At 08:33 AM 20/02/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I have to ship eggs to Portugal of my rubrostriata. A few weeks
>back I experimented with a mop and the fish. I spawned them for a
>day (didn't get many eggs as they were in the main tank with half a
>dozen other fish). I removed the mop, wringed it 'dry' and then
>popped it into a plastic bag. After a week the eggs were still fine. At
>10 days a few eggs had disappeared. At 14 no eggs were left.
>
>Would this damp mop method work for long distance travel. From
>experiance, shipping eggs laiden mops in a bag of water never
>yielded any results when coming my way.
Yes, it should work better than shipping it with water. Providing the mop
and eggs remain moist they should survive. I would inflate the bag either
with air or oxygen?
Use some form of express post/transport so that you get them to their
destination as soon as possible. I have had eggs survive 7-9 days using
this method.
Sometimes you can 'protect' the eggs by dipping the mop in a methylene
blue/water mixture before ''drip drying'.
Adrian.
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At 08:33 AM 20/02/01 +0200, you wrote:
Hi all
I have to ship eggs to Portugal of my rubrostriata. A few weeks
back I experimented with a mop and the fish. I spawned them for a
day (didn't get many eggs as they were in the main tank with half a
dozen other fish). I removed the mop, wringed it 'dry' and then
popped it into a plastic bag. After a week the eggs were still fine. At
10 days a few eggs had disappeared. At 14 no eggs were left.
Would this damp mop method work for long distance travel. From
experiance, shipping eggs laiden mops in a bag of water never
yielded any results when coming my way.
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