Re: [GSAS-Member] FW: Interested in acquiring your brine shrimp eggs

[matt kaufman <igotadose@hotmail.com>]

Bleach to decapsulate, vinegar to undo the bleach. Unfortunatley most of my 
fish want their food moving in front of them so feeding decapsulated eggs 
doesn't really work

> From: welenofsky@comcast.net> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 
> 2007 14:02:45 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] FW: Interested in acquiring 
> your brine shrimp eggs> > I feed the bleach eggs to my Peacock Gudgeons 
> without hatching them. I was> told that you can't over bleach the eggs. I 
> don't have septic to worry> about. I'd rather use vinegar if that actually 
> works, though.> > Susan> > -----Original Message-----> From: 
> gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On 
> Behalf Of matt kaufman> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:31 AM> To: Greater 
> Seattle Aquarium Society member chat> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] FW: 
> Interested in acquiring your brine shrimp> eggs> > > > > From: 
> welenofsky@comcast.net> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Wed, 18> Apr 2007 
> 09:49:50 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] FW: Interested in> acquiring your 
> brine shrimp eggs> > Matt:> > Have you ever tried bleaching> the shells off 
> of the eggs?> > Susan> Yep, it stinks to do (figuratively and literally.) I 
> throw eggs away that> won't hatch without bleaching. Some people are cool 
> with it and have been> doing it for years.> > Not me - too much bleach, 
> vinegar, blah de blah. I was also always concerned> that dumping bleach, even 
> if 'neutralized' through Vinegar or whatever,> wasn't good for my home' 
> septic system. Perhaps overly so, but I didn't use> chlorine bleach for 
> anything else with any regularlity.> > It *can* be done. *You* might be 
> successful at it. I found it too smelly,> tedious and nasty to bother 
> with.The hobby is supposed to be for fun as it> is and there are enough 
> dubious odors already involved.> --> > I am finding out more about getting 
> these eggs from China. Turns out my old> East Coast club might be getting in 
> on an order being placed by the NY> aquarium, so I might go that way and get 
> a friend to pick up a few cans for> me. Getting a 20 case order, and working 
> through the shipping challenges> (pickup at the dock? Delivery? Bonding? 
> Getting the money to China? etc.) is> more than I think 
I can handle. ANyone have any contacts at the Seattle> Aquarium? I wonder if 
they buy brine shrimp eggs and had some way to handle> such a big order. The 
prices are quite good, Sanders and Jehmco for 90% eggs> want around $25-30 per 
15oz. can, these Chinese eggs are less than 1/2 that> 
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