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releasing like this is not the recommended way. temperature shock is your main enemy as is salinity change.

accepted method is to immerse the bags in the receiving water to adjust the temperature for a while. then slit open the bags to mix the waters and then let the contents swim out by their own accord when ready. this is what is done for fish any ways. looking at those bags out uncovered in the hot sun for an extended period cant be good.

but me i only on the theory side no hands on experience in mass culture.

at school they told me that ant bites are acetic acid. so neutralise it with a strong base meaning sodium bicarbonate (i.e baking soda can be found in thailand but you have to look hard, try tops) then just rub it on the bite or dissolve it and apply shouldnt need much. its not going to hurt you either way.

inside the house its PET water bottles baited with their favorite food then close the lid. they wont last a week of daily this. i only do it in extreme cases because i am lazy and the ants help by cleaning up the crumbs and various dropped things.

any largish thai book store carries a farming handbook section. books are in thai languge and look small and flippant but not so, they have good critical concise info. take a look for lam yai, its sure to be around. then you will need an interpretor i guess.

my recommendation would be to slay a few more dozen chinese merchant boat traders on the mekong, sure to boost the price:)

in western australia they have these huge freshwater beasts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marron but havent seen them in thailand.

also see http://www.marrongrowers.org/

images from Tops supermarket chiang mai this week long blue claw and then white prawns

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Horizontal transmission of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) between red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) and the giant tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Chumporn Soowannayan, Mongkhol Phanthura
Aquaculture (impact factor: 2.04). 07/2011; 319(1-2):5-10.

ABSTRACT Australian red claw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus was introduced into Thailand in the 1990s and is generally cultured in rice fields in many parts of the country including those where penaeid shrimp are farmed. As yet, there have been no reports of" from http://www.researchgate.net/publication/225308756_Horizontal_transmission_of_white_spot_syndrome_virus_(WSSV)_between_red_claw_crayfish_(Cherax_quadricarinatus)_and_the_giant_tiger_shrimp_(Penaeus_monodon)

more info on red claw http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Cherax_quadricarinatus and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherax_quadricarinatus

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