question about brine shrimp hatching

aliyesami · 08/30/2007, 08:28 PM

I recently bought a hatchery for brine shrimp but I have three questions .

1- after the eggs hatch should i turn the air pump off or leave it on?

2- do I need light ?

3- do i need to give any kind of food to the newly hatched brine shrimps ?

darkcirca · 08/30/2007, 08:34 PM

Personally I just use a 2ltr bottle and follow the instructions on the brine shrimp thing. I stick airline tubing to the bottom of the bottle, let it sit in a lit room for 24 hours, then after that you can see the shells floating on the top. I siphon those off, than drain the shrimp into a coffee filter. After that I swoosh the filter into my tank. I only use them the first day, else they lose their nutritional value.

08/30/2007, 08:28 PM	#1
aliyesami Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 62	question about brine shrimp hatching I recently bought a hatchery for brine shrimp but I have three questions . 1- after the eggs hatch should i turn the air pump off or leave it on? 2- do I need light ? 3- do i need to give any kind of food to the newly hatched brine shrimps ?

08/30/2007, 08:34 PM	#2
darkcirca Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Centreville, VA Posts: 491	Personally I just use a 2ltr bottle and follow the instructions on the brine shrimp thing. I stick airline tubing to the bottom of the bottle, let it sit in a lit room for 24 hours, then after that you can see the shells floating on the top. I siphon those off, than drain the shrimp into a coffee filter. After that I swoosh the filter into my tank. I only use them the first day, else they lose their nutritional value.