I started hatching brine shrimp to feed some angelfish that I got through the mail. They are juveniles, so I was feeding them brine shrimp (and 50% protein food sent gratis by the seller ). I have just kept hatching them about once a week. I've only done 1 teaspoon per hatch, but it's really too much to feed even both tanks all at once.
I looked online and found someone who said you can keep them refrigerated for a couple of days and they'll be fine. I did that. I took them out this morning and squirted them in the tanks. The fish went right after them, so that was good.
The only problem is that I can't tell if they were alive or not. I'm guessing they were, but they were just not moving much due to the temperature, but I'm not sure. Note that I did not really investigate- just held the container still and looked to see if I saw movement. I did, but it might have been the swirl of the water from pulling them out of the fridge.
Anyway- do any of you keep brine shrimp overnight? If so, how long? Do you think that it's bad for the fish if it's dead (and stored in the fridge overnight)?
I looked online and found someone who said you can keep them refrigerated for a couple of days and they'll be fine. I did that. I took them out this morning and squirted them in the tanks. The fish went right after them, so that was good.
The only problem is that I can't tell if they were alive or not. I'm guessing they were, but they were just not moving much due to the temperature, but I'm not sure. Note that I did not really investigate- just held the container still and looked to see if I saw movement. I did, but it might have been the swirl of the water from pulling them out of the fridge.
Anyway- do any of you keep brine shrimp overnight? If so, how long? Do you think that it's bad for the fish if it's dead (and stored in the fridge overnight)?
