Re: [GSAS-Member] BBS

[welenofsky@comcast.net]

Yeah, I would expect they would die if the water isn't circulating.

Susan

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> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I'm doing my senior project and have just successfully bred my bettas and 
> hatched some gardneries. So I started hatching some brine shrimps for the 
> fries. 
> The specific gravity is 1.02 and the pH is over 8.0 the room temperature is 
> around 70 degrees. The first batch was very successful and the shrimps 
> survived 
> for over five days after hatching within 30 hours. For some reason the second 
> hatch died within a few hours even thought the water is new but from the same 
> mixture I had made for the first hatch. I'm using a Wardly's pH up, with 
> regular 
> ocean salt Susan gave me and hatching the shrimps in a cut bottom 2 liter 
> bottle. A regular air stone is used to supply the air current. Could there be 
> not enough air in the water because the shrimps died two hours after I 
> removed 
> the airstone to collect them. Is temperature an issue?. If anyone can help, 
> that 
> would be great because my microworm culture is not yet ready and the fast 
> growing fries really need their food. 
> 
> Thanks 
> Thai 
> 
> 
> 
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