Raising Brine Shrimp

[Amunet]

We're going to be raising some brine shrimp for our fish and I was wondering what you feed them? And uhm... yeah that's pretty much it

 

[dthoffsett]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you generally want to feed the brine shrimp shortly after they are hatched when they are the most nutritious. However, if you are wanting to keep them alive for longer, give this article a read. Just scroll down to the FEEDING section, however the whole article is pretty interesting. [URL="http/web.cecs.pdx.edu/~davidr/discus/articles/artemia.html"]http/web.cecs.pdx.edu/~davidr/discus/articles/artemia.html[/URL]

 

[Straydum]

dthoffsett you mean feeding to the fishes? yeah i would agree with that.

more often, people raise brine shrimp so that they can feed their fry the baby brine shirmp as soon as they hatch. adult brine shrimp however is used to feed larger fishes and can be conviently obtained from shops rather then breeding them and raising them from young

 

[BigC]

http/www.brineshrimpdirect.com/c123/What...hrimp-c119.html

 

[Amunet]

Thanks everyone for the info!

 

[jourdy288]

I bought one of those hatchers and when it stopped yielding I poured the water into a jar and left it on the windowsill a few weeks, and when I looked back I had adults. Now I throw them tiny bits of algae wafer.

 

[Mo_loves_fish]

i have used yeast and wheat flour before.

 

[dthoffsett]

dthoffsett you mean feeding to the fishes? yeah i would agree with that.

Yup, that's what I meant. Sorry, I was half asleep when I wrote that.