RE: Acriflavin and egg hardening.

["David Lains" <david at zfin_org>]

Acriflavine causes mutations in zebrafish, has anyone noticed anything with
killies?

Best Fishes
David

><{{{>-----Original Message-----
><{{{>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
><{{{>Behalf Of Allen Boatman
><{{{>Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:41 AM
><{{{>To: killietalk at aka_org
><{{{>Subject: RE: Acriflavine and egg hardening.
><{{{>
><{{{>
><{{{>I would say that the dye thing is bunk.  But to make sure,
><{{{>let me make a
><{{{>suggestion.  There was a guy in the killie hobby who made many, many
><{{{>contributions in the past.  His name was Ed Werner (sp?)  His wife is
><{{{>still a member of the AKA and this list, and she maintains most of the
><{{{>fish he was involved in, (which is a true testament of
><{{{>love!!)  Ed had the
><{{{>recipe for an egg hatching solution that will last you a
><{{{>while (a gallon
><{{{>at a time.)  Most Killies' (hi RJ) eggs do fine in this mixture, but
><{{{>Flagfish and the like have problems when their eggs come into
><{{{>contact with
><{{{>methlyne blue, malachite green, or acriflavin.  I used the
><{{{>mixture that Ed
><{{{>proposed for my first two years of killie production, and let
><{{{>me tell you,
><{{{>it did wonders.  The recipe is in the book that Ruth sells
><{{{>for 10 dollars
><{{{>(success with killifish?)  Great book and worth the money for
><{{{>the extra
><{{{>info you can get from it.  We miss Ed, but some of his best
><{{{>insights are
><{{{>kept alive in his book!!  I don't know Ruth's email addy off
><{{{>the top of my
><{{{>head but if you post here trying to contact her, either she,
><{{{>or someone
><{{{>else, will get back with you in good time.  Also, to obtain
><{{{>the chemicals
><{{{>you desire, I would suggest www.4fishstuff.com .  A great
><{{{>organization.
><{{{>
><{{{>All the best and HTH,
><{{{>Boat
><{{{>
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