Richard Kien Cheong
rkcheong at acs.itd.uts.edu.au
kien at ftoomsh.progsoc.uts.edu.au
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~kien
On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Cary Hostrawser wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Aug 1996 21:57:48, -0500, JRQL61A at prodigy.com ( CHRIS
> DREW) wrote:
>
> >BTW not that it would have mattered but
> >I'm pretty sure that those vials I sent you were at least
> >30% air. Having received stuff that was 99% water, I've been
> >consciously avoiding that pit fall. As I said though I don't
> >think it really matters. I think the crucial factor here is
> >the small volume of water that can rapidly go bad
> > should one egg die. I think in the future I'll try shipping
> >them in mops. That means more postal cost but it may result
> >in more eggs making it.
> >Chris
>
> 30% air may be about right. I did say mostly water not all water:~)
> I'm just curious about the amounts, as a vial holds much less water
> and air than a mop of eggs. I am actually very happy with the fry that
> did hatch (Thanks again Chris). A further note on this is, in each
> vial one egg had hatched in shipment and transferred fine into my
> tanks. If the fry survived I doubt the water quality or gas levels
> were too bent out of shape. But something must be happening to these
> eggs when we ship them. Next time I'll have to try forcing them in
> straight RO water if they don't hatch when eyed up.
> I may carry some eggs in vials and mops roundtrip to the RSG
> convention just to see the results on hatching when I get home. Of
> course I'll also have to keep a control group of the same eggs at
> home.
> I'll assume a number of you AGNFA folk will be flying to the ANGFA
> convention. Any of you got some fish that are usually giving eggs to
> try the same experiment with? If we could maximize the number of
> people flying with eggs packed different ways, maybe we could get some
> ideas as to what is happening.
> Of course we should probably brain storm up a number of controls and
> tests. GH, KH & pH of the water packed and the water on return. Any
> other good ideas?
>
>
> Cary Hostrawser
>
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