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  1. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    I am beside myself, why you continue on with this. And name drop, to boot. Several times in this thread, I have advocated the cleaning of the feeder! Mostly, in case you missed the whole ordeal here, this thread is dealing with Azo Red Dye! Perhaps you can add something about this...
  2. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    There is NO myth about boiling water to rid it of microbes, and if one is so intent to be lazy enough, that one cannot wait a few minutes, for water to boil, at sea level, in preparation for their Humminbird feeder (while they are so diligently cleaning their feeder), then one must be very...
  3. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    Boiling water to destroy pathogens in not a myth! Granted, after the water is boiled it can be re-contaminated. But boiling is useful to destroy microbes, that may benefit from the sugar, to colonize themselves (fungi). I will continue to boil the water I use for my feeders. Just like I do...
  4. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    I have no idea what p-credine is, but apparently it is used in the preparation of Red 40, just like I use water in the preparation of biscuits. I did find some interesting reading...http://www.trochilids.com/dye.html After all of this reading, I doubt I will ever eat anything again, unless...
  5. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    There a hundreds of studies on the effects of red dye..."There are over 40 of these Red Dyes; they are very suspect of causing female breast cancer." "In 1970, two Russian studies on Red Dye # 2 showed that extremely small amounts of Red Dye # 2 caused birth defects, stillbirths, fetal deaths...
  6. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    The little reading I did this morning led me to beleive that complete biosorption takes weeks! But this was only one study. If you are indeed boiling the water, then it makes NO difference were it comes from. Boiling kills microbes! Waiting a week to clean your feeder is asking for trouble...
  7. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    Well the only other logical reason is biosorption, by either a fungi or bacteria. I am leaning towards a fungi. The turbidity ("tinging on white") you mention is an indication of a high concentration of colonized microbes. Depending on ambient tempertures, microbe grow can take hours to days...
  8. SesG

    Another mystery for you

    Your mystery is easily solved! . . . . . . Someone put some bleach in your hummer feeder! . . . . I do hope you took your feeders down! . . . . . . . Or the vinegar you used to clean the vessel was not washed out. Unless of course the wavelength of light was unable to pick up your...
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