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Re: To dry or not to dry eggs?



Question ...

Is this considered better then just wringing out the mop and storing the eggs
that way till flood?

john

On 06-Oct-00 Michael Reid wrote:
> Hi Tyrone, we use Sphagnum peat usually from canada, not grtound as fine as
> the stuff in peat pellets.  we microwave it , more to help the absorbtion of
> water into the peat fibers than to kill microorgansims or whatever.  We then
> take some, squeeze out the excess water, put in  a plastic conatainer jsut a
> thin layer on bottmo, add eggs, put on lid and put away for a period of
> time.  We check eyes with a magnifying glass to help in determing hatching
> time.
> mike
> 
> Tyrone Genade wrote:
> 
>> On 6 Oct 2000,, Michael Reid wrote:
>>
>> > We put all of our eggs, including striatum, on peat, and we get much
>> > better results that water incubation. we do water incubate lineatus
>> > gold with great success. strange part  on peat our striatum have a
>> > longer incubation than any of the gar, 5-6 weeks as compared to 3.5 to
>> > 4.5 weeks
>>
>> What protocol do you use?
>> All eggs I put on peat die.
>> What type of peat are you using?
>> Air circulation?
>> etc...
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tyrone Genade
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