Brine Shrimp (aka Sea Monkies)

[PsiPro]

Well..... I put some sea monkies in with my shrimp... I expected them die from the freshwater even if the shrimp didn't eat them. However aftre 4hrs they are still swimming around (some had been caught). Will they die? I do salt the tank, however nowhere near what is required for them to spawn.

Will they continue to crawl around or will they eventually die?

 

[dskidmore]

How much salt do you have in there? I've found them occasionally living as long as 24 hours in fresh water, but they do eventually die.

 

[krap101]

i thought sea monkeys are brine shrimp?

 

[krap101]

even if you did have enough salt, its really hard to keep brine shrimp alive. once they hatch you need to put them into another container with a lower temp, and an air stone. the air stone can't make the bubbles so small or they'll eat them, float, and they wont be ablt to eat. i think they eat stuff like yeast. and they are very sensitive to water conditions.

 

[dskidmore]

The trick is getting them enough food without fouling the water. If I was going to give it another try, I'd try to get a salty green water culture going to feed to them.

 

[PsiPro]

i thought sea monkeys are brine shrimp?

They are, hence the title

Thanks, I only have 1 tablespoon in the 10gal and they lived for atleast 24hrs. Mabey the LFS kept them in lower salinity.

 

[krap101]

oh.. when i posted the title was "sea monkeys"