hatching brine shrimp?????????
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do you have to have a heater to hatch brine shrimp?? i want to feed my fish brine shrimp.No, you don't need a heater to hatch brine shrimp. However, the hatching may take longer.
As for feeding them to fish, the fish will love them, but brine shrimp are not that good a food source. Don't feed them too often.
One nice thing about brine shrimp is that being small, a lot of corals that feed on small items will feed on them.
As for feeding them to fish, the fish will love them, but brine shrimp are not that good a food source. Don't feed them too often.
One nice thing about brine shrimp is that being small, a lot of corals that feed on small items will feed on them.
lcstorc
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Here is an article about hatching brine.
seahorse.org - The Complete Guide to Artemia (Brine Shrimp)
They are not however a good primary food source for your fish. They have very little nutrition. If you are using them to feed newly hatched fry of some kind then I would go for it, but I wouldn't use them to regularly feed my fish.
seahorse.org - The Complete Guide to Artemia (Brine Shrimp)
They are not however a good primary food source for your fish. They have very little nutrition. If you are using them to feed newly hatched fry of some kind then I would go for it, but I wouldn't use them to regularly feed my fish.
Ducky
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in the summer months I hatch in the garage window. Warm, sunny. I even keep some of them in a larger bucket to grow out.In the winter in my climate I have to hatch inside and I do keep lamp on the hatchery.
I decap or purchase pre decapped from Seahorse Source.
Now I feed 1st and 2nd day hatch. Then I enrich after this part or good nutritional food for my fishes.
any help I can be, let me know. LOL wish I was as good with reefs as I am with brine shrimp
I decap or purchase pre decapped from Seahorse Source.
Now I feed 1st and 2nd day hatch. Then I enrich after this part or good nutritional food for my fishes.
any help I can be, let me know. LOL wish I was as good with reefs as I am with brine shrimp
Ducky
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YEP!When the egg sack is there (1st day hatch) the nutritional value is very good. Once the egg sack is gone then the nutritional value is gone.
Yep again lol...phytoplankton. I feed DT's when needed and a product Called Nutra Rose and spirulina. BUT quickly outside with natural sunlight you can culture some nice green water.
I took a salt bucket..cut lid top out(leaving just the rim) and put screen in it. Poked a hole in middle for an airline and set the Stinky bucket out under the eve of the house where it collects sun, pollen...but I am still feeding it every few days. In just 2/3 weeks I have some nice small shrimp for my fishes that are gut loaded with good food.
Ducky
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Yep again lol...phytoplankton. I feed DT's when needed and a product Called Nutra Rose and spirulina. BUT quickly outside with natural sunlight you can culture some nice green water.
I took a salt bucket..cut lid top out(leaving just the rim) and put screen in it. Poked a hole in middle for an airline and set the Stinky bucket out under the eve of the house where it collects sun, pollen...but I am still feeding it every few days. In just 2/3 weeks I have some nice small shrimp for my fishes that are gut loaded with good food.
Ducky
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