Enriching/Gutloading BBS question

[DracoKat]

I picked up 2 BRS brine shrimp hatcheries and I have to say, this thing is dang amazing (no jars, no DIY contraptions that requires smarts I don't have). The BBS leave the eggs behind and congregate in the center skieve where I can lift just the BBS out to feed my dwarf ponies.

Now I realized a week after (due to either lack of reading or too much info for me to follow), I need to gutload or enrich them after 24 hours for more nutrients. So I got Spirulina powder.

My question is, after I mix it up, can I squirt it right into the hatchery after 24 hours of initial hatching for convenience (which I clean out once a week and start over hatching), or do I need to remove the BBS and put in a separate jar?

if I need to separate them into a jar, do I need to aerate the jars?

I am also reading on water changes in BBS water- how without losing the BBS? So confused.

Help please?

 

[lapin]

I use this. It has an airline tube to keep them alive. I use decapped eggs. I do feed them phyto. They seem to last about 1 week.

Brine Shrimp Hatch-Rite 3™ – Florida Aqua Farms

floridaaquafarms.com

 

[DracoKat]

I use this. It has an airline tube to keep them alive. I use decapped eggs. I do feed them phyto. They seem to last about 1 week.

Brine Shrimp Hatch-Rite 3™ – Florida Aqua Farms

floridaaquafarms.com

That item seems to be a hatchery and says nothing about feeding them. I’m looking for answers on how to feed them?

 

[jdiefenbaugh]

When I was culturing large batches for jellies/sygnathids, we always changed containers after 24 hrs, and fed at 48 for fouling reasons. No reason to gut load, I don't think they're eating yet, just enriched with selcon. If you're raising them, I've had good luck with spirulina powder, but paste will work fine. Concentrations are available with a simple google search and secchi stick. But yes, they need to be aerated at all times, unless siphoning off/transferring. I don't know what you're feeding them to, but I'd imagine selcon is enough.

 

[DracoKat]

When I was culturing large batches for jellies/sygnathids, we always changed containers after 24 hrs, and fed at 48 for fouling reasons. No reason to gut load, I don't think they're eating yet, just enriched with selcon. If you're raising them, I've had good luck with spirulina powder, but paste will work fine. Concentrations are available with a simple google search and secchi stick. But yes, they need to be aerated at all times, unless siphoning off/transferring. I don't know what you're feeding them to, but I'd imagine selcon is enough.

thank you I’m feeding them to dwarf seahorses. I’m not intending to raise the brine shrimps to adults, I want to give the ponies more nutrition

 

[lapin]

That item seems to be a hatchery and says nothing about feeding them. I’m looking for answers on how to feed them?

It is a hatchery, but will keep them alive for more than the 2 days it takes for them to consume the red food sac they are born with.
I just dump the phyto in 2 days after hatch out. Again if the water gets clear.

 

[DracoKat]

thank you @lapin that's what I was thinking and it sounded too simple when all sites make it sound like a science project lol