05-18-2007, 06:43 PM
There is a non chemical method that may work well for people to do at their homes.
[size 4]Hot Water Bath:[/size][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]
* Give your gear a hot water bath (120 -130ºF) for five minutes. Water must remain 120ºF - 130° F during bathing - Water in your bath tub probably can maintain this temperature. Your dish washer should work well. [/size][/font] [center][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2][#800040]This method has been proven to be effective for NZMS, rocksnot, and WD [/#800040][/size][/font][/center]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Note - some places I see the temperature listed as 120 and other places I see it as 130 or 140
(a [url "http://wildlife.state.co.us/NR/rdonlyres/C1C803EE-E820-4966-BF99-5FA19BBC8004/0/NZ_Mudsnail_poster.pdf"]Colorado DOW[/url] & US Fish & Wildlife recommendation - plus other state wildlife websites)
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[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Here is one way a camping fisherman achieves this:[/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]"I've found one of those Zodi portable hot shower kits (http://www.zodi.com/web-content/ ) and a 5 gallon bucket makes a nice portable sterilizer without having to carry chemicals, and lets me take a hot shower while camping. The Zodi unit is a continuous operation heater. I just put the inlet and outlet hose in the same bucket, turn it on and let it run. I monitor the temperature with a cheap kitchen thermometer and once it gets up to temperature, I leave it running for another 5 minutes to be safe then shut it down." [/size][/font]
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[size 4]Hot Water Bath:[/size][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]
* Give your gear a hot water bath (120 -130ºF) for five minutes. Water must remain 120ºF - 130° F during bathing - Water in your bath tub probably can maintain this temperature. Your dish washer should work well. [/size][/font] [center][font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2][#800040]This method has been proven to be effective for NZMS, rocksnot, and WD [/#800040][/size][/font][/center]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Note - some places I see the temperature listed as 120 and other places I see it as 130 or 140
(a [url "http://wildlife.state.co.us/NR/rdonlyres/C1C803EE-E820-4966-BF99-5FA19BBC8004/0/NZ_Mudsnail_poster.pdf"]Colorado DOW[/url] & US Fish & Wildlife recommendation - plus other state wildlife websites)
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[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Here is one way a camping fisherman achieves this:[/size][/font]
[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]"I've found one of those Zodi portable hot shower kits (http://www.zodi.com/web-content/ ) and a 5 gallon bucket makes a nice portable sterilizer without having to carry chemicals, and lets me take a hot shower while camping. The Zodi unit is a continuous operation heater. I just put the inlet and outlet hose in the same bucket, turn it on and let it run. I monitor the temperature with a cheap kitchen thermometer and once it gets up to temperature, I leave it running for another 5 minutes to be safe then shut it down." [/size][/font]
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