decapsulated brine shrimp eggs and hikari first bites are both available via LFS and taken better by many fry than crumbled flakes.
Feeding swimmers?
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Are those the ones with the cysts/shells already removed? Do they still need to be hatched? and what is the brand of these?...jworth;3967855; said:
zennzzo;3967873; said:
never bought them but ive seen them on brine shrimp direct, they also have 1 pound containers of brine eggs.
are brine shrimp that much of a mess to hatch? ive never done it but need to start to get my feeder fry growing quicker, but ive done some research and on youtube theres a few realy good vidoes that make the set up seem easy
It's not that it's a hassle, it's just that you only have an 8Hr window to use the freshly hatched Brine Shrimp eggs, and it takes 24-36 hours to hatch.szymon328;4028264; said:
If you set up 2-3 hatcheries you can have baby brine shrimp feed everyday...
I tried the decapsulated eggs and I do not think they are as good as fresh, plus they will cloud the water where fresh hatched do not...
zennzzo;4028431; said:
theres like 150,000 baby brine in 1 gram so its reasonable to assume that all of them will not hatch at the same time. so, half hatch at 1 time and u harvest them with like a 50% yolk sac thats not bad i guess. im not sure about this but brine without yolk sacs cant be entirely useless right?
More like 200,000 to 300,000 nauplii per gram. You are looking at an 65% - 90% hatch rate depending on the grade of eggs used...and there is no way to separate them. When it is harvest time they must be harvested. Unhatched cyst or eggs at the bottom, Nauplii freeswimming and phototropic in the center layer and empty cysts floating on the top. This after the 24hrs or so of hatch timeszymon328;4029660; said:
After they absorb their yolk sac they go down considerably in fat content, that is essential in the growth and heath of the new fry. As they absorb the fat content is replaced with a higher protein content.
have you ever hatched out Brine shrimp before? Try it, it's a bit of work but you can see the newly hatched brood increase in size with a couple of feedings...
i will try it but i just gota go to my lfs and find it, i looked yesterday but they didnt have any some im gona go to a diffrent one and buy a small amount for practice.
the yolks contain fat right? and its protein that isnt as helpfull for baby fry? then you might as well hatch brine, and also feed egg yolk from chicken eggs lol
im not sure if it was 150k per gram or more, but i gues it does rely on the hatch percentage
the yolks contain fat right? and its protein that isnt as helpfull for baby fry? then you might as well hatch brine, and also feed egg yolk from chicken eggs lol
im not sure if it was 150k per gram or more, but i gues it does rely on the hatch percentage
I put the hatchery in a 2 gallon bucket with a 50w stealth heater to keep the temps consistent...that's most important as well as 8.0+ph
