i want a way that is fairly quick and has a good hatch rate
2006-12-15 00:48:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
i need to find out a way to hatch them. i have them in 80 degree saltwater with an airline going to them. what am i doing wrong?
2006-12-18 00:09:37 · update #1
Brine shrimp should hatch in less than 24 hours. Good hatch rate as more to do with the eggs themselves than with how you hatch them. The mix sold at petstores usually isn't the greatest and only has 70-80% hatch rate. I do not know where you live, but I suggest you contact fish breeders in your area and ask where they get their brine shrimp eggs; they will probably know of the best source for 90% hatch rate eggs.
You can go to the petstore and buy a brine shrimp hatchery, most are losely based on upside-down 2lt coke bottles and are quite decent, costing 10-25%. You can also make them yourself:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/diy_brineshrimp_hatchery.php
2006-12-15 01:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hatchery that guy speaks of takes a little longer then that most of the time.
Since I don't know what kind of hatchery you have it makes it harder to answer.
Brine Shrimp hatch faster in warm water. 80 degrees Fahrenheit
with an airline-NO STONE just the tube to keep the eggs in motion.
Hope this helps.
2006-12-15 01:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by angelmwilson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a 2L pop bottle. add water, aquarium salt, brine shrimp eggs and then agitate the water with an air stone attached to an air pump (the air stone just fits inside the mouth of the bottle). After about 4 days turn the air pump off and let the egg shells settle out. shine a flash light on the side of the bottle to attract the brine shrimp and syphon them out with air line tubing (strain thru a white fish net).
2006-12-15 01:38:38 · answer #3 · answered by Robin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought this kit, that hatches the eggs with in 18-40 hrs. it only costed about $15.00 it is from petsmart: Shrimpery, (San Francisco Bay Brand is the maker I think)
2006-12-15 00:52:12 · answer #4 · answered by Adam D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just do as the package direction say. it's all in the temp.. lower temp takes longer.
and use an air stone... too much turbulence will actually pulverize the shrimps. I had it happen yesterday.
2006-12-15 02:50:56 · answer #5 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