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K_S_W_I_S_S
04-15-2003, 4:32 PM
if i were to put some fish tank water in a jar and put some flourish trace into a jar and put it outside where it can get sunlight, would algae grow in the jar??? if so, how long until it started to grow??
cpr4cpu
04-15-2003, 5:12 PM
just put the jar in direct sunlight and you should have algae in a few days.

I have been wondering if the algae in the birdbath is ever going to die and give up. I don't dose my birdbath and algae grows in three days guaranteed.
RENEGADE
04-15-2003, 11:05 PM
y do u want to grow algea?
K_S_W_I_S_S
04-15-2003, 11:10 PM
to try to feed it to some brine shrimp so i can see for myself how easy it is to grow them out...
RENEGADE
04-15-2003, 11:22 PM
oh keep us posted
K_S_W_I_S_S
04-15-2003, 11:35 PM
ok i will... i just hatched some last today and they are in a well cleaned pickle jar...
K_S_W_I_S_S
04-15-2003, 11:37 PM
i didnt mean last today, i started to say last night and i realized that it was today.... and dont you think that the bubbles from the air tube stresses them or anything??? i wonder if the algae will be enought to keep their "fishtank" full of oxygen... i mean when it gets started tho'
plantbrain
04-16-2003, 11:02 PM
Try just a pinch of normal garden fertilizer.
Add water.
That will grow all sorts of greenery

Regards,
Tom Barr
K_S_W_I_S_S
04-16-2003, 11:55 PM
do you think garden ferts will be ok for the shrimp?? how about some miracle grow sticks or jobes sticks....
plantbrain
04-17-2003, 3:32 PM
Sure, just don't add too much etc.

Remember, GW once growing is easy to keep going.
So you can change 1/2 the water etc, then add FW back and add KNO3 from then on. Artemia are pretty tough.

Regards,
Tom Barr
Heady
04-19-2003, 10:22 AM
Man. If you add fertilizer and put it in the sun there will be no end to the algae.
wetmanNY
04-19-2003, 10:44 AM
The "green water" algae you need to grow for feeding to brine shrimp has to grow in brine, doesn't it? If you just add salt to freshwater "green water" don't you kill the algae? (I'm a newbie at brine shrimp growing-out, you can tell.)

But at www.brineshrimpdirect.com they suggest minute amounts of dried yeast, or powdered spirulina from the health food store. You'd have to shake it up with a little water first. The trick apparently is not to foul the water and kill the Artemia...