OT -- low-cost fine-mesh nets

[Wright Huntley <jwwiii at pacbell_net>]

> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 17:45:39 -0400
> From: Shireen Gonzaga <whimbrel at comcast_net>
> Subject: low-cost fine-mesh nets
> 
> Sorry for the off-topic post but there seems to be
> so many knowledgeable people here ....
> 
> Does anyone know where to buy a cheap very fine-mesh
> net, like plankton nets? I'm looking for a lazy way to
> harvest vinegar eels.
> 
> thanks,
>     shireen
> 
> - -- 
> Shireen Gonzaga
> Baltimore, MD

Since the smaller (often most useful) vinegar eels go right through a 
coffee filter, and that is too slow for most of us, the solution can be 
found at:

http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/vinegar.htm

Scroll down a ways to find my method. There are others, such as soaking a 
scrubber pad in the eel culture and rinsing in the tank.

Wright

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