Clumping together sounds like aeration to me. I run mine pretty hard, a hagen 801 doing two 1 liter hatchers. Each hatcher gets 2tsps eggs and 1 tbs rock salt. No clumping here. Great hatches too. Matt > >From: Lilwormy2003@aol.com > >Reply-To: apisto@v2.listbox.com > >To: apisto@v2.listbox.com > >Subject: BBS Help > >Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:35:01 EST > > > >I'm having trouble on and off hatching baby brine shrimp. It seems to go in > >cycles were it doesn't work. I use one of those hatcheries with the 2 liter > >bottle. What happens is either right before hatching or right after all the > >eggs > >or babies clump together and die. So I end up with globs of rotting shrimp > >I > >can't feed my Ram fry. I've tried washing out the bottle out with hot water > >before I start a new batch and I've tried just rinsing out the bottle too. > >I've > >used two separate sources of eggs and salt. I've tried it in two different > >places in the house and I've tried two different water sources. Has this > >happened > >to anyone else or does anyone know a possible cause? Thanks in Advance, > > Wormy > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > >-- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For > >instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email > >apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > >Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at > >http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > > _________________________________________________________________ > Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account is over > limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- > -- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For > instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email > apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at > http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader