> Sorry to be so late to get on this thread. I have found unhatched
> brine shrimp cysts can kill 3-spine sticklebacks but do not bother
> other species of larvae. The sticklebacks seem to be unable to pass
> the unhatched cysts through their digestive system. One can buy
> really expensive de-capsulated brine shrimp eggs or go through a
> nasty process (that I could email to you if you really wanted) of
> taking the shells off yourself before hatching them. The best
> solution is to be very careful when harvesting so as to not to
> include any of the egg casings that are floating around. This is
> probably too late to be of any service now but maybe in the future?
> Bonnie
>
>
> >
> >I have my Least Darters spawning. Aroud the middle of May they
> >began to hatch. I put the in gren water and also feed them APR.
> >after a few days I started putting Brine shrimp napali. I whet
> >camping for four days on Memorial day weekend and when I got home
> >they all had died. I thought they starved. May 30 more hatched out
> >Same as above last night I could see Brine shrimp in some of their
> >bellies. This morning all dead. I'm still getting eggs so I have
> >more chances.
> >
> >Some of my thoughts
> >
> >The salt in brine shrimp can kill baby cory cats maybe thats whats
> >happening with the least dartes.
> >
>
>
>
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