hatching brine shrimp?????????

jubbers · 07-11-2007, 09:34 PM

do you have to have a heater to hatch brine shrimp?? i want to feed my fish brine shrimp.

DaveK · 07-12-2007, 03:02 AM

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.

lcstorc · 07-12-2007, 03:06 AM

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.

Ducky · 07-26-2007, 08:28 AM

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

Dentoid · 07-26-2007, 08:53 AM

Actually, newly hatched brine shrimp are very nutritious while they still have their yolk sac attached. After the yolk sac has been absorbed and adult Brine shrimp offer very little in the way of nutrition, as mentioned above.

jubbers · 07-26-2007, 09:11 AM

thanks for the tips. what should i feed bbs to raise them into adults?

Dentoid · 07-26-2007, 10:15 AM

Phytoplankton.

Ducky · 07-26-2007, 11:28 AM

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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jubbers · 08-16-2007, 08:52 AM

sounds good, duccky, i might try that.

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,913 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: hatching brine shrimp????????? 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. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

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Ducky Fire Coral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 78 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: hatching brine shrimp????????? 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

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Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,240 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: hatching brine shrimp????????? Phytoplankton. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

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Ducky Fire Coral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 78 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: hatching brine shrimp????????? 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 I

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