Re: [Killietalk] Locating eggs in peat?

[LeeH920226 at aol_com]

I posted this earlier with a picture attached. It did not make it through the 
system, so I am posting the method here and putting the picture (durazno.jpg) 
in my album in the Members gallery. Here is the method.
I can tell you how I do it and I should also state that my eyes are not what 
they used to be. I am having cataract surgery next week on one eye and both 
eyes have macular dystrophy. I just found some eggs and took a picture (in 
Members gallery) to show it can be done.
    Here is how I do it. I have a flashlight mounted to shine vertically 
upward. I have a magnifying light on a swivel arm (from A.C. Moore) mounted above 
the flashlight. I take one turkey baster full from the peat in the tank with 
sufficient water to allow light to shine between the peat fibers. I then look 
through the peat in a large Petri dish and swirl it around. If it is too dense 
I pour some off. I can see the eggs pretty easily with some species. This one 
Austrolebias duraznensis was a little harder. You can see that it looks like it
 is peat color. I can remove them with an eye dropper. Or I can just make a 
rough count.

Lee Harper
Media, PA USA

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