Will My Fish Eat Baby Brine Shrimp?

[CroNiC]

Well i hatched my first ever baby brien shrimp and i had never seen them before. Finally when i saw them today i realized why they call them a "small baby"
They are extremely small and very hard to see. I probaly have around 50-100 and more to hatch. If you look at my profile it lists the fish i have. Do u think my fish will go for them? I have never fed them live food but i have fed them brine shrimp (in cube form, which later breaks into small pieces) If they wont go for them ill rather not feed them ... cuz i dont want baby shrimp in my tank and then they all die and the ammonia rises. definately dont want that
All advise will be appreciated

 

[freddyk]

I can't imagine any fish not going for live bbs, unless the shrimp are too small and the fish too big to make it worth their while.

 

[IovaykInD]

Most fish LOVE brine shrimp. All of my fish go crazy for them when I feed them brine shrimp from my LFS. Even if they're a little too small, the fish will still eat them. The only problem I see is that the shrimp will be too big, which shouldn't be a problem for you.

 

[CroNiC]

Well the baby brine shrimp are extremely small. I mean probal half the tip of a pencil. Maybe like 1-2 millimeter. Real small for me to notice them. They are probaly half the size of my fishies eyes. But im gonna try anyways today. Ill tell you what happens.

 

[CroNiC]

Update time ...
I fed my fish yesterday, just didint get the time to update. Anyways i gave them the bbs and honestly i couldnt see the bbs in the tank and i doubt my fish could. The black skirt tetras ate the shrimp eggs (because there were some in the bottle)
But my lemon tetra's were eating. They were going all over the tank and like opening their mouth and then closiing. It looked like they were eating but i couldnt see the shrimp. How do you guys tell if they are eating the bbs?
Anyways just to play safe i put some flakes ... ill try the shrimp again in about 1 hour. Hope it works better this time

 

[yvez9]

bbs are little yellow spots that move
i have no problem seeing them in the tank

large fish will mostly ignore them as they are so tiny, but smaller fish, 1-2 inches, go mad for them usually!

never tested on 3-4 inch fish though so not sure if they would eat them or not. I know, guppies, platies, mollies, smaller tetras love them!

 

[CroNiC]

Are they really yellow?
Mine are white ....
And i know they are shrimp as they move a lot. Just very small.