brine shrimp

holycow · 04/18/2011, 06:41 PM

i have a small tank right now with only 3 fish in it. i went to the pet store and the guy gave me a whole bag of live brine shrimp in it for free, so i dumped half into my salt and the other half into my fresh tank. well..... only one tiny little shrimp did not become a meal... and Ive been watching it grow... at first it was all spiny looking and now it is see through and looks weird... i was just wondering what it will turn into... if anything special... or if it will hurt anything in the tank... i Googled it and all i got was its a sea-monkey... this may sound like a stupid question, but i know pretty much nothing about saltwater or its inhabitants.

kjreiner72 · 04/18/2011, 06:43 PM

Are the brine shrimp that you put in your freshwater tank still alive?

kjreiner72 · 04/18/2011, 06:45 PM

Also, that is what sea-monkey's are. the little packet of stuff you get that says water treatment is actually marine salt. Brine shrimp don't hurt anything. They are a food source for alot of fish.

SoLiD · 04/18/2011, 07:07 PM

Brine Shrimp are pretty resilient little buggers. They won't last past 4 hours in a pure freshwater environment; so raising them to adulthood requires a simple saltwater set up. I've been pretty successful raising many to adulthood in a 5 gallon bucket, along with a small desk lamp, 50watt heater, and and air pump with tubing minus the air stone. I've been feeding them with re-hydrated Spirulina power every other day. It's also good to do water changes to diminish waste build up. Good Luck!

Angel*Fish · 04/18/2011, 07:28 PM

I know you probably did, but just in case - they should always be rinsed before going in the tank.

holycow · 04/19/2011, 07:08 PM

my freshwater fish ate them to quick for any to survive.... and only one lived in the saltwater tank. and i did not know i had to rinse them first... how exactly do i do that?

Lynnmw1208 · 04/19/2011, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angel*Fish

I know you probably did, but just in case - they should always be rinsed before going in the tank.

just out of curiosity, what is the reason for rinsing live brine? I don't think I've ever heard why, just to do it.

Angel*Fish · 04/19/2011, 08:04 PM

To keep the water they came in out of your tank - who knows what's in there. And also to keep out excess nutrients that won't be consumed.

04/18/2011, 06:41 PM	#1
holycow Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: tampa Posts: 3	brine shrimp i have a small tank right now with only 3 fish in it. i went to the pet store and the guy gave me a whole bag of live brine shrimp in it for free, so i dumped half into my salt and the other half into my fresh tank. well..... only one tiny little shrimp did not become a meal... and Ive been watching it grow... at first it was all spiny looking and now it is see through and looks weird... i was just wondering what it will turn into... if anything special... or if it will hurt anything in the tank... i Googled it and all i got was its a sea-monkey... this may sound like a stupid question, but i know pretty much nothing about saltwater or its inhabitants.

04/18/2011, 06:43 PM	#2
kjreiner72 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Clifton ,CO. Posts: 100	Are the brine shrimp that you put in your freshwater tank still alive? __________________ kjreiner

04/18/2011, 06:45 PM	#3
kjreiner72 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Clifton ,CO. Posts: 100	Also, that is what sea-monkey's are. the little packet of stuff you get that says water treatment is actually marine salt. Brine shrimp don't hurt anything. They are a food source for alot of fish. __________________ kjreiner

04/18/2011, 07:28 PM	#5
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	I know you probably did, but just in case - they should always be rinsed before going in the tank. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

04/19/2011, 08:04 PM	#8
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	To keep the water they came in out of your tank - who knows what's in there. And also to keep out excess nutrients that won't be consumed. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

04/18/2011, 07:07 PM	#4
SoLiD -=Snake=- Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 999	Brine Shrimp are pretty resilient little buggers. They won't last past 4 hours in a pure freshwater environment; so raising them to adulthood requires a simple saltwater set up. I've been pretty successful raising many to adulthood in a 5 gallon bucket, along with a small desk lamp, 50watt heater, and and air pump with tubing minus the air stone. I've been feeding them with re-hydrated Spirulina power every other day. It's also good to do water changes to diminish waste build up. Good Luck!

04/19/2011, 07:08 PM	#6
holycow Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: tampa Posts: 3	my freshwater fish ate them to quick for any to survive.... and only one lived in the saltwater tank. and i did not know i had to rinse them first... how exactly do i do that?

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