[Killietalk] egg incubation

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2 at tampabay_rr.com>]

Lee . . . do you feel the same about Chloramines?????

Mike Jacobs

I have been following this discussion and was going to add my view earlier, 
but I was using the wrong computer operating system (my old one works best
for 
me, but is rejected by Killietalk). Here are my observations.
1. I never use acriflavine or methylene blue -- at least for the last 30 
years.
2. I almost never see a fungused egg, except in eggs from very young
parents.
3. As mentioned earlier, I use chlorinated tap water which eliminates 
predatation by microscopic critters. However, if I don't remove the chorine
before 
the eggs hatch, the fry almost always die.
4. Eggs that are infertile will wither and die, but any fungus does not 
spread in the chlorinated water.
5. I have not seen any detrimental effects of using chlorinated tap water, 
provided it is replaced by dechlorinated water (by carbon filtration) before
the 
eggs hatch.


Lee Harper
Media PA





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