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Re: Good Brand of Salt

Doug,

        The Morton's Crystal Solar Salt I use is also labelled 99.5% pure
salt.  The label compares three Morton's water softener salt products.  It
lists the System Saver salt.  It specifically says that System Saver (which
is pelletized) contains two "patented cleaning ingredients."   It doesn't
give the NaCl percentage for System Saver.  It may be that they no longer
put extras in the formula, but I can't say for sure, so I would hold out
until I could find the pure NaCl Crystal Solar salt.  I got mine at
Albertson's, but it was a few years ago.  I was out of the hobby for a few
years, and had it stored.

Jay

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Message from Doug

> 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
> >
> >_________________________________
> >----- 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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