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RE: Petri dishes for egg incubation
The Petri dishes are on e-bay all the time, but the 96 well plates are a
little rarer and more expensive from what I've seen.
Drummond Howard
Gaithersburg, Maryland
>From: "David Lains" <david at zfin_org>
>Reply-To: killietalk at AKA_Org
>To: <killietalk at AKA_Org>
>Subject: RE: Petri dishes for egg incubation
>Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 12:09:17 -0800
>
>I think that 6 or 96 well plates are the best. If I only have one or two
>fry to rear I raise them in the 6 well plate until they are ~1/2 inches
>long. They are hard to tip over and you can separate your eggs by days,
>weeks or even individually. I think they will be as hard to get as perti
>dishes but they are much more durable and even the Relatively small city I
>live in has a chemical store that sells to the public. Well Ok as long as
>your picture is not laminated to the front counter listing you as a Meth
>producer!
>
>David
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>
> ><{{{>-----Original Message-----
> ><{{{>From: owner-killietalk at AKA_Org [mailto:owner-killietalk at AKA_Org]On
> ><{{{>Behalf Of Katz, Sue
> ><{{{>Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:35 AM
> ><{{{>To: 'KillieTalk at AKA_Org'
> ><{{{>Subject: Petri dishes for egg incubation
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{> Well guys, having been ribbed twice, about my 'legitimate use'
> ><{{{>comment, I should reply. I know that I was being ribbed and
> ><{{{>have had a good
> ><{{{>laugh about it. But perhaps my language represents my
> ><{{{>distrust of using
> ><{{{>petri dishes for fish egg incubation.
> ><{{{> I considered using petri dishes when I first started keeping
>killies
> ><{{{>(I would never have a problem with supply), but very quickly
> ><{{{>decided I did
> ><{{{>not want to use them. As Mach pointed out, reusing these
>polystyrene
> ><{{{>dishes is probably not a good idea, since disinfecting them
> ><{{{>is iffy - I'm
> ><{{{>not sure I trust even my beloved chlorox to do the trick
> ><{{{>sufficiently where
> ><{{{>my fish are concerned. Petri dishes don't seal very tightly
> ><{{{>(you do not
> ><{{{>want to know how many times I have had fruit flies in my
> ><{{{>bacterial cultures)
> ><{{{>and the durned lids fall off of them making identification a
>problem.
> ><{{{>Having said all that, I know many people do use them and get
> ><{{{>good results.
> ><{{{> I choose not to. For space reasons, as well as not having to worry
> ><{{{>about decontamination to reuse, I chose to use the little 1
> ><{{{>or 2 oz sauce
> ><{{{>cups with lids; I can stack them, check them easily and discard
>them
> ><{{{>without having to clean for reuse. And no fruit fly is going
> ><{{{>to get into
> ><{{{>them. And I can keep my more fragile babies in them when
> ><{{{>hatched for a day
> ><{{{>or two to make sure they are eating and thriving.
> ><{{{> Sue Katz
> ><{{{>
> ><{{{> >> Despite some peoples contention to the contrary, some of us
> ><{{{>think that
> ><{{{>> incubating killie eggs is a legitimate reason. ;^) >>
> ><{{{>>
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