DIY Baby Brine Shrimp hatchery

[hoppinghippos]

ok thanx!! maybe will try it one of these days! but then its always so tempting to simply buy a packet of live BS instead!

[onghm]

but then its always so tempting to simply buy a packet of live BS instead!

bbs are most nutritious within the first hour or so when they just hatched.

Appearance will be orangy red in color.

After that, their nutrition value will drop and the color will change towards brownish red.

By the time bbs reach the lfs, i think most probably already brownish red.

So its still worth the effort to hatch your own.

My 2 cents

[hoppinghippos]

oh really? didn't know that, thanx very much for the advice onghm! yeah maybe will hatch them myself!

[onghm]

you are most welcomed

I'm hatching mine using AT's method too.

Its quite hassle-free.

Try it

[euphoria]

Hmm...any good brands of eggs that we can buy locally?

[flubberina13]

Hmm...any good brands of eggs that we can buy locally?

I got mine from P*tm*rt. It is the white container with red wordings.

So far it's better than the yellow cardboard packaging type and the red container by Zoo types. Percentage of hatch rate is better.

[reefplicate]

I think you meant decapsulated brine shrimp eggs....?

You can decapsulate BS cysts by pouring some kind of acid on them for a couple of minutes till the outer shell is dissolved.

The eggs can then be fed direct to the tank without worry that the hard shells will cause indigestion to fishes.

u can use ordinary washing bleach.

ABT 1-2 / 10 dilution, stur really well then transfer into hatching container.

this will give u better hatching rate N reduce cyst.

[reefplicate]

bbs are most nutritious within the first hour or so when they just hatched.

Appearance will be orangy red in color.

After that, their nutrition value will drop and the color will change towards brownish red.

By the time bbs reach the lfs, i think most probably already brownish red.

So its still worth the effort to hatch your own.

My 2 cents

to improve nutrition value of Nauplii, u can supplement them with super selco ( very oily) or mix in liquid coral food.

[hoppinghippos]

here's a link I found that tells you more about breeding BS and decapsulating the eggs...

Look for info within the page on seahorse

[Tigger]

AT, the pics has gone missing. Can u post them again?

[braun]

My contribution!

[braun]

My contribution !

[hoppinghippos]

wow thanx!! that brings some ideas to mind oredi!

[Achilles Tang]

AT, the pics has gone missing. Can u post them again?

Photos restored!

[bwilly]

I bo liao.. created a pdf file for this DIY thing..

AT name is embross there.. his copyright..

alignment abit funni at the end part..

editing not as good in this program.. or they expect u to

do all the editing b4 porting over..?

brine.pdf

[bwilly]

oki, one qns. wat do u all use to "poke" a hole in the cap?

dun have a driller, n the only one I have is kinda of big.

[Achilles Tang]

You can heat an appropriate-sized philips head screwdriver till redhot and then poke it thru the plastic cap in a few seconds...

[bwilly]

TKS..!! U R the best.. almost half as good as my jie..

later I go NTUC buy a 1.5 bottle of coke n finish it upz..

[Achilles Tang]

I like to meet your jie...

[bwilly]

I like to meet your jie...

u met her.. she's the 2IC at the BBQ..

stay in AMK one..??

[Achilles Tang]

So I am only half as good as her...

LOL!!!

[bwilly]

So I am only half as good as her...

LOL!!!

She knows how to cook ... hehe.

n always offer to cook additional when I dropby for small bro me..

abit kelong but..

[Achilles Tang]

okie okie.. offtopic already... will delete this few posts to keep it neat!