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Re: Ouch! Brine Shrimp Eggs
Sorry to jump into this late.
All comments welcome.
In the past I have always purchased eggs from the "San Francisco Bay Brand"
company. The last "jar" I purchased was in late 1999. I hatch about a 1/4
to 1/2 teaspoon every day depending an the number of fry I have.
I remember at the time I purchased my last "jar" from SFBB the price was about
20% higher then an equal amount from Brine Shrimp Direct, but even close to a
year and a half later, I am seeing what looks like > 98% hatch rate. I see very
very few or often zero unhatched eggs and lots of shells at the top in a 36
hour period at about 74 degrees F.
When I see people talk about 70% or 80% hatch rates I am a little scared. What
are others opinions on this? Is SFBB that much superior to BSD? Have all eggs
just gone down in quality in the past year? Of is it good vs. bad hatching
conditions?
Peace
john
On 03-Feb-01 Tom wrote:
> I have purchased a can of these new Grade 'A' BBS eggs from Brine Shrimp
> Direct at $50 and am not overly excited about the hatch, but am glad to not
> spend $75 for a can.
>
> I would say 80% is the very high end of the hatch rate. After 24 hours, the
> hath seems complete and I have noticed a fairly high percentage of unhatched
> eggs (meaning heavy and at the bottom of my container mixed with the live
> BBS instead of floating to the top.) For me, it means more time cleaning
> the egg shells out of the tanks, but also that I need to use a slightly
> larger amount on the teaspoon to get equal food value for the fish - thus
> purchasing more eggs annually. At 48 hours I see no significant difference.
>
> Tom Grady
>
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joe Bulterman" <jbulterman at earthlink_net>
>> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 7:38 AM
>> Subject: Ouch! Brine Shrimp Eggs
>>
>>
>> > This is a copy of the latest press release from Brine Shrimp Direct on
> the
>> > year 2000 harvest - from what I can tell there is no movement down in
> the
>> > prices from BSD.
>
>
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Date: 07-Feb-01
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