[Killietalk] new peat ?

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2 at tampabay_rr.com>]

Folks . . . those of you who pick and put eggs ON peat . . . pick from the
mops and put on the top of moist peat . . . how do you get the eggs back
into the water for hatching? Do you just submerge the peat in water and let
the whole mess hopefully hatch?   Do you scrape the top layer of peat/eggs
into the water container or do you pick each egg off of the top of the water
and put them into the water.  As of late I have been using the "top of peat
method" to incubate some Aphys. And Fundlop. And my fertility of these eggs
has gone up as opposed to picking and putting them in water for the entire
2-3 weeks! The transfer of the eggs back into the water is a bit of a pain .
. . is there a good/easy process?

 

Question two:  Generally speaking what is the increased time involved in
'top of peat" vs water incubation? Australe gold for instance . . . Gardneri
for a second instance . . . what would you expect from water hatch and "top
if peat" hatch in number of days?  Any explanation for the increase number
of days? . . . that may be more questions than I am allowed . . . !

 

Thanks

 

Mike

 

 

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