Brine Shrimp Eggs

[blackfinshark_3]

well i traded in one of my fishies and got a credit so i got some brine shrimp eggs.

6gm to be exact.

i jsut want to know how to hatch them so i can feed them to my other fishies?

on the back it tells you but it confuzzled me and so i came here for help.

said something about a cone but i dont know.

i have a 35g and a 10g.

i have a 2.5 gallon bowl also. can i grow them in that without a heater?

anyhelp good help

 

[consp]

You will need saline water and no you wont need a heater. You need a strong circulation so a powerful airpump will do.

I wouldn't reccommend doing it in a tank... eggs will get trapped in the water thats not circulating and won't hatch.

Grab a plastic bottle, turn it upside down (narrow end pointed at ground)and make a stand for it because thats the idea shape. Cut off the base of the bottle (which is the top of the hatcher... the widest end of the bottle) and push your airline with an airstone on the end all the way to the bottom. Make a lid out of the bit you choped off by choping verticle slices into it... this'll fit snugly over the top (it may pop off... you may have to do a balancing act) then fit it up, add your salt and then your eggs.

DONE

 

[Lynden]

Thatll work. The main points are heavily salinated water, water circulation, and room temp. Also, i believe that marine salt isnt needed, aquarium salt should do.

What fish are you planning to feed these shrimp to? Remember that that is the equipment you will need for hatching them and maintaining them for about one and a half days- you need food and stagnant water to make them get to their still miniscule full size.

 

[consp]

They're more nutritional from eggs - 2 days old. After that they start to loose nutritional value.

 

[BigC]

My method:
There are many different contraptions floating around to hatch brineshrimp in, but all I use is a 1ltr lemonade bottle with the neck cut off, I fill this to about 2/3 full of tap water and add one tablespoon of Cooking Salt (not Table Salt). This needs to be held at a temperature of around 75 - 80 degrees Fahrenheit and a pH of around 8.0 (If your tap water is below 7.5 then add a very tiny amount of Bicarbonate of Soda to the mix). 5ml of brineshrimp eggs are then added to the saline mix and an air stone is inserted to keep the eggs in suspension. A light source needs to be left on 24/7 to activate the hatching mechanism, I use an 11w energy saver type which gives of the equivalent light of a 60w normal bulb. If all the above criteria are adhered to then the eggs should hatch in 24 - 36 hours. To feed the nauplii I suck up enough for one feed using a glass eyedropper and strain this through a cotton handkerchief over a jam-jar. I flush the brineshrimp with fresh water, again via an eyedropper to remove some of the saline solution. Then I dip the handkerchief into the fry tank.

The technical method:
http/www.brineshrimpdirect.com/res_hatching.html

Regards
BigC

 

[MAM]

Here's a couple of links to some simplified, DIY hatcheries (with pictures, they help us visual folks):
http/cbsbettas.org/livefood.html
http/www.petfish.net/articles/Foods_And_...rine.php#diybsh
http/www.aquaticcommunity.com/universal-viewid90.html