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Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #426 (Brine shrimp hatcher)
The easiest way that I have found to hatch brine shrimp eggs is as follows:
Cut the bottom off a two -- liter plastic soda bottle. Cap and invert. Fill
half full with salt water and add eggs, about a half teaspoon. Drop an air
line with air stone into the bottle, making sure it reaches the bottom.
Aerate so that the eggs are constantly moving. After 24 hours or so, turn off
the air. Let the shrimp settle for about five minutes or until they form a
somewhat compacted mass on the bottom. Using a turkey baster, remove the
shrimp and drain through a brine shrimp net or other fine filter. Either
rinse and use, or dump the net into a cup of water and distribute to your fish
using the same turkey baster or a pipette. If you didn't get all the shrimp
out the first time, repeat the procedure. The same brine solution can be used
for two or three hatches. Evaporation does not seem to be a problem as long
as you don't aerate too vigorously.
This is a non -- messy procedure. I suspend the hatcher by drilling a hole
near the top of the bottle and using an S hook to secure to a nail in a beam
or wall.
Fred Sharpell
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