hatching brine shrimp

**CAF** · 09-25-2007, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dave66

I feed them enriched algae staple, HUFAs a day before feeding.
What worms do you culture? I do white, Grindals, small redworms and California blacks.

Dave

Walters, Grindals, and sometime red wigglers... I also have scuds, daphnia. I sometimes have Mosquito larvae which is fed to my plant (Aldrovandra vesiculosa) One of the only true aquatic carnivorous plants. Commonly known as the Waterwheel plant.

**squirt_12** · 09-25-2007, 09:21 PM

ok well i just have a question....if i have a normal 500ml water bottle almost full of water would i beable to hatch some of the shrimp in that??? The bottle would be standing straight up like normal. Just a question. I don't have one going but i was just wondering if you could do this.

Thanks.

**squirt_12** · 09-26-2007, 07:32 PM

ok...my brine shrimp have hatched....now how long do i leave them in there for before i can take them out of the jar?? How long do i lave the air on for?? Also just to make sure...will a coffee filter work to seperate them??? Also will all of my community fish eat them?? Also will some of the eggs that DIDN'T hatch be fine in the tank? or will they hurt the fish??

Thanks.

**CAF** · 09-26-2007, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by squirt_12

ok...my brine shrimp have hatched....now how long do i leave them in there for before i can take them out of the jar?? How long do i lave the air on for?? Also just to make sure...will a coffee filter work to seperate them??? Also will all of my community fish eat them?? Also will some of the eggs that DIDN'T hatch be fine in the tank? or will they hurt the fish??

Thanks.

You can use a pipette or coffee filter to pull some out and feed them to your fish. As far as the shells go... ::shrugs:: I do not have an opinion I have heard it go both ways.

**squirt_12** · 09-26-2007, 07:37 PM

ok thanks...i was just going to use some extra hose that i have left over form my tank (air hose) would that work?? and well i was oing to syphone them into the coffee filter.

**CAF** · 09-26-2007, 07:42 PM

Try this using the equipment you have. Turn off all the lights in the room or move the bottle to a dark room. Turn off your bubbler. Turn on a flashlight and aim it at the top of the bottle. Let it sit that way for a few minutes, and then siphon the shrimp you see swimming toward the light into the coffee filter. Make sure you have a container under it otherwise the salt water will go everywhere (I've done this, so...). Then you can take the coffee filter and rinse it into a bowl of tank water. You can then dump the water (with the BBS in it, not the Salt Water) into whatever tanks need the BBS.

**squirt_12** · 09-26-2007, 07:50 PM

ok well how do i get them into the coffee filter? You never said how to do that.
sorry i am new to this.

**CAF** · 09-26-2007, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by squirt_12

ok well how do i get them into the coffee filter? You never said how to do that.
sorry i am new to this.

My apologies. Go ahead and siphon them through the airline.

**squirt_12** · 09-26-2007, 08:02 PM

ok...well i am going to go and do that right now and i will tell you how it works out. yeah i have quite a few eggs that didn't hatch. first attemtp and i think that i did pretty good. lol.

**CAF** · 09-26-2007, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by squirt_12

ok...well i am going to go and do that right now and i will tell you how it works out. yeah i have quite a few eggs that didn't hatch. first attemtp and i think that i did pretty good. lol.

Good luck!