brine shrimp

[wandat]

Hi can someone help me. I have baby guppies and want to feed them brine shrimp but I hatched some out and now I can't find them. How large are they? There is a lot of stuff floating in the tank and some settled on the bottom. I followed the instructions and want to feed them but don't know how. I have some already 1 month old guppy babies and I have been feeding them first bites and flakes. They come to me and nibble on my finger when I put it in the tank (clean hands of course). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Wandat

 

[Voodoo Chilli]

The newly hatched brine shrimp should be visibly moving in the hatchery. They are attracted to light, so try placing them on a sunny windowsill or near another bright light source. If you don't see anything moving, the eggs may not have hatched.

 

[Punkymom]

I had brine shrimp hatch once...but we didn't feed them to the fish...I think we called them Sea Monkeys...LOL Anyway, I had to use a magnifying glass to see them most of the time...you could see them, but if you didn't know what they were, you'd think they were dust particles.

 

[wandat]

Thanks for the info. I think I will just stick to "first bites" Too much trouble.

 

[wandat]

My husband told me thats what they were.(sea monkeys) They do look like dust. If I can't see them I can't feed them to my fish and they are doing really well on first bites. I highly recommend them. Thanks
wandat

 

[e-cat]

The newly hatched brine shrimp should be visibly moving in the hatchery. They are attracted to light, so try placing them on a sunny windowsill or near another bright light source. If you don't see anything moving, the eggs may not have hatched.

do exactly as voodoo chilli said or put them under a lamp.

 

[wandat]

Maybe I will try again. I bought 5 female guppies and everyone of them had babies. Got to get a bigger tank. Have one 12 and 2 five gallon.

 

[Terry]

What i do with my fry is get differant types of flakes and mix them together, and making sure there is a veg flake mixed in. Because live bearers love veg. I put it all in a clear plastic bag (small one ) and crush it all together. It is great for the little fry and they grow well on it. I also feed the daphnia and brineshrimp. There are prepared baby flake food out there but why buy that when you can make your own.

 

[wandat]

Brine Shrimp

I will do that. I really appreciate all the good advice everyone gave me. I haven't had any tanks in years and forgot all.
wandat

 

[x_tra]

i also have baby fish and i feed them a mix of flake food and brine shrimp.... when i hatch them i use a small clear cup(like that you would by a betta in at wal-mart) i fill it a bout half full of hot water and put a bout 10 crystals of salt in the hot water and add eggs about as many as can fit on the top on a nickel or less and i put it on a window sill and get a eye droper full of hot water and add it to the cup to get any eggs off the side of the cup... it takes about 18-48 hours for them to hatch and the shells will fall to the bottom of the cup... and to get them out i just use an eye dropper to suck them out and squzee them out into the baby tank. hope that helps

 

[SoCal]

I haven't seen how small first bites are, but I used to take pellets and put them in a ziplock bag and run a rolling pin over them until they were the consistency of dust. The fish loved it.

 

[madasafish]

smart... I like that idea.

My brine shrimp hatched fine between 16 and 36 hours after I put them in salt water. I'm feeding them to my babies now. I did use a lamp to heat/light the shrimp, and it seems to have worked.

 

[dralarms]

Here is an interesting idea, place a flashlight on one corner and once all the brine are in the corner use air tubing to sipon them out into a coffie filter lined net.