Re: Fungus-Eggs

["Sock Monkey" <mrsockmonkey at hotmail_com>]

Im breeding A garderni, can I do the same w/ peat? or is there a 
commercial anti-fungus medicine for eggs? What about egg saver from 
jungle? or maroxy by mardel? help

thanks

>RWLACN at aol_com wrote:
>
>snip...
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>> Boil the peat first. Place the damp peat moss
>> into a petri dish, pack it in tightly making a smooth surface. Place 
the eggs
>> on the damp peat moss so that they do not touch each other. Put the 
lid on
>> after this and check the eggs every day or two and remove those that 
are no
>> fertile or have gone bad. I have experienced very few loses using 
this method...
>
>snip...
>
>>... But there are usually several days when the window of
>> hatching opportunity is present.
>
>I heartily agree. The anti-bacterial (hence anti-fungal) properties of
>peat are wonderful.
>
>Petrie dishes are designed to be self venting, so the peat *can* dry
>quickly. I use vinyl electrical tape to make a vapor seal between lid
>and base. It peels and resticks easily for egg maint.
>
>That several-day window is great to get all eggs to hatch at once and
>minimize different sizes with resultant unfair competition and
>cannibalism.
>
>Don't store long-gestation eggs in a taped Petrie dish. They need
>oxygen, which will readily diffuse through a 1.5 mil fish bag, but not
>through the plastic and tape. I learned this the hard way. I also avoid
>freezer bags for the same reason. 
>
>Wright
>
>-- 
>Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679  huntley1 at home dot com
>
>Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.
>                                  Thomas Sowell


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