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Re: Good Brand of Salt
Have you ever used Morton System Saver salt. It's 99.5% NaCl, but I was
worried about the remaining 0.5%.
Doug
>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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Doug Karpa-Wilson
Department of Biology
Indiana University
Jordan Hall
1001 E. 3rd St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
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