Thanks, everybody, for your suggestions! Fred's is most ingenious! Now,
where to get old tights....

David

> From: "Vervaet, Fred (Fred)" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:34:10 +0100
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> Subject: Re: micro collecting in Scuba
>
> David & others,
> What I would normally do is use old tights for collecting micro's. They are so
> fine mased that you do not loose any micro's. When I see an interesting spot
> with shell grit, I fill the tight with the grit and close it by making a knot
> in it. When I am back on land, I rinse it with fresh water several times,
> label it and store it for drying. Due to the fine mases, you are sure not to
> loose any micro's in the cleaning process. When I have time, I go through it,
> bag by bag, looking or some great discoveries.
> Greetings
> Fred L.J. Vervaet
> the Netherlands, Amsterdam
>