How big do brine shrimp get?

[red devil]

I know they are usually hatched and then immediately served as food but I was just wondering how big they get, how long it takes to get them to maturity and how nutritious they are as young adults? It seems to me that using adult brine shrimp would be safer - probably more nutritious - than most of the feeders I have seen in the lfs.

 

[Sploke]

They reach adult size in a few days I believe, which is only 2-3mm, not very large. They have practically no nutritious value as soon as they consume the egg sac that they are born with, this is the part that makes the babies so nutritious.

 

[Morgadeth]

Sea monkeys.... gotta love em!!

 

[Mgamer20o0]

sploke is right.... think about mollies.....

 

[red devil]

yes..but I heard that mollies were low on the nutritional scale. They are easy to raise though...and my red devil used to delight in chasing them...I felt like I should have played music during feeding time...something like victory at sea!