Saltwater & Reef

TigerBarbs · 07-28-2011, 01:00 AM

I need some help on growing brine shrimp to feed my tiger barbs. Im good at hatching but dont know how to raise them to adults. Someone help please. I have a 5.5 for raising them in.

maxwellag · 08-02-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by TigerBarbs

I need some help on growing brine shrimp to feed my tiger barbs. Im good at hatching but dont know how to raise them to adults. Someone help please. I have a 5.5 for raising them in.

You can buy a "the amazing live sea monkeys" for pretty cheap, and it comes with a little tank, eggs, food and stuff. That could get you started, but obviously it wont be enough for feeding a fish regularly... you could use the eggs to hatch them though. I have raised them before. They are so easy to raise. You just have to feed them twice a day, with the food they come with. The will eventually grow up and lay eggs.... its pretty easy. I raised them when I was 8 years old.

mrwes008 · 09-19-2011, 05:14 AM

I myself have been experimenting with raising brine shrimp. The hatching part is really quite simple. Raising them to adulthood, for me, is proving to be difficult to say the least. But due to my nature i will not stop until I've managed to successfully raise them to adulthood in worthwhile numbers.

I'm posting my efforts in a video diary on you tube. I would be more than grateful for advise.

DIY Raising And Hatching Brine Shrimp / Artemia Eggs Day 1 - YouTube

warthog76za · 09-19-2011, 04:14 PM

I enjoy breeding my own

I feed the ones hatched after 24 hours to my baby mollies/guppies....the rest I allow to grow a few weeks and feed them to my main tank.

jetajockey · 09-19-2011, 04:33 PM

From everything I've read, the key to raising them to adulthood is treating them the same way as daphnia, give them plenty of green water and sunlight and let them rock. There's one video on youtube where a guy just tosses his old brine into a bucket outside and somehow it grows them to maturity. I think the brine in the tub is established with some kind of algae though.

TigerBarbs · 09-19-2011, 04:48 PM

Does he feed em at all??? Or do they eat the algae

jetajockey · 09-19-2011, 04:50 PM

heres the video Raising Adult Brine Shrimp - YouTube

I may try this at some point since I have the tubs to do it, the weather was just way too hot for the past month.

TigerBarbs · 09-19-2011, 04:55 PM

Thats crazy but he doesn't tell any details like salinity or anything

TigerBarbs · 09-19-2011, 04:56 PM

All I have are 7 tiger barbs that would eat them so I need it on a way smaller scale

jetajockey · 09-19-2011, 04:58 PM

It looks like he doesn't mess with the salinity at all, he uses the same amount every time to hatch the bbs and just dumps in the leftovers after harvesting.

TigerBarbs · 09-19-2011, 05:11 PM

That's really wierd but that's awesome if it works

TigerBarbs · 09-19-2011, 05:18 PM

Or he gets the right salinity in the hatching part. Because I think they HAVE to have saltwater to hatch.

mrwes008 · 09-19-2011, 06:10 PM

They have to be hatched and raised in brine (salt) water. They can live approx 5 hours max in freshwater.

TigerBarbs · 09-19-2011, 06:11 PM

How it te guy in the video above growing them to adults

mrwes008 · 09-19-2011, 06:16 PM

The water has to be salt water and because he's growing outside algae grows as a result of sunlight. The brine shrimp filter feed on the algae. Im attempting and experimenting with growing them indoors as we do not have the climate for outdoor growth. The hardest part is getting the correct salinity and not over or under feeding them.

See the start of my experiment DIY Raising And Hatching Brine Shrimp / Artemia Eggs Day 1 - YouTube

mrwes008 · 09-19-2011, 06:20 PM

Outdoor tubs grow algae from the sunlight from which the brine shrimp filter feed. Im experimenting with indoor growth as we dont have the climate to grow outdoors. Ive posted a link to my video however its waiting for approval before posting.