I was hoping to use my old 10 gallon tank to raise some marble crayfish or some brine shrimp. if you have any tips for doing either of these it would be much appreciated. Also i was wondering if it would be possible to raise them both in the same 10 gallon tank. I know that the population wont be able to grow too large in the small space. but i only need them to feed 3 fish and they wont be serving as the main diet.
Breeding live food for cichlids
- Thread starter Garrett Wise
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Just get a cheap(biggest u can get for cheap) Craigslist tank,and raise guppies,celestial danios,and cherry red shrimp.
I start brine shrimp in these tiny @ 1 quart containers
after most of the newly hatched "shrimp" have been fed to fry, I dump the rest of the old water, shrimp eggs, and stuff into a 20gal tank (in winter) or outside in shallow ponds in summer
in summer the shrimp grow quickly, eating algae and it usually tanks only @ a week to get adults for cichlid food. I can harvest adults daily.
In winter I dump old water change water in the twenty because the growing shrimp eat detritus and algae scrapings, takes a little longer to grow though.
Crawdads would only work if they were the brackish type, but they would also probably eat all your brine shrimp if grown in the same place.
after most of the newly hatched "shrimp" have been fed to fry, I dump the rest of the old water, shrimp eggs, and stuff into a 20gal tank (in winter) or outside in shallow ponds in summer
in summer the shrimp grow quickly, eating algae and it usually tanks only @ a week to get adults for cichlid food. I can harvest adults daily.
In winter I dump old water change water in the twenty because the growing shrimp eat detritus and algae scrapings, takes a little longer to grow though.
Crawdads would only work if they were the brackish type, but they would also probably eat all your brine shrimp if grown in the same place.
so you start the brine shrimp in tiny containers, do they not need any sort of filtration and things? or is this just until they hatch?I start brine shrimp in these tiny @ 1 quart containers
after most of the newly hatched "shrimp" have been fed to fry, I dump the rest of the old water, shrimp eggs, and stuff into a 20gal tank (in winter) or outside in shallow ponds in summer
in summer the shrimp grow quickly, eating algae and it usually tanks only @ a week to get adults for cichlid food. I can harvest adults daily.
In winter I dump old water change water in the twenty because the growing shrimp eat detritus and algae scrapings, takes a little longer to grow though.
Crawdads would only work if they were the brackish type, but they would also probably eat all your brine shrimp if grown in the same place.
My containers just use salt and water, no aeration, no heat, nothing for hatching.
The hole (opening) at the top draws the newly hatched artemis because of the light, and the hatcheries come with perfectly sized sieves for removing the shrimp. They are easily acquired on-line at brineshrimpdirect.com, although I know people who hatch eggs in quart jars.
For growing adult shrimp in tanks, I find an airstone is needed, just to keep the tank from going stagnant, and smelly.
In spring thru fall outside, the breeze is usually enough. I never use heaters, brine shrimp usually come from Great Salt Lake, or the San Fransico area, which can be quite cool.
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eggs are scattered around the outer edge, and the shrimp swim toward the light after hatching, usually take no more that 24 hours to hatch.[/URL]
The hole (opening) at the top draws the newly hatched artemis because of the light, and the hatcheries come with perfectly sized sieves for removing the shrimp. They are easily acquired on-line at brineshrimpdirect.com, although I know people who hatch eggs in quart jars.
For growing adult shrimp in tanks, I find an airstone is needed, just to keep the tank from going stagnant, and smelly.
In spring thru fall outside, the breeze is usually enough. I never use heaters, brine shrimp usually come from Great Salt Lake, or the San Fransico area, which can be quite cool.
[/URL[URL=http://s70.photobucket.com/user/dstuer/media/shrimp/artemia/140_zpsf7a7ab03.jpg.html]eggs are scattered around the outer edge, and the shrimp swim toward the light after hatching, usually take no more that 24 hours to hatch.[/URL]