Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp

["Doran Figart" <defigart2@comcast.net>]

Matt,

Have you or anyone you know tried using synthetic seawater, (marine tank 
water)?

Doran
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt kaufman" <igotadose@hotmail.com>
To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp


>
> 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@sha!
> ngolos.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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