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Re: Good Brand of Salt

Hey All,

        I too used Diamond Crystal kosher salt for years.  It worked great.
But I switched to Morton White Crystal Solar Salt (water softener salt).  I
think it was about 4 bucks for a 40 pound bag.  This lasts a couple of
years.  I use it in all fish water at up to a teaspoon/gallon.  I have used
it with three different brands of brine shrimp eggs, all with excellent
results.

Jay Moylan

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Monty Lehmann" <lehmann at jlab_org>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 10:32 PM
Subject: Good Brand of Salt


>
>          Hi Killinuts!
>
>                I use Diamond Crystal Kosher salt. It has no additives.
>                 5 lb box at Foodlion or most grocery stores runs about
>                 $1.05 to $1.15. It is top quality and nearly always
>                  available, and always the same grain size.
>
>                 I use only this salt and I get very good brine shrimp
>                hatches from nearly all kinds of brine shrimp eggs.
>                 I have hatched Sanders, OSI, Premium and SF Bay
>                  as well as other brands of eggs with no problems.
>
>                 Simple set-up. Take an empty three ( not two) liter
>                 soda pop bottle ( the kind that sells for 88 cents in
> the
>                 store when full of the really cheap orange soda).  Add
>                  3/4 cup of the Diamond salt, fill with tap water up to
>                  just where the top of the bottle starts to curve or
> bend
>                  towards the spout and add a vigorously bubbling air
>                  stone.  Add some BBS eggs. No additional heat or light
>                  are necessary. { nice but not necessary!}
>
>                  First hatchers ( very small shrimp) around 30 hrs (
> this
>                  varies a little depending on the temperature of your
>                  house or the room the hatcher is in.) I feed three to
> four
>                  times from this hatcher and then re-start it. I have
> two
>                  hatchers going at all times so I have a constant source
>
>                   of BBS.
>
>                   I have used this set-up for many years and it has
> never
>                  failed me.
>
>                          Monty Lehmann
>
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