Brine Shrimp

[Xavier]

I don't even know what all those symbols mean. It was just an idea. you didn't have to kill it like that...some people.

!!!!! so u dont under stand currency? and i'm not killing the tread just giving my point of view in saving money !!!!!!!

well for the sea monkeys one all you have to do is dump the packet in and you're done. that other guy will probably explain the regular brine shrimp to you

what other guy......... if u mean me u welcome to refer to me a helter!!!!!!!



Basic Life cycle of all brine shrimp.

In good quality water they firstly produce live daughter offspring.
In poor water the produce male's.
Once the females are fertilised they produce eggs which can be dried as this is what would happen in nature.

Once the eggs are wet the on average hatch in 24 hours this is the best period to feed to fish as they have a large yolk sac.
The larvae at first do not have mouth parts for 3 days and the survive on the yolk sac, so the longer i leave it the less nutrition they contain.
After day 3 u then have to feed them phytoplankton which are single cell plants and are very small, growing green water in a sunny place will do in small numbers.
The after about 14 days they should be fully grown and will produce daughter's very quickly.

These will need quite a lot of food to survive, i grow some as a test with nothing added to 1 litre of water and i had 4-5 adults survive and the steady with that number for 3-4 months be for they all died off. So feeding green water will help if u wanted to keep them.

A home culture kit for 1 small tank..

no ...i don't understand YOUR currency. I'm not british , you ****. what an ***

*watch your mouth

 

[kribensis12]

Hey there is no need for that. I am american and i am only a freshman and i understand their currency. If somthing costs a $100 in our currency, that is E( cant find the signal on the comp) 50. So if u dont understnad their currency, then you dont understand divison by 2. Also, how do u make green water?

 

[K.J.]

Wow, you don't need to be rude. British currancy is easy and most people are expected to know it, if you don't, calmly explain and someone should tell you. Otherwise like Kribensis said, their money is half of ours. ( dollars = pounds )

 

[gilaesther]

Wow! I can't believe the language being used by certain people! Let's try and remember that there are kids who participate on this site, and try to set good examples. In fact, some adults (like me) don't like to hear that kind of language ourselves!

In my home, the words "stupid, idiot, dumb" and all degrading synonyms are forbidden by my husband and me. The same goes in my older sister's house.

 

[kribensis12]

Wow! I can't believe the language being used by certain people! Let's try and remember that there are kids who participate on this site, and try to set good examples.

Exactly

 

[three-fingers]

they grow up to a half inch longer than regular brine shrimp.

That's not exactly true, especially in better conditions . Sea-monkeys are Artemia salina (although they are sometimes claimed to be a "variant" - I have found no evidence of this) , and this species is generally considered to be the 'regular' brine shrimp. The main species you can buy is Artemia franciscana, even though is is often sold as Artemia salina.

I have grown various Artemia species including the species in the sea-monkey kits and found very little difference .

If you want to grow a tiny amount (similar to the sea-monkey kits) of Artemia to adulthood, first get yourself a jar the same volume or bigger than the 'tank' from sea-monkey kits.
Then get some brine shrimp eggs. These cost ~£1/$2 inc p&p from eBay for a small vial/sachet and will last you pretty much forever using this method.
For the water, get some spring water/tap water with dechlorinator or boilded tap water and mix 32 grams of salt per litre. IME you can use pretty much any kitchen salt - even though your not supposed to use salt with 'anti-caking agents' its worked for me - if you want to be safe use organic sea salt .

Now put a tiny tiny amount of the brine shrimp egg the jar along with a similar mass of yeast, and add the water.

24 hours later, feed a little more yeast - but not if there's any yeast there from previously. Feed them whenever the yeast goes from the surface, and never feed when the water is cloudy.

This is far far more economic than sea-monkey kits and much cheaper, but still not nearly worth it for feeding to fish.

helterskelter's method is the best overall .

 

[helterskelter]

do u mind i don't like people being so rude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also i used $ for you as well so whats the problem!!!!!!!!!

do u not under stand $

 

[kribensis12]

they grow up to a half inch longer than regular brine shrimp.

That's not exactly true, especially in better conditions . Sea-monkeys are Artemia salina (although they are sometimes claimed to be a "variant" - I have found no evidence of this) , and this species is generally considered to be the 'regular' brine shrimp. The main species you can buy is Artemia franciscana, even though is is often sold as Artemia salina.

I have grown various Artemia species including the species in the sea-monkey kits and found very little difference .

If you want to grow a tiny amount (similar to the sea-monkey kits) of Artemia to adulthood, first get yourself a jar the same volume or bigger than the 'tank' from sea-monkey kits.
Then get some brine shrimp eggs. These cost ~£1/$2 inc p&p from eBay for a small vial/sachet and will last you pretty much forever using this method.
For the water, get some spring water/tap water with dechlorinator or boilded tap water and mix 32 grams of salt per litre. IME you can use pretty much any kitchen salt - even though your not supposed to use salt with 'anti-caking agents' its worked for me - if you want to be safe use organic sea salt .

Now put a tiny tiny amount of the brine shrimp egg the jar along with a similar mass of yeast, and add the water.

24 hours later, feed a little more yeast - but not if there's any yeast there from previously. Feed them whenever the yeast goes from the surface, and never feed when the water is cloudy.

This is far far more economic than sea-monkey kits and much cheaper, but still not nearly worth it for feeding to fish.

helterskelter's method is the best overall .

Thnx, and how do you breed and drie the eggs? Sorry about all the questions.

 

[helterskelter]

They only produce eggs when the water goes bad which is when the water is drying up so in the hobby recreating the conditions to produce eggs is not the easiest of things. How ever the eggs float, and these are in the great salt lake just netted off and the egg freeze dried. the thing from several brine shrimp there be so few eggs i guess you may not notice them and collecting then would be very difficult.

Breeding is easy, when their in good water the mother produces live daughter shrimp, something like a guppy giving birth, but when they want to produce egg, then then produce male young that fertilize the females anf they then produce the eggs.

 

[kribensis12]

Thanks, i will defo look into that.