myswtsins
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Bottle? Usually if raising to adulthood you would transfer them to a different container, more surface area the better but an air stone can be used in a narrow deep container. May I ask why you want to raise them to adulthood? Purely for size for bigger fish? They have the highest nutritional value when freshly hatched but of course they are too small for some fish.
well i have alot of spirulina algae powder lying around so i wanted to feed them the algae so that my fish will get even more nutrition and better colour.
myswtsins
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Alrighty, interesting concept. I am not sure but I would think you would get better nutrition by directly feeding the fish the powder and the fresh hatched brine instead of letting the shrimp turn the powder into a tiny bit of energy for them to grow and a bunch of waste as they lose their protein value by also using that for energy to grow. Essentially we get the most nutritional value when ingesting our foods in the rawest freshest form. I'd assume fish are the same. 
This is a great idea I just don't know if gutloading or freshly hatched would be better. I've gutloaded foods before the fish seem to love them because they are live food, and they promote great color.
I agree with the container suggestion. I've used rubbermades and five gallon buckets to raise them.
I can tell you that gut loading young and old shrimp alike works. I have been doing it consistently for years. I use anataxathin and spirulina powder as well. You need to wait at least 24 hours to start gut loading.
I can tell you that gut loading young and old shrimp alike works. I have been doing it consistently for years. I use anataxathin and spirulina powder as well. You need to wait at least 24 hours to start gut loading.
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. In terms of energy pyramid 90% is used by organism and 10% goes to consumerAlrighty, interesting concept. I am not sure but I would think you would get better nutrition by directly feeding the fish the powder and the fresh hatched brine instead of letting the shrimp turn the powder into a tiny bit of energy for them to grow and a bunch of waste as they lose their protein value by also using that for energy to grow. Essentially we get the most nutritional value when ingesting our foods in the rawest freshest form. I'd assume fish are the same.