I was thinking of setting up a small 1 gallon tank and doing brine shrimp for my fish, is this feasable? do any of you do it, and is there tips and tricks to doing this? whare do you get the eggs? and so forth 
How many of you hatch brine shrimp ?
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eggs can be purchased at almost any LFS, usually in a small container, they look like betta pellets.
I've never tried hatching brine myself, but I've read it's beneficial and in some cases mandatory for raising fry.
It's deffinitely feasable to hatch your own brine, but sustaining a population is difficult. It's probably cheaper to just buy a bag of live brine from the LFS
HTH
I've never tried hatching brine myself, but I've read it's beneficial and in some cases mandatory for raising fry.
It's deffinitely feasable to hatch your own brine, but sustaining a population is difficult. It's probably cheaper to just buy a bag of live brine from the LFS
HTH
I use a 1 gallon jar..i know some who hatch the bbs in the jar then move them to a tank.
hatching is easy..I use the directions on the package.
you can also purchase decapsulated meaning the hard casing on the egg has been removed.
if you use a jar all you need is to keep the eggs around mid 70's to 80 degrees.
add proper amt of salt(aquarium salt works fine) add an airstone. and wait 24-72 hrs.
I only hatch out bbs and feed to angel fry.
hatching is easy..I use the directions on the package.
you can also purchase decapsulated meaning the hard casing on the egg has been removed.
if you use a jar all you need is to keep the eggs around mid 70's to 80 degrees.
add proper amt of salt(aquarium salt works fine) add an airstone. and wait 24-72 hrs.
I only hatch out bbs and feed to angel fry.
i just got an in-tank brine shrimp hatchery, have been using marine salt, and doing everything per the directions, but for some reason i get VERY few hatched (like, 4) plus they start growing a white fungus. any suggestions?
For a small tank you can use a handkerchief.
I use this guide for a DIY brine shrimp hatchery. The entire system (if you were to start completely from scratch) costs less than $10.
Easy enough to do a very simple (and very effective) and cheap DIY hatchery from a 2L pop bottle and an air pump. I would suggest buying eggs from brineshrimpdirect.com...they have an excellent product with great hatch rates. Just remember that newly hatched nauplii are very nutritious for the first 12-14 hours, then begin to lose nutritive-quality quickly after that. You can also very successfully freeze newly hatched brine shrimp.
OK, firstly, you need to know that you have good quality, fresh eggs...poor or old eggs equal a poor hatch-rate (store opened eggs in the fridge in an airtight bag to reatin freshness).
Secondly, everyone I know that has tried those in-tank hatcheries was less than happy with them...I suggest doing a simple DIY 2L pop-bottle hatchery.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/library/blank/bl_DIY_Brine_Shrimp_Hatchery.htm