quite a few left over from the weekend as they fish were hit minnows. Thank you a lot, help is e'er appreciated. S2F __________________ Don't get any gum in your hair.

#ii 06-fourteen-2010, 09:17 AM

catnthehat Join Engagement: Jun 2007 Location: Ft. McMurray Posts: 37,598

Quote: Originally Posted by surface2feather Tin can anybody offer whatever advice on how to go along leeches alive. I all the same have quite a few left over from the weekend every bit they fish were hitting minnows. Cheers a lot, assistance is always appreciated. S2F Don't apply tap water, and alter the water every solar day. Go along them in the fridge. Cat __________________ Anytime I figure I've got this long range thing figured out, I only strap into the sling and irons and remind myself that I don't!

#3 06-14-2010, 09:xviii AM

nicemustang Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan Posts: three,592

Put them in a fish tank with an aerator.

#4 06-fourteen-2010, 09:31 AM

Lambo Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cochrane Posts: 413

I put mine in an ice foam pail filled with tap h2o (never had issues with tap water), rinse the leeches every 2 to 4 days to get rid of all their poop(more than leeches = more than rinsing frequency), replace the h2o and put back in the refrigerator.

#5 06-xiv-2010, 09:42 AM

surface2feather Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Red Deer, AB Posts: 606

thank you Cheers guys. They dont have to be fed annihilation? I am from the Reddish Deer area and I must have looked at 20 unlike tubs of leeches earlier I found a container of healthy ones. Between Canadian Tire and the Burnt Lake store. Not sure if I am right or incorrect here, simply I normally look for a container of leeches where the majority of them are stuck onto the side of the tub...Which to me says they're alive and healthy... Floating effectually-Latched on to nothing says dead leech to me... am I right or wrong here? S2F __________________ Don't get any gum in your hair.

#vi 06-14-2010, 09:53 AM

nicemustang Join Engagement: Sep 2008 Location: Lake Lenore, Saskatchewan Posts: 3,592

I cheque color. The darker they are the healtier they are. Light brown ways they'll dice soon.

#7 06-fourteen-2010, 03:22 PM

dennisb Bring together Engagement: May 2007 Posts: 440

They must be kept in the refrigerator as common cold as possible, thats the trick. The colder the meliorate, they go dormant. I alter the water out with the garden hose and rinse them out a few times.

#eight 06-xiv-2010, 04:31 PM

floppychicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Calgary Posts: 852

Quote: Originally Posted by Lambo I put mine in an ice cream pail filled with tap h2o (never had issues with tap water), rinse the leeches every 2 to 4 days to go rid of all their poop(more leeches = more rinsing frequency), supplant the water and put back in the fridge. Seriously? Tap Water...? Wow, that's pretty good. I've used Tap H2o vs Spring Water and noticed a HUGE divergence in between the ii. My LEECHES did Mode better when NOT in the 'Tap Water'... I also put them at the very Back of the fridge and they seem to last quite a long time. __________________ "OH YEAH, We Live IN A DEMOCRACY ALL RIGHT, simply as long as y'all do what you're told..."

#9 06-14-2010, 04:33 PM

floppychicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Calgary Posts: 852

BTW, since these things aren't 'Blood-Suckers' what can ane feed them to fatten them up a bit? Insects and similar? Always kinda' wondered nearly that.... Cheers, __________________ "OH Yep, WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY ALL Correct, simply equally long as you do what you're told..."

#x 06-14-2010, 07:58 PM

mustardb Join Engagement: April 2010 Posts: 17

I put them in the aquarium with a bubbler. (Wife won't let me keep them in the fridge) All the enquiry I could find said that they were scavengers of expressionless organic material, not, as mentioned, blood suckers. I probably put 30 or so in the tank nearly a month agone and pulled the last of them out this past weekend for use at Milk River Ridge. They all seemed healthy. Didn't assist with take hold of rate though, information technology was even so slow.

