brine hatchery help

[seamonkey2]

does any body has or has use and knows how to use a tom/oscar brine shrimp hatchery, the model you put in your tank, I tryed to use mine, and I don't think I got it right.

thanks

Jose

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I bought one, used it three days, then threw it in the trash.

Think about it, not matter how small the opening the shtimp naupali get out of, that filthy water can come out, too.

You would be better off hatching them the traditional way and adding them to the tank.

Sorry.

[seamonkey2]

well... had to try, thanks

hey can you help me w/ the traditional way, sssllloooowwwllyyy please, in other words tell me what to buy, where buy it and how to use it, use little words :P :P :P

thanks

Jose

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Buy brine shrimp eggs - really not much choices as to brand in the area, so whatever you can find. Do NOT buy the eggs mixed with the salt mix.

Get an air pump (light duty or adjustable would be best).

I now use a flat sided, circular "goldfish" bowl for hatching.

Attach the airline, without stone, (airline suction cups work well) so that the air comes out close to the bottom of the bowl.

Fill bowl with tank water at a salinity of 1.018 or close to it. (So, use dirty tank water and add a little extra water to bring down salinty.) The dirty water seems to work better than the fresh mixed....

Soak brine eggs, about 3 tsp., in water for about 30 min.

Then add the eggs to the salt water fish bowl. Turn on air. Add light source (lamp is fine).

They should hatch within 24-36 hours.

Brine are phototrophic. Without light they will not hatch, and after hatching they will go towards the light.

Brine are nutritious within 4 hours of hatching. If you do not use them at that point, wait until they are about 24 + hours long and gut load them.

To do this remove the shrimp (not the egg cysts) from the hatch water. Put in clean, low salinity water (from tank, again). Add DT's, Tahitian Blend, Zoe, Zoecon.... some great nutritional sullpement. Le tthe Brine play in the enriched water for about 1 hr. Strain, rinse, and add to tank.


Does that help? I also decapsulate my brine.... but that adds an extra, easy to mess up step.

[seamonkey2]

thank you very much

Jose

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http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/artemiaGuide.shtml

This is the initial set-up and instructions I used. I have changed it a bit to work for me, but this is written by "experts".