Ocean Nutrition Instant Baby Brine

[fishbox]

Anyone use this? I was looking into hatching my own and came across this. The simplicity is nice but my concern is nutritional value and if I'd get just as many live brine compared to hatching my own

 

[clsanchez77]

Brine shrimp are nutritionally weak IMO. The young babies do have the yolk sack which provides something. Also the option of providing live foods is rewarding and nothing is easier/cheaper than brine shrimp. I see no harm in this, but I would not consider it a food supplement. I actually have been thinking about letting my 9 year old start to do this.

 

[mcarroll]

Sorry to be contradictory, but it's an excellent food supplement! I don't think these are intended to hatch, BTW, but I could be wrong – from what I've read, more than likely they are made from low-hatch or no-hatch batches of eggs, which otherwise would go to waste.

My understanding (and the way I use them) is that they're intended to be fed directly as coral or small fish food. And they work exceedingly well in that capacity – especially for corals. Eggs are virtually non-sinking, so they stay afloat in the water column for a long time! (I like @Reef Nutrition ROE for the same reason.)

They do not have a perfect fatty acid profile, so they would not be a good food option as the ONLY FOOD. Marine fish need more omega3's and omega6's in their overall diet...corals probably do too.....HUFA's! Any commercial food preparation intended for marine fish will have these covered though...even dry foods to a limited extent.

I have some related posts on my blog that might be interesting:
https://reeformadness.wordpress.com/?s=artemia

 

[fishbox]

My purpose is to build Paul B"s mandarin feeder and use it as a supplement feeder for my mandy. Many have great success with it but I've only read of people hatching brine from eggs. I've never heard of these instant brine and am just curious how they compare to hatching my own

 

[eatbreakfast]

Newly hatched brine shrimp are very nutritious.

The Ocean Nutrition Instant Brine Shrimp are newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii in an aqueos solution, rather than frozen.

 

[fishbox]

Newly hatched brine shrimp are very nutritious.

The Ocean Nutrition Instant Brine Shrimp are newly hatched brine shrimp nauplii in an aqueos solution, rather than frozen.

So nutritionally they should be the same?

 

[eatbreakfast]

So nutritionally they should be the same?

They are the same. The stage right after hatching is their nauplii stage.

 

[fishbox]

Well that's great! No fuss baby brine!! Thanks for the help you all!

 

[clsanchez77]

Sorry, I my mind got stuck in stupid gear last night. I did not realize you feed the eggs directly to the tank. That is interesting and will check it out myself. Ill check out your blog too, a lot of good Artermia info in there!

 

[eatbreakfast]

They aren't eggs. They are the newly hatched nauplii.

 

[clsanchez77]

I read 100% decapsulated, so I assumed it was the eggs with the shell removed.

"...identical to freshly hatched Brine Shrimp - your fish will never know the difference" so I am confused, are they hatched or identical to being hatched? Is there a difference?

 

[eatbreakfast]

I read 100% decapsulated, so I assumed it was the eggs with the shell removed.

"...identical to freshly hatched Brine Shrimp - your fish will never know the difference" so I am confused, are they hatched or identical to being hatched? Is there a difference?

"The product consists entirely of sterile newborn nauplii in an aqueous solution." -from the website.
http://www.oceannutrition.eu/products.aspx?Product=instant-baby-brine-shrimp

They are saying they are identical to the baby brine that you would hatch on your own, post-hatch.

 

[clsanchez77]

Ok, I see where the confusion came from now. When I searched the product, I went to Dr Foster & Smiths website and they have the incorrect information on the product description.

"The product consists entirely of sterile newborn nauplii in an aqueous solution." is quite different from "100% decapsulated baby brine shrimp (Artemia nauplii) identical to freshly hatched Brine Shrimp - your fish will never know the difference!"! I will go board the short bus now.

 

[mcarroll]

Sorry, I my mind got stuck in stupid gear last night. I did not realize you feed the eggs directly to the tank. That is interesting and will check it out myself. Ill check out your blog too, a lot of good Artermia info in there!

They aren't eggs. They are the newly hatched nauplii.

I was at least halfway in that gear last night too. Conflated thinking about ROE and IBBS in the same statement!

They are similar in some ways, but IBBS is not eggs!

You can also buy plain decapsulated brine shrimp eggs (not sure if Ocean Nutrion sells them) and they are also great to feed directly.

If you're up for something different, it's not too tough to decapsulate your own:
FA18/FA023: Decapsulating Brine Shrimp Eggs

(That one is not on my blog yet for some reason. BTW, the links that I linked to earlier are (co)authored by a Dr Sorgeloos. IBBS was developed with the University of Ghent where he works/has tenure.)

Brine shrimp lose fatty acid and energy content the more they grow from the egg stage, so hypothetically decapsulated eggs should have the highest food value. But they are non-moving....important to a lot of brine shrimp users, but not so much to us.