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Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp



 
 
You can't hatch them in freshwater. Doesn't work. You need some salinity - 
typically 50% seawater (SG 1.01),or higher. I have hatched brine shrimp eggs in 
Mono Lake water, but it's high in calcium salts I think (so, it might have a 
high SG but be technically freshwater)
 
When I used a 1 liter hatching bottle (back in the days before I used seawater) 
I'd mix about what you used, a heaping tablespoon of marine salt per liter of 
very hard-to-begin-with tapwater. That worked o.k. but not as well as seawater.



> From: linda@bozuk.org> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 
> 17:42:18 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Brewing Brine Shrimp> > 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.> > 
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