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Re: KillieTalk Digest V3 #66-hatching brine shrimp
Just for the record, salt cannot alter the pH. It is the salt of a strong
acid and a strong base and is pH neutral. If the pH goes down and you get
orange slime I'd be concerned about bacterial blooms, a well know problem
in large scale brine shrimp hatcheries. Nevertheless, the advice to add
some NaHCO3 (baking soda, sodium bicarbonate) is good, because the bs like
alkaline conditions.
Barry
At 10:18 PM 2/3/00 -0500, you wrote:
>If you have very low mineral content water, salt will drive the pH down and
>you will get orange slime not baby brine shrimp. Always add about a half
>teaspoon of baking soda(Arm & Hammer) to a two liter bottle of water along
>with a heaping tablespoon of salt. If you have a feed store nearby they
>sometimes carry "Tanning Salt" which is just non iodized pure Na-Cl
>salt-goes for less than $10 an 80 pound sack. I hatch a heaping teaspoon of
>eggs per two liter bottle in 24 hrs at 80 degrees with light on the whole
>time
>Bill Shenefelt
Barry J. Cooper, Prof., Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Current address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd.
Sweet Home, OR 97386 (bjc3 at cornell_edu)
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