Hi Limnophile,
I didn't take your 1st reply the wrong way. I didn;t see anything wrong with
it :)
Thanks very much for the info, I will look deep into it :)
OK, Vegemite. If it taste like beer, I think it would be actually more liked
than it actually is! hehe My best advice is to try some. It;s the only way
you will ever know. It's actually a very salty taste. You will either like
it or hate it. Even some Aussie's can;t stand it. But lots of visitors from
overseas that I have encountered can;t get enough of it! hehehe
This is what is from the label on the jar:
Vegemite - Australian Born and Bred.
The Vegemite story started in 1923 after war had delayed supplies of
imported yeast extracts. Fred Walker, a business visionary and founder of
Fred Walker & Co enlisted the support of Dr Cyril P Callister, a brilliant
young scientist to create an Australian made yeast spread. After many
attempts they developed a spread that would fit the bill. But what to call
it? The company could not decide so they ran a competition. The response was
overwhelming and there was only one fair way to decide a winner. Fred's
daughter Sheilah pulled a name from a hat. That name was "Vegemite" and an
Australian icon was born. At that same time Fred Walker joined forces with a
Canadian, James Kraft to start a joint venture company - The Kraft Walker
Cheese company. Vegemite has been made in Melbourne since 1923. And it is
from here that we continue to put a rose in every cheek.
Ingredients: Yeast Extract, Salt, Mineral Salt (508), Malt Extract, Natural
Colour (150), Vegetable Extract, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate
Heheheh I hope this helps convince you to try some :)
Cheers,
Slats
Post by LimnophileHi Slats ;
Sorry I was a little "crabby" when I wrote the first reply. ( forgive the
pun )
I had just gotten home from 11 hours at work ...
Try searching for "yabby breeding temperature" , "crayfish breeding in
aquarium" , "yabby breeding ph" , or something similar. The more specific
you make the search, the fewer results you get. But when you get 194,600
results like I did, narrowing it down helps A LOT.
I don't know much about Australian crayfish / yabbies , but native crayfish
in the northern USA need at least 3 months of continued 1 to 5 degrees C ,
followed by warmer water with lower hardness to stimulate breeding. Breeding
crayfish from the northern USA would be very difficult indoors. I save a lot
of effort, and let mine breed in the river 5 meters from my apartment....
8-)
I would suggest you find out what time of the year they breed locally, what
the weather and water is like at that time of the year, and try to duplicate
those conditions if you can. Or just grab a net and head to your local pond
/ lake / stream ....
Not really relavent to an aquarium group, but maybe you can answer a
question for me ? I found a website on Vegemite, and I wondered what it's
like. It's made as a by-product of beer, so does it taste like beer ? Just
wondering .... if it tastes like beer, and it's good for you, I may have
found a new favorite food . < GRIN >
Limnophile
Post by SlatsThanks Limnophile,
I only tried google, but it came up with very general info.
What keywords did u use to search?
Thanks for your time.
Slats