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question regarding brine shrimp

Discussion in 'Aquarium Equipment & Decor' started by stevenrox, Dec 2, 2008.

  1. stevenrox

    stevenrox Thread Starter New Member

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    Brine Shrimp
    i got these pre hatched brine shrimp at the store and i put them in a bucket with the air stone barely skimming the top any one now how to keep collonys? harvest? and ect thanks.

    p.s. if i dry the eggs do they become brine shrimp eggs?
     
    stevenrox, Dec 2, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    yes to the PS!
     
    genettico, Dec 7, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    I think if I end up doing brine shrimp I'm going to just get a sea monkey kit. I had one a few years ago, and I swear there was no way to kill them off. Even when I let their little sea monkey tank dry up completely, and then add more water, in a couple days I'd have sea monkeys again.
     
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  4. stevenrox

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    Re: brine shrimp

    lol arent brine shrimp salt water or something?
     
    stevenrox, Dec 8, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    Yes but they live for a little bit in freshwater when you feed them to the fish.

    They are hatched and raised in salt water.
     
    LemonDiscus, Dec 8, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    brackish water is ok! with a SG of about 1.016
     
    genettico, Dec 9, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    Finally picked up my brine shrimp eggs today. I'm attempting to hatch then in a cut secured to the inside of my aquarium with a few small holes in it for circulation. Added the eggs at 6:00PM so we'll see what happens in 24 hours.

    I skipped the freshwater soak step and put them directly into the saltwater of my tank. I'm not sure why they tell you to soak them in freshwater for an hour before adding salt to the water. :confused:
     
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    Re: brine shrimp

    Just a guess but maybe to rehydrate them and salt actually dehydrates. Maybe the salt water does not transfer into the cell walls the same as the freshwater... couple guesses
     
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    Re: brine shrimp

    That's possible. Tomorrow morning I may soak them and see if there's any difference in the hatch rate.
     
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    Re: brine shrimp

    i know thats what i was wondering to lol
     
    stevenrox, Dec 10, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    So I just woke up and came downstairs. Quite a few brine shrimp have already hatched. Now I have to try to get them to grow so the fish can actually see them when I put them in the tank.
     
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    Re: brine shrimp

    now that my brine shrimp has scatered their eggs i ran into a new problew how to seperate the shrimp from eggs????
     
    stevenrox, Dec 12, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    Use an eye-dropper to suck up the eggs:)
     
    Anonymous, Dec 13, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    i tried not as easy as it sounds
     
    stevenrox, Dec 13, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    I'm using a syringe that came with ApistiaX. It's pretty small.
     
    Anthony, Dec 13, 2008
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    Re: brine shrimp

    brine shrimp are a great food for any fish
     
    Anonymous, Dec 14, 2008
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    Brine shrimp question

    Brine shrimp question
    OK I heard some where that you can use table salt to hatch these guys, and I was wondering if that was true.

    I also heard the water softer salt you can get at wal-mart works great for these guys too.

    anyone try these two salts before??
     
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    Re: Brine Shrimp

    Table salt can be used.

    I'm not sure water softer salt would work though.
     
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    I may try to give a try, I cheaper then the table salt.
     
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