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From: Bruce Pedden <peddens at rideau_net>
To: killietalk at aka_org <killietalk at aka_org>
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: Brine Shrimp AlternativesGlad to hear you ship to Canada (do you send during the winter months as well?). Let me know what fish you have, price, etc. and I can place an order. Where does you mother-in-law live? -- Perhaps she's close by.
Thanks again for your note. Hope to hear from you soon.
Bruce
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From: Karl Doering <kilikarl at bignet_net>
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Brine Shrimp Alternatives
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:47 PM
Bruce The Michigan group ships to Canada all the time . I have a mother inlaw who lives their . So i visit & mail the fish over their. Karl-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Pedden <peddens at rideau_net <mailto:peddens at rideau_net>>
To: killietalk at aka_org <mailto:killietalk at aka_org> <killietalk at aka_org <mailto:killietalk at aka_org>>
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: Brine Shrimp Alternatives
Hi BOB
Are you just adding a tablespoon of microworm culture to dry Gerber's Baby food, or are you still adding water with some Bakers Yeast. Sounds interesting if you're not, or am I missing something here.
What type of mixture are you using for white worms, and what are you feeding them? I have four sweater boxes going, feed them Gerber's Baby Food, and keep them about 50f. Reproduction seems very slow.
PS. Does anybody ship fish to Canada any more?
Bruce!!
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: From: Bob Meyer <bmeyer at parkland_cc.il.us>
: To: killietalk at aka_org
: Subject: Brine Shrimp Alternatives
: Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 12:06 AM
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: I bought several cans of brine shrimp eggs when I thought they were expensive at $10 per can. The thought of $50 cans is frightening. Baby brine shrimp will remain a mainstay of my fishroom, but I am trying a few alternatives that you might want to comment on.
: Green water. I set up a 10 gallon tank, add some miracle grow fertilizer and lots of light. In two weeks I have greenwater which can be fed to most fish under an inch long and is one of the main things I feed my daphnia. Cost is low.
: Microworms. For years I used a margerine dish and raised microworms as a backup to the baby brine shrimp. Last month I tried something new which I think you might want to try. I set up a plastic "sweater box" with Gerber baby food and a start of microworms. I have been pulling two to three tablespoons a day of worms off of the side each day for almost a month. I also set up a couple of shoeboxes the same way. To one I am feeding Gerber flake carrot and the other is living on Gerber spinach right out of the jar. I am hoping that the oranges and greens will be passed on to the fish.
: I am still using grindal and white worms. I did notice something new about the whiteworms, maybe someone can answer this. Normally, when I feed whiteworms, they fall to the bottom and die within a day or two. Two months ago, I fed white worms to a tank of Pantanadon Podoxys. These fish are in a brachish water tank. Anyway, those worms are still alive in the spawning mops after two months. Why can they survive in salt water better than fresh? I thought worms hated salt!
: Daphnia. I love the daphnia which I am culturing. It must be a form of magna. I have been calling it daphnia "Grimesi", guess who I got it from?? It does not crash easily. Recently I traded for a type of Moina macropa daphnia which when kept warm is supposed to double in population daily. I'll let you know.
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: I was looking back through some old AKA BNLs. I vaguely remember brine shrimp being sold in 50 and 100 pound drums. Now it is like gold. It would be nice if the AKA could arrange a huge order of 1,000 cans of brine shrimp and sell them at wholesale at the convention. This would limit everyones expenses and they would be able to raise more fish. I know that the AKA could never commit to buying such a large number of cans. It is just wishful thinking, but every time I pay $50 a can for baby brine I wonder how many middlemen took a cut.
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: By the way, one of the best things about being a long time AKA member is that you can curl up with a stack of Aka Journals to browse through. This week I went back through and browsed through some of the old BNLs also. More on that next week. Best Wishes Bob