Raising BBS?

[GuppyPerson89586]

Hi everyone! I've always wondered something when I'm feeding bbs to my fish. Is there a way to raise the BBS into adult bs and start a bs farm? If so, is a 3 gallon or a 10 gallon ok for that? Or can you raise 'em in a bucket?
Second thought. What do they eat? I have tried feeding them tropical fish food (small ones) and spirulina algae, but they all did off. is there anything else that works? thanks!

 

[Sgooosh]

I made a thread on this a while ago and people gave some very useful tips
I'll give a summary:
It's best to have them in a 10g+ because they need to grow bigger
You need to have 1.5% non-iodized salt in the water
You can feed them egg yolk, and green Water made by putting water outside and letting free floating algae grow in it.


perhaps the brine shrimp you were trying to feed were too small, wait until they grow a bit and then feed them powdered food.

Thanks to: @kiko and @Colin_T for the info

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[GuppyPerson89586]

Thanks!

 

[Colin_T]

Brineshrimp live in salt water and are at their most nutritious point straight after hatching and for the first 24 hours after hatching. As they get older, they have less nutritional value and most of the nutrition they do provide to fish comes from the algae they eat.
Green water and infusoria are the best foods for them.

Daphnia and Rotifers can be cultured as live foods, live in freshwater, and also eat green water and infusoria. Mosquitoe larvae will appear in green water and infusoria cultures and compete with the Daphnia and Rotifers. You can scoop the mozzie larvae out and feed them to the fish as well.

Fairy shrimp are like a bigger freshwater brineshrimp and can be fed on green water and infusoria.

The following link has information about culturing live foods for baby fish but it's the same stuff for Daphnia, Rotifers, brineshrimp and fairy shrimp.

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