Re: Sodium Bicarbonate

[Ralph <eclod2002 at yahoo_com>]

Isn't Baking Soda Sodium Bicarbonate?
i have extremely soft water out of the tap (17ppm) and relatively low pH (6.5).  I have miserable hatch rates with brine shrimp. I normally use kosher salt and that always worked until I moved to my latest location.  I switched to marine salt mix and got about the same hatch rate and thought it was perhaps the eggs.  So I ordered a new batch of eggs and got the same resuts.
So I switched back to the Kosher Salt and added Baking Soda, my hatch rate is more or less back to what it used to be before I moved.
Ralph
 Charles Nunziata <epiplaty at tampabay_rr.com> wrote:Although a bit more expensive, I've found common marine mix works best. I
mix it to 1.010 to 1.015 density. Great hatches from most eggs, and a lot
easier than finding the right formula.

Charlie Nunziata

----- Original Message -----
From: "George & Melanie Caruso" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:26 PM
Subject: Sodium Bicarbonate


> I have been trying a few different solutions for hatching brine shrimp
> eggs. I came across one that uses sodium bicarbonate. I tried to locate
> some but had no luck at the local drugstore. Does anyone have a
> suggestion or source where I might find it in powder form???
> Thanks,
> George
>
>
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