Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp

[Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org>]

I'm just catching up on email reading.....
I keep salt water tanks as well so have a batch of saltwater mix. When  
I hatch brine shrimp I just add a spoonful (nothing precise just a  
table (as in eating) spoon to the upside down liter plastic pop bottle  
setup I have.
I have also heard people hatching them in fresh water though have not  
tried it.
Linda

On May 14, 2008, at 8:28 PM, Doran Figart wrote:

> 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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