[Killietalk] eliminate Hydra?

["R. Brice" <Tarmack at clarityconnect_com>]

I would not feed as much brine shrimp.  The fry will out eat the hydra and 
the hydra should go away.

Richard Brice


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Markus Brown" <thefishbiologist at charter_net>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Decapsulated brine eliminate Hydra? (wasRe:Artemia 
price comparison) (was Re: Hatching decappedartemia)


> Here is another question for this thread:
>
> Does decapsulated Brine Shrimp eliminate the spread of Hydra?
>
> I have almost never seen Hydra in any tanks other than those I feed baby
> brine too. Hasnt been a real problm toward my fish, just one more thing I
> have to wipe off the glass;)
>
> Markus
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "wm crash" <wm_crash at hotmail_com>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:28 PM
> Subject: [Killietalk] Artemia price comparison (was Re: Hatching
> decappedartemia)
>
>
>> Using the advertised numbers of brineshrimpdirect it works out that
>> decapped
>> brine eggs cost 5.2 times more than normal brine eggs to produce the same
>> amount of feedable artemia.
>>
>> Assumptions made:
>> - premium grade artemia has a 70% yield due to non-ideal conditions and
>> due
>> to the fact that not all hatched artmia are harvested and fed
>> - decapsulated artemia has 100% yield because the ones that don't hatch
>> get
>> mixed with the hatched ones and in general, fry will eat them anyhow when
>> mixed in with the hatched ones
>> - shipping cost was not factored in
>> - price for the 1lb can was used for normal eggs, and for the 400mL
>> container for decapped eggs
>>
>> take care,
>> wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
>> AKA #08840, SAA #162, SVAS #120, HOOLIGAN #1
>> San Jose, CA
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