First brine shrimp setup

[leliataylor]

Just a quick note. Newly hatched BBS have limited nutritional value and are very low in DHA. If you grow them out for 24 hours they develop a mouth, change little in diameter and elongate. At this point they can be enriched with T. iso, nanno, tetraselmis, Vitachem, Algamac, etc. Depending upon what you are feeding you will need to determine what enrichments you would want to use. It is possible to significantly modify the nutritional value of the BBS with additives, thus enhancing coral growth, fry survival, etc.

[jpond83]

just made a hatchery today in about 5 min used a vase for the stand and it doesnt look all that ghetto. where do you get the eggs from?

[leliataylor]

Brine Shrimp Direct.com probably has the largest variety to choose from, fosterandsmith, premium aquatics, amazon, etc. all sell them.

[Third Coast Tropical]

Perhaps a little late, but these are pics of my DIY artemia hatchery....works fabulously and dirt cheap...coming in just under 10$

[txg8gxp]

Thanks for posting. I think I'm going to build something like that pretty soon.

[reddrum]

If that set-up doesn't scream Lindsay I don't know what does!

[Third Coast Tropical]

If that set-up doesn't scream Lindsay I don't know what does!

I learned from the same place as you my friend....it functions quite well, down to the cardboard box stand!

[ramsey]

I don't want to hijack this thread too much but I've been toying with the idea of setting up a hatchery of some sort. I have two 100 gallon stock tanks, one I'm currently curing LR in and the other is not being used for anything. I was considering plumbing them together and using them for something. I think they'd be overkill for brine but does anyone have any creative ideas? I'd love to hear them!

[txg8gxp]

Frag tank or a huge refugium to raise brine,copepod,etc.