#11 06-14-2010, 08:13 PM

209x50 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,416

Quote: Originally Posted by floppychicken BTW, since these things aren't 'Blood-Suckers' what can one feed them to fatten them up a bit? Insects and similar? Always kinda' wondered virtually that.... Cheers, I've been to several leech wholresalers in Mn. They feed them dead fish or or liver.

#12 06-14-2010, 10:05 PM

pope Join Appointment: Aug 2007 Posts: 318

A cold fridge, change water oft, you can use tap h2o only permit it stand overnight to get rid of chlorine starting time. The more leaches the sooner y'all have to modify the water. You don't take to feed them, they will stay over winter if you go along the water clean. Oh, and remove any expressionless ones.

#13 06-fourteen-2010, eleven:05 PM

Lambo Bring together Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cochrane Posts: 413

Quote: Originally Posted by floppychicken Seriously? Tap Water...? Wow, that's pretty good. I've used Tap Water vs Bound Water and noticed a HUGE difference in between the two. My LEECHES did WAY amend when NOT in the 'Tap Water'... I also put them at the very Back of the fridge and they seem to last quite a long time. Lamentable, I alive on an acreage so my tap water isn't really tap h2o. It comes out of the taps but information technology's really well water, so no chlorine, flouride, etc. - just atomic number 26 and a lot of other nasty sh!t.

#14 06-14-2010, 11:08 PM

Mayhem Join Engagement: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,275

I keep them about the back of the fridge where it is colder, simply brand sure it'southward non below freezing. If the water is actually cold they won't be moving effectually much and may expect "dead". I use De-Ionized h2o, rinse and change it out nigh once a week... important to remove the dead ones. Last edited past Mayhem; 06-14-2010 at xi:22 PM. Reason: add info

#15 06-xiv-2010, 11:49 PM

BBJTKLE&FISHINGADVENTURES Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fort Saskatchewan Ab Posts: 8,926

Next time your at a lake have a pail of lake h2o take information technology home . Get a rubbermaid container add water , put leaches in there , and go to the butcher get some beef livers or hearts piece a few strips toss it in . Continue the h2o fairly cold , merely non freezing Well-nigh 8 'c to 12 'c anything over or nether volition kill them .

#sixteen 06-15-2010, 12:25 AM

pikester Bring together Date: Mar 2009 Location: Strathmore Posts: 536

I think leeches are pretty hardy for the about part. I just leave mine in the fridge & that's it, no water changes or anything & they normally terminal 2 weeks or more! The water just gets this ugly white gooey stuff floating around in information technology. NO Icky JOKES WAYNE!!! Although one of my kids has a nasty habit of cranking the refrigerator thermostat as low equally information technology will go & have ended up with leechsicles a few times haha!

#17 06-15-2010, 04:22 AM

Kim473 Join Date: January 2010 Location: Edmonton Posts: vi,469

Only buy a tub of Gulp rechargable ones trouble goes away. They piece of work practiced.

#xviii 06-fifteen-2010, eleven:44 AM

CMMahy Bring together Appointment: Apr 2009 Posts: 80

All-time play a joke on I've ever heard was to put a few larger, crude stones in the lesser of the container so they tin "scrape" the slime off themselves. I tried this last summer and kept the same dozen leaches in my refrigerator for just over iii months, changed the water every other calendar week (plain erstwhile chlorinated tap water) and threw any dead or sickly looking ones out. The majority lasted just over 3 months before I forgot nearly them in the back of the fridge for a month and they finally died. Very resilient little things.

#xix 06-fifteen-2010, 11:53 AM

Lambo Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cochrane Posts: 413

Why are you guys throwing away the dead leeches? What a waste product! I fry them up in butter - makes a groovy snack, yummmm. Haven't you lot guys seen the episode of Muddied Jobs with Mike Rowe when he goes to the leech farm? They eat leeches down southward similar it's french chips.

#twenty 06-15-2010, 12:32 PM

CMMahy Join Date: April 2009 Posts: 80

Fresh leaches into a frying pan with some butter, I could see. I've never tried, simply I'1000 not ruling it out completely. Old, expressionless, smelly leaches that died from who knows what, no thanks.

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