Things You'll Need
- Iodophor
- Gloves
- Distilled water
- 4 gallon bucket
- Measuring cup
- Bowl
- Sieve
Instructions
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Purchase Iodophor Sanitizer from your local home improvement or restaurant supply store.
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Put on gloves to prevent contamination. Dilute the Iodophor to 50 parts per minute (ppm) by pouring 1 1/2 tsp. of Iodophor and 4 gallons of distilled water into the bucket.
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Place the salmon eggs in the measuring cup and note the amount before transferring the eggs to the bowl. Add the corresponding amount of disinfectant to the bowl. Utilize a 1:2 ratio of eggs to disinfectant (e.g., add 2 cups of diluted Iodophor for every 1 cup of eggs). Let the eggs sit in the solution for 30 minutes.
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Pour the contents of the bowl into the sieve and rinse any remaining Iodophor off of the eggs with the distilled water.
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5
Empty the bucket and dilute the Iodophor to 100 ppm by adding 3 tsp. of Iodophor and 4 gallons of distilled water to the bucket.
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Transfer the eggs from the sieve to the bowl and utilize the 1:2 ratio of eggs to disinfectant described in Step 3. Let the eggs sit in the solution for 10 minutes.
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Pour the contents of the bowl into the sieve again and thoroughly rinse the eggs.
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