Really Really need help with Hatching Brine Shrimp
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DereksReef77
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I reall don't think that temp is a factor. I never had a heater to warm the water. Always had great hatch rates. The key is circulation the eggs always need to be moving to hatch properly. Its not very difficult as I stated earlier I was like 12 years old when I was hatching brine shrimp. Good luck.
Lionfish Lair
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If you're feeding them out in the first 24 hours, you don't need to feed them at all. They are carrying their own purse with snacks for the first bit. When I was trying to grow them slightly larger, I used a artemia enrichment. I love spirulina and feed it to my regular fish as a vitamin.
Lionfish Lair
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But that's what shows you're not stupid.... I don't believe you're doing anything wrong, so in my opinion, it's another variable.
This is where I got my stuff from. Seahorse Source Enrichments
Lionfish Lair
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Yes.
Lionfish Lair
Renee
It is haaaaaaaaaaard to raise them to adulthood. It was so not worth the effort. You'll start with a million and end up with like 5.
Damon
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Lol.. Nice.. Well.. Ok then.. Because I am only feeding like 10 baby bangai, if I buy some powder, will that keep them alive and fed until I can use up all of the say "single hatch"?
Lionfish Lair
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I used to match the age of the brine to the age of the horse. The older horses got bigger food. I always had 8 bottles going and would keep them for 7 days..... but I had a lot to feed.
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malira
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I was talking to a friend who raises clownfish. He says my problem is the air stone I'm using isn't keeping the eggs rotating. A lot of my eggs are sinking. He said to try a rigid airline, at the very bottom. Keeping them rotating is important.
He also uses an egg from a California company off ebay. He said he'll get the company name after work.
He also uses an egg from a California company off ebay. He said he'll get the company name after work.
Lionfish Lair
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Oh, you mean the eggs are on the bottom when there is air on? I assumed you meant when you stopped the flow. Like he said, don't use airstones. They need to be larger bubbles that come up from the bottom. They also get trapped in those microbubbles.
Lionfish Lair
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May I ask which videos you're watching?
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I did something similar, but had the holes in the bottom of the 2L bottle inverted. I would definitely use rigid tubing.
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What I found is air coming from the bottom into the container gets the eggs moving better. So, I hook up a airline to the bottom of my 2Liter through a port and air comes from bottom. Ever since I used this method, works great. I also used rigid airline that sits at the bottom to keep eggs from sitting in the bottom. Worked well too. I will try to get a pic.
I use my tank water and some ro/di water to keep salinity around 1.018- 1.019. Heat I never worry much about. I have no light on them. I get great hatch rates, but usually 24 -26 hours for mine. Maybe it is the heat thing.
My cysts were from Florida Aqua Farms. I do not grow mine out. I feed after hatch to system.
I use my tank water and some ro/di water to keep salinity around 1.018- 1.019. Heat I never worry much about. I have no light on them. I get great hatch rates, but usually 24 -26 hours for mine. Maybe it is the heat thing.
My cysts were from Florida Aqua Farms. I do not grow mine out. I feed after hatch to system.
