Re: Sodium Bicarbonate

["Dennis Lim" <dennis64 at singnet_com.sg>]

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From: "Wright Huntley" <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: Sodium Bicarbonate


>
>
> Ralph wrote:
> > 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.
>
> This proves that we need to be more explicit when talking about marine
> salts. I remember once telling folks on the list that it was buffered to a
> pH of about 9.4. When someone disagreed with that, I tested a couple of
> brands and found that some are buffered high and some are not. For brine
> shrimp hatcheries, you want the high pH, so use baking soda if your brand
> of salt does not give you that. In most harder water areas, it is not
> really needed.
>
> Wright
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