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From: vdra_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Valerie Drake)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: pH brine shrimp like best
Summary: Wrong place to post, try rec.aquaria, alt.aquaria or sci.aquaria
Keywords: Brine Shrimp, PH
Message-ID: <9477@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 90 21:38:12 GMT
References: <2056@nyx.UUCP>
Distribution: rec.aquaria, sci.aquaria, alt.aquaria
Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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In article <2056@nyx.UUCP> mcrosby@nyx.UUCP (Matthew Crosby) writes:
>I have done a lab in AP biology to measure the optimal pH for brine shrimp.
>I have gone to our school library and several local libraries, and have found
>absolutely nothing on the subject,  so I am asking here in the hope that someone
>out there subscribes to the Brine Shrimp Quarterly or something.
>Does anyone know at what pH brine shrimp live?  My teacher says that he thinks
>it would be sligtly alkaline, but he doesn't know.
>
>If no one knows that, then maybe someone knows the pH of some of the places they
>are found?   The great salt lake in Utah, for instance?
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>-Matt
>mcrosby@nyx.cs.du.edu   ...uunet!isis!nyx!mcrosby

Matt, I am going to help you out by reposting this to REC.AQUARIA, ALT.AQUARIA
and SCI.AQUARIA.  These guys raise brine shrimp all the time and will
probably be more of a help.  Note to responders: please respond to sci.bio 
in your cross-post in case Matt does not read this, or respond in email.

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