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Re: To keep eggs from fungusing
On 22 Aug 2001, at 23:00, Jay-Scott Moylan wrote:
> Exactly! Useful quality. Removal then negates further
> problems.
> My understanding is that methylene blue is primarily a gramm positive
> bacteria killer.
Read the AKA beginner's guide, Meth.Blue has negliable
value as a bacteriocidal agent.
Its use to stop fungus is questionable. I have seen
beautiful blue fungus growth on eggs dyed with Meth.
blue. IT does slow it down though... Its main use, as Ed
Warner notes, is that of highlighting bad eggs to be
removed.
Meth. Blue's best use is as an oxygenator. As such it
was used to culture oxygen sensitive Acetobacter (a Gram
negative) so they had enough O2.
I thought we cleared this arguement up last year?
Bye
Tyrone Genade
Southern African Killifish Society Coastal & Offshore Coordinator
AKA 08248
tyronegenade at yahoo_com
http://www.geocities.com/tyronegenade
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