How Do I Hatch Brine Shrimp Eggs?
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helterskelter
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Decapsulated u can feed direct to the fish.
The process of decapsulation can kill the baby shrimp so make sure it's for hatching before trying.
To hatch is simple get a bottle of water with 1 tea spoon of salt to each pint (doubble check) aerate it strongly for 24 hours and it will then hatch.
The process of decapsulation can kill the baby shrimp so make sure it's for hatching before trying.
To hatch is simple get a bottle of water with 1 tea spoon of salt to each pint (doubble check) aerate it strongly for 24 hours and it will then hatch.
I use a 2litre plastic container (Coke bottle or similar) and half fill it with salt water. You can use sea salt or rock salt to make up the water. Make it about the same strength as natural seawater, (specific gravity, SG 1.024).
Add ¼ level teaspoon of eggs to the container of salt water.
Aerate the mixture of water and eggs.
After about 24-36 hours, (depending on temperature) the eggs will hatch and you will have little orange things moving around the water.
Take the airstone out of the container and put it near a light. The newly hatched shrimp, (called Nauplii) will gather near the light. Use an eye dropper or plastic syringe to suck the nauplii out. Then feed them to the fish.
Add ¼ level teaspoon of eggs to the container of salt water.
Aerate the mixture of water and eggs.
After about 24-36 hours, (depending on temperature) the eggs will hatch and you will have little orange things moving around the water.
Take the airstone out of the container and put it near a light. The newly hatched shrimp, (called Nauplii) will gather near the light. Use an eye dropper or plastic syringe to suck the nauplii out. Then feed them to the fish.
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I actually did this last week as a nice treat for my fish!! I got a clear plastic container full of water (or a pop bottle as some people have suggested already), and added 2 teaspoons of table salt!!! Put in a teaspoon of brine shrimp eggs and pump some air in it for 24 hours or so. after about 24 hours, take the air pump out and let the water settle a few min. Wrap the conainer with a few sheets of paper (or if it is a pop bottle, it already has the plastic around it).
Lay a flashlight down shining into it for 20 min or so. When you look at it after the 20 min, you will see the little brine shrimp vibrating in the light. Brine shrimp are pink, eggs are brown/black.
Take a baster (I went to the dollar store and got a cheap one) and suck up all the brine shrimp at the light.
Dump them into a batch of freshwater (dechlorinated) in another container or another pop bottle, to "rinse" them off and to dilute the water, so you dont add so much salt to your freshwater tank (if you have a fresh water tank).
do the paper around the container if you need to again, and shine the light in at the bottom of the container.
After a few min, suck up the brine shrimp again, and dump them into your tank.
THEY ARE REALLY SMALL but the fish can see them! I watched the fish swmming all over biting "nothing". That was really the brine shrimp.
You can feed them and grow them a bit more, but maybe you should not use table salt for that, maybe proper salt is better
Good luck!
Lay a flashlight down shining into it for 20 min or so. When you look at it after the 20 min, you will see the little brine shrimp vibrating in the light. Brine shrimp are pink, eggs are brown/black.
Take a baster (I went to the dollar store and got a cheap one) and suck up all the brine shrimp at the light.
Dump them into a batch of freshwater (dechlorinated) in another container or another pop bottle, to "rinse" them off and to dilute the water, so you dont add so much salt to your freshwater tank (if you have a fresh water tank).
do the paper around the container if you need to again, and shine the light in at the bottom of the container.
After a few min, suck up the brine shrimp again, and dump them into your tank.
THEY ARE REALLY SMALL but the fish can see them! I watched the fish swmming all over biting "nothing". That was really the brine shrimp.
You can feed them and grow them a bit more, but maybe you should not use table salt for that, maybe proper salt is better
Good luck!
helterskelter
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you should not use table salt as it has other chemicals added to it. I use sea pure salt but have used table salt if thing else and not had a problem so far.
If your not going to use marine salts, and lets face it, why should you, it would work out too expensive if all you wanted to do was to hatch brineshrimp barring that then use Cooking salt not Table salt.
There is a more technical way of hatching brineshrimp for a maximum yield potential, (% hatch rates) but you will get more than enough nauplii to suffice using the no- technical joe bloggs methods as discribed.
Regards
BigC
There is a more technical way of hatching brineshrimp for a maximum yield potential, (% hatch rates) but you will get more than enough nauplii to suffice using the no- technical joe bloggs methods as discribed.
Regards
BigC
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