RE: [Killietalk] a suggestion for those who hatch out brine shrimp

["Al Anderson" <killiman at iquest_net>]

Wright and Brother Paul find a sewing machine and go to a store that sell
curtains find the right mesh material and make your own brine shrimp net.
Use 5lb monofilament for thread and it should last so that the next
generation of fish keepers will use it. I made 2 for myself over 10 years
ago using old net frames and they are as good as the day I made them.
If I was a nice guy I would make one for you but then I would have to do
that for every one and I do have fish to take care of as well as two dogs
and a wife full of honey Do's so I guess that is out of the question.


killiman at iquest_net
Al Anderson
6246 N Rural
Indianapolis IN 46220
317 253 2170

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Huntley
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [Killietalk] a suggestion for those who hatch out brine shrimp

I agree 100% Bro. Paul.

Brine-shrimp nets come in two coarsenesses. One is so fine the water
takes forever to run through. Those are fairly rare. Most are too coarse
and waste the smallest nauplii. Don't try to use them with the San
Francisco strain artemia. ;-)

A different solution that works very well for me is to forget the net. I
strain the salt water through and rinse in a white men's handkerchief.
[It gets a bit tan over time, but it started life as white.] To rinse, I
just bunch the kerchief around the wet nauplii and dip that part in a
wide-mouth glass of cold tap water a few times.

I toss out that bacteria-laden water, and add a little fresh to the
bottom of the glass. Inverting the wet part of the kerchief allows
dumping/washing the bbs into the water. I then use a baby medicine
dropper to feed the bbs to my fish.

Simple and effective, for me. Cheap, too. You can use old worn out
handkerchiefs. [Just check for holes! :-)]

Wright

Paul_Jablinski at notes.udayton.edu wrote

> After you hatch out the brine shrimp and then you want to clean them over
> fresh water, put one bounty tissue inside of your brine shrimp net and run
> the water through it - this way you do not lose any of your brine shrimp.
> I learned that even the best brine shrimp net causes you to lose some of
> the very tiny brine shrimp.
> Sincerely,
> Bro. Paul


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