baby brine shrimp

[TankBoss]

Do any of you feed your fry with Artemia nauplii?

I just made one of those DIY brine shrimp hatcheries and hatched my first batch. This was my first so I WAY over estimated the amount to feed.My fry ( cyp leptosoma and n. leleupi) ate unlike they have eaten before.

Anyway, I just powered my filter back on and it finished eating the leftovers before my fish exploded...it was just surprising how eagerly the brine shrimp was eaten compared to every other food I've fed them.

 

[jetajockey]

I feed my nanos and fry with BBS fairly often, it just becomes a chore to reculture it daily. Live foods are always great, it really gets the fish going. Another good viable alternative is microworms, they are a lot easier to culture as well.

 

[TankBoss]

I feed my nanos and fry with BBS fairly often, it just becomes a chore to reculture it daily. Live foods are always great, it really gets the fish going. Another good viable alternative is microworms, they are a lot easier to culture as well.

I can see reculturing the shrimp daily becoming a chore but I decided to freeze them.

I'll definitely look into the worms.

 

[Joe5688]

More info on the diy brine shrimp?

 

[TankBoss]

More info on the diy brine shrimp?

Sorry to make you click on my thread and read it, Joe.

 

[jetajockey]

I think he was just asking how you setup your DIY brine shrimp hatchery.

 

[TankBoss]

I think he was just asking how you setup your DIY brine shrimp hatchery.

Haha! Well in that case... My apologies for the worlds worst and most knee jerk reply!

 

[TankBoss]

More info on the diy brine shrimp?

Sorry Joe! It just seemed differently at the time

This is what I did. I used a different container but that's it.

 

[Joe5688]

Haha ok thanks I'll look into it.