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Hi I finnally have my brine shrimp hatchery working. I feed the fish once a day with the shrimp. But I do not know how much to feed. Flake food is 30second rule. But live shrimp doesn't seem to work with that rule. Now I believe I'm feeding too much because I seem to be getting snails. Snails...

The store I would buy them from is a REAL tropical fish store. They quarantine all fish before releasing to sell tanks. They feed brine shrimp as well as quality flake. The owner knows fish both salt and fresh. A Mom and Pop store in Chicago

I believe the Brine shrimp eggs I have are bad. I should have some hatch. From pack of eggs I have not one hatched. But I'll try again this time with distilled water

Brined have more airiation in the bottle. This has been going for 20 hours. No shrimp. maybe 36 or 48.

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hatch Hi Andy. Well, one hatch that's it. Maybe by bottle is too small. 2 liter maybe I should Have a larger bottle.

Brine I do have a heater. Right now the water is very warm 86 I didn't touch the heater temp at all. I did turn it down. I'm hoping for a 24 hour hatch. Also I think I need a larger bottle.

Interesting My water is 7.8ph Aquarium salt API I did have batch today. I'm not sure when they hatched. But this morning I had Brine shrimp. That was a 38 hours. I made a new batch.

reply I'm using a LED light on the side of the tank. Yesterday the temp of the tank was 81. Today temp was 78. Put it out a bit. I'm going to see if it takes up to 48 hours to hatch.

no shrimp. I cannot figure out why I cannot hatch these shrimp. Keeping the water warm is a problem. It is either too warm 84f or cool 80f. Keeping it stable is a problem. I have a light shinning all the time on top of the hatchery. maybe that is a problem. I do have a light that I can shine on...

brine I'm trying to get the temp steady. It has been 24 hours. Should I dump this batch and try again. Or, wait another 24 hours?

Brine shrimp I bought a 5gal tank. I have a heater placed in. Light above the hatchery and air pumped in. The heat is 84f. It has been 18 hours and no hatching. I did have the temp 81 degrees. But when I woke up this am and the temp risen to 84f. Let's see at 24hours

Brines Thank for the info. I'll have to figure something out. Water is too cool.

title I bought them from V Point Store. From what I see it is Brine Shrimp Direct. I do have a small heater I could install. But the thought of the plastic melting concerns me.

Hi. I am having a problem with hatching brine shrimp.I have followed many one line hatching videos. I thought I had it made when I had a hatch in 20 hours. I bought new eggs. I do have air machine attached to the hatcher. I also have a lamp shining on it, Sea salt and a touch of water...