- Erik On Thu, 15 May 2008, matt kaufman wrote:
Man, people make this hard. How to hatch brine shrimp: Needed - 1 qt. jar Air pump 1 qt. of seawater - I collect mine off Alki beach Add 1 tsp brine shrimp to 1 qt. seawater Bubble for 24 hours at room temperature Remove bubble (I don't use an airstone, just a piece of rigid airline tubing) Shine a light at the base of the jar, the newly hatched brine shrimp will congregate by the light. Siphon off the orange 'cloud' of brine shrimp (you can use the same rigid airline tubing combo you used to bubble the brine shrimp). Feed to fish. Watch fish grow and be happy. Repeat regularly with fresh seawater. Brine shrimp hatching 102: Strain the brine shrimp through a brine shrimp net - many people report success with handkerchiefs, too. Save the strained seawater. Transfer the orange good stuff to a jar. Then, strain the rest of the unhatched eggs/bad eggs/seawater mix through the net, saving the seawater. You can then use the strained seawater to hatch another jar ful. I find you get 2-3 good hatches out of seawater. Coffee filter straining gets you 4-5 good hatches.From: Shango@shangolos.com> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 17:04:29 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp> > Wow...this looks to make it super easy. Thanks for the clue, Bryan!> > > > -----Original Message-----> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com> [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Nichols> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 4:48 PM> To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp> > Shango,> > I've read that this device:> http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/c9/Hatchery-Dish-p183.html> works very well. It is very easy too because it doesn't require all the air> lines and such like a lot of the hatcheries need. Also, it allows for easy> capture of the newly hatched brine shrimp (most nutritional :)). I've been> meaning to buy one myself but last time I went to do it they were out of> stock. Looks like they're available now though...> > -Bryan> > Shango Los <Shango@shangolos.com> wrote: I want to hatch them for food. The> site Laurel shared is educating me> though and I am wondering if I am choosing the right live food to go with.> I want something somewhat simple, good for fish at all levels of the tank,> and nutritious. Fun to watch gets extra points. That is why I went with> brine shrimp. Says here though that they lose their nutritional potency> pretty fast.> > Shango> > > > _______________________________________________> GSAS-Member mailing list> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member> > > > _______________________________________________> GSAS-Member mailing list> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member> > _______________________________________________> GSAS-Member mailing list> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member_________________________________________________________________ Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_052008 _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member
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