Re: [Killietalk] photo BBS

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Is it possible we are seeing different strains/species?

Some of yours certainly look as wide as they are long, but some do not. 
I assume the 28 hrs was from wet time. [ BTW. Most of mine would be 
Instar 2 by that time.]

Mine only look longer after about 5-6 hours after hatch. Before that, 
they are all at least as wide as they are long. My hatches are 20-24 hrs 
after wetting (in fresh water). [If nobody moves the lamp!]

I usually use Artemia sanfrancisciana from the SF Bay or Great Salt 
Lake. A lot have been coming in from South America and Asia, and I have 
little experience with them. I'm a quitter. Those have given me poor 
hatches so were abandoned early.

I usually do go to considerable lengths to keep the hatch from being 
spread out over several hours. [Inability to do so was one reason I 
abandoned the Asian cysts.]

Wright

LeeH920226 at aol_com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/6/08 6:44:39 PM, whuntley at verizon_net writes:
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>> Joseph is correct. Instar 1 nauplii are wider than they are long. Only
>> after a molt are the bodies longer than the "wings." That is my main way
>> for telling if a hatch is "over the hill" and not worth feeding
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> The wings really don't show extended on Charles' picture. They look like mine 
> do when first hatched. See attached picture taken today.
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> Lee Harper
> Media PA
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