Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp

["Shango Los" <Shango@shangolos.com>]

Thanks Matt for taking the time to share this super simple recipe.  I can
really use a good reason to get to Golden Gardens r regularly too!


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[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Erik Olson
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:29 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp

Kathy and I can confirm Matt's "recipe".  We were having the toughest time
getting good hatches from our brine shrimp eggs, when he suggested just
using seawater.  So now every month or two we run down to the pier near
Golden Gardens Park with a 5-gallon pickle bucket and get some more "magic
brine hatchery formula".

   - 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!> > > >
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[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@sh!
 angolos.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> > > >
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