help with brine shrimp hatch mix

cutnup · 11/07/2006, 09:12 PM

Hi. I just bought this brine shrimp hatch mix and dont know what a cone is. It says to hatch them in a cone. Could I make one or is this a specialty item, or what? Probably a stupid question but it has me stumped. Thanx in advance.

dc · 11/07/2006, 10:03 PM

Upside down pop bottle. I use gallon jars myself.

Cshradr7 · 11/07/2006, 10:28 PM

the way that i do it is that i use just eggs then add my own salt but anyways use a two liter pop bottle and cut off the bottom. I thin put a couple of holes in the bottle and hang it upside down from something. i add a quarter teaspoon of eggs with a half teaspoon of salt and about two cups of warm water. i put the bottom of the pop bottle on upside down and poke a hole in the middle. put a piece of stiff airline down the hole so that it goes down to the cap. turn on the air and shine a bright light at it and wait about 20 hours and you'll have thousands of little things swimming in there. after 20 or so hours i turn off the light and water pump and let sit for 15 min then i use the air line to siphon the shrimp out into a small jar or into a brine shimp net, then rinse and feed to your fish. Here is a link that i used to help getting started but i chose to hang my bottle rather than doing it the way it is shown: http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/15/92/

cutnup · 11/07/2006, 11:15 PM

Thank you very much. That was pretty informative. I drink canned coke so I'll have to start working on a 2 liter

Thanks for the quick responses.

11/07/2006, 09:12 PM	#1
cutnup Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vero Beach Florida Posts: 674	help with brine shrimp hatch mix Hi. I just bought this brine shrimp hatch mix and dont know what a cone is. It says to hatch them in a cone. Could I make one or is this a specialty item, or what? Probably a stupid question but it has me stumped. Thanx in advance.

11/07/2006, 10:03 PM	#2
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	Upside down pop bottle. I use gallon jars myself. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

11/07/2006, 10:28 PM	#3
Cshradr7 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota / Penn State Posts: 378	the way that i do it is that i use just eggs then add my own salt but anyways use a two liter pop bottle and cut off the bottom. I thin put a couple of holes in the bottle and hang it upside down from something. i add a quarter teaspoon of eggs with a half teaspoon of salt and about two cups of warm water. i put the bottom of the pop bottle on upside down and poke a hole in the middle. put a piece of stiff airline down the hole so that it goes down to the cap. turn on the air and shine a bright light at it and wait about 20 hours and you'll have thousands of little things swimming in there. after 20 or so hours i turn off the light and water pump and let sit for 15 min then i use the air line to siphon the shrimp out into a small jar or into a brine shimp net, then rinse and feed to your fish. Here is a link that i used to help getting started but i chose to hang my bottle rather than doing it the way it is shown: http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/15/92/ __________________ Thanks -Colin Current Tank Info: Finnex 30 Gallon

11/07/2006, 11:15 PM	#4
cutnup Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Vero Beach Florida Posts: 674	Thank you very much. That was pretty informative. I drink canned coke so I'll have to start working on a 2 liter Thanks for the quick responses.