Questions about brine shrimp

[Creetin]

Hi everyone, being thinking about the sea monkeys (hope i am correct abt the name)... mi fren bot some live ones n showed them to me, they look brown/red in color but fragile...

anyway, just wana ask:

1. Do u all buy live brine shrimp to throw into ur tank?

2. Issit necessary, as in corals MUST HAVE brine shrimp for food (those tat need feeding at least)? how abt certain fishes, do they require BS?

Tks!

[Bluebeard]

of course cannot throw them all into the tank, too much liao.

bawater taught be to put them into a container together with the water that comes with the BS, put them in fridge! it works! they can live for days!

[Creetin]

so u mean u buy live brine shrimp for ur tank? wat i meant was u throw in the shrimp w the water or u strain them? i suppose strain rite...hehe common sense...

does every fish go for the brine shrimp?

[Bluebeard]

so u mean u buy live brine shrimp for ur tank? wat i meant was u throw in the shrimp w the water or u strain them? i suppose strain rite...hehe common sense...

does every fish go for the brine shrimp?

yes i buy live brine shrimps for my tank.

i don't strain them for keeping, of course they need the water to live.

not all fishes go for brine shrimps but i suppose most do.

[bawater]

BB right, i do keep in a container with the water it came with in the fridge. They last approz 3 days with some die off(maybe 10%-20%), but while u keep them u should be feeding them abt twice a day so u don't get so much dead.

Don't feed solely, meaning use live BS as a treat maybe once a week or so.

The adult ones u buy are high in aminos...but that's abt it so use them as a supplement.(& they not cheap so a pack everyday is very taxing)

Cheapest is TYP69 @$2.50(everywhere else is $3)

i now include an extra stage of gut loading-meaning i feed spirulina while they in the fridge. I also raise a small continous culture on the stuff & phyto(for fun cause culture amount to little).

Before feeding- u will need to strain(using normal strainer from NTUC will do). This is because the water it comes with will be full of bacteria(same applies to hatching water). If the BS are grown in SG then they will have been fed bacteria that grow from chicken manure, if they came from Thailand they will have been on bacteria from decomposing vegetables.

A rinse under tap water before feeding won't harm them.

[harlequin]

Bawater,

where is TYP69 ?

I buy my live large adult brine ships from Japan Ranchu at Jalan Sultan.

A $2 pack contains almost the same amount as 5 packs of frozen Hikari.

[bawater]

Toa Payoh blk 69

$2 same as 5 packs(or cubes i guess)? so much!

Yet to find that Japan Ranchu place........can't seem to.

the Normal $3 pack only has 20g of shrimps. remainder is abt 600g-700g+ of water.

The 20g is standard- measured a few packs already.

creetin- forgot to answer your second question.

No, corals don't need adult brine shrimp for food. They are too big, even baby brine shrimp are too big in most cases. Unless u mean bubble,anemones- which can be fed market prawns & silverfish.

Its not a requirement for fishes either- it is your choice as a treat. Frozen(Hikari) is just as good & cleaner.

[harlequin]

I think even PetMart or TPY69 buys them from Japan Ranchu.

The boss at Japan Ranchu ever mentioned a couple of times, some local guys always come in and buy around $50 worth.

The quality there is very good and even without putting them inside the refrigerator , the brine shrimps can last almost 3 days on air stones circulation.

BTW, if you put them in the refrigerator, no need air circulation ?

[bawater]

no need, just put them in container & pop into fridge-no smell.

i find leaving them in normal room temp fouls the water stinko.

hmmmm- now have to go visit see see.

[LiveRock]

Hi harlequin

Where exactly is Japan Ranchu? Interested to go and look see look see.

[Bluebeard]

BB right, i do keep in a container with the water it came with in the fridge. They last approz 3 days with some die off(maybe 10%-20%), but while u keep them u should be feeding them abt twice a day so u don't get so much dead.

Don't feed solely, meaning use live BS as a treat maybe once a week or so.

The adult ones u buy are high in aminos...but that's abt it so use them as a supplement.(& they not cheap so a pack everyday is very taxing)

Cheapest is TYP69 @$2.50(everywhere else is $3)

i now include an extra stage of gut loading-meaning i feed spirulina while they in the fridge. I also raise a small continous culture on the stuff & phyto(for fun cause culture amount to little).

Before feeding- u will need to strain(using normal strainer from NTUC will do). This is because the water it comes with will be full of bacteria(same applies to hatching water). If the BS are grown in SG then they will have been fed bacteria that grow from chicken manure, if they came from Thailand they will have been on bacteria from decomposing vegetables.

A rinse under tap water before feeding won't harm them.

hey bawater, the shop at Tampines 801 also selling at $2.50. also the shop at Bedok 85 also $2.50.

[Creetin]

oic.....very informative! i just came back from harlequins and saw that they mixed frozen brine shrimp and mysis shrimp for feedin.... think i might wan to try tat...

if live brine shrimp is not a necessity, mabbe i forget it...too much trouble since mi house here no LFS which carry live BS....