[Killietalk] Locating eggs in peat?

["Kenneth Combs" <KCombs at mergerx_net>]

 OK, I'm sure this horse has been beat a few times, but can someone
gimme a quick repost on how to find eggs in peat (yes I went through the
archives and found & attempted the "light trick"). Anyway I keep reading
references to "checking the eggs", but for the life of me, I can't see
how this is done (otr I just suck at it :-( 

2 examples: I've been removing peat from a tank of Simpsonicthys
constanciae every couple weeks or so. Judging from the peat flying in
the dish, I'm sure somethings going on in there...yet I can see a single
egg if I sift through it....
2nd; a couple weeks back I netted a bunch of SJO eggs from sand.., issue
being these stuck together into a few larger "jellied masses"...I
recently checked the peat, yet I see nothing..could these "jellied
masses" have simply became a "fungused mass" instead?...1/2 of me just
is thinking to dump the peat at the correct time and see what happens...
Anyone with a "quick & dirty" on a few good techniques? (BTW, are all
eggs created equal?)

Oh, while I'm on the subject..anyone use "breather bags" for egg
storage? and is there any advantage to having some gas
exchange?..currently I'm using those "heavy duty" freezer bags with the
zipper thingy (to cut down on drying...good?..bad?

KC
Ken_combs at netzero.net
Ohio 





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