sparrowmayhem Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 I have a couple of brine shrimp hatcherys going but they are not hatching one has been going for 20 hours and my other for 18 hours i cant work out what im doing wrong i really need them to hatch to feed my fry thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 is this the little black ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 There could be a number of reasons for failing to hatch. Wrong temp, inadequate airation, incorrect salinity, old eggs. How did you go about hatching them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 They normally take 24 hours to hatch and will be slower at cooler temperatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrowmayhem Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 thanks for reply i have one of the san francisco bay black box hatcherys and also a home made one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Or if you are a n00b like me they could have hatched and you have no idea :oops: :oops: I made an attempt to hatch them and they were bubbling away for days, my partner was saying to me what are you doing with that lol and I threw it away cos I couldn't see any little shrimps little did I know the little orange bits in the bottom were the brine shrimp :oops: :oops: I was too embarrassed to tell any one :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 OMG - that's what the orange things were??? I've never been able to hatch them either - well, maybe I have! I thought they'd look like sea monkies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 they are a waste of time to be honest How much are you wanting to hatch and do you have a spare airline? Send me your email (PM) and I will send you they way I do it... Ideally, you would want the temp to be 26 or a little higher.I hatch mine at about 24 because that suits my system. I feed BBS twice a day 7 days a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrowmayhem Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 thank pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 they are really tiny take a syringe-full of the water and hold it up to the light. look for little orange things, smaller than the eggs, that are moving in little jerks up and down - thats them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 OMG - that's what the orange things were??? I've never been able to hatch them either - well, maybe I have! I thought they'd look like sea monkies... They do, because sea monkies are brine shrimp. But they start off really tiny. After you turn off the airation and let it sit for a bit, put a light on one side of the container and let it sit for 15 minutes or so. You'll notice there are a few tiny orange eggs floating around and a few tinier paler orange little things vibrating around in the water. Those are baby brine shrimp. They do grow bigger, up to like half an inch or something, but it takes a couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 They do grow bigger, up to like half an inch or something, but it takes a couple weeks. A bit of a side track...what do you feed Brineshrimp to grow them on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 When they hatch (and are orange because of the yolk sack) they are at the best for food value. At that stage they are nuplii with no usefull parts like a mouth or anus. They feed on the yolk sack over the next 24 hours and become baby brine shrimp with all the useful parts. They are the best food value therefore as soon as they hatch. I find the best way is the old coke bottle trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Or if you are a n00b like me they could have hatched and you have no idea :oops: :oops: I made an attempt to hatch them and they were bubbling away for days, my partner was saying to me what are you doing with that lol and I threw it away cos I couldn't see any little shrimps little did I know the little orange bits in the bottom were the brine shrimp :oops: :oops: I was too embarrassed to tell any one :oops: Thank you for not laughing at me :oops: Hopefully if some one can learn from my stupidity, the embarrassment will have been worth it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Bedazzled BBS is a great food for fry and indeed for most small fish. As I mentioned, I hach it out twice a day and feed it to at least half my tanks that Im breeding from. There are places to buy the eggs from about $60 or $70 per tin and a tin last all my tanks well over 6months so its at a cost of maybe 20cents a day. With also feeding white worms and Micro worms and other live foods when I can get them. my weekly food bill is probably $2 to $3 per week and thats for 47 tanks... now that has to be cheap eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Bedazzled BBS is a great food for fry and indeed for most small fish. As I mentioned, I hach it out twice a day and feed it to at least half my tanks that Im breeding from. There are places to buy the eggs from about $60 or $70 per tin and a tin last all my tanks well over 6months so its at a cost of maybe 20cents a day. With also feeding white worms and Micro worms and other live foods when I can get them. my weekly food bill is probably $2 to $3 per week and thats for 47 tanks... now that has to be cheap eh Holy heck!!!! That makes great economic sense Might have to give it another go I think. I have been feeding the micros to my fry and they love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 if the fry " love " micros, expect them to dance with BBS what fry are you feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 Guppies and balloon mollies at this stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrowmayhem Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 thanks for the help and replys ive got them hatching now so plenty of food for my axolotl fry nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I don't know about mollies but guppies love fruit flies while we are on the culture trail (when they are big enough to get them in their mouth). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I don't know about mollies but guppies love fruit flies while we are on the culture trail (when they are big enough to get them in their mouth). Do you mean just the normal ones that buzz the fruit bowl if there is something on it's way out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 They are similar but you can buy a culture of shortwinged ones in the pet shop and you can culture them yourself. That is what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedazzled Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 cool, My partner is going to think I have really gone doolally if I tell him I want to buy fruit flies :lol: :lol: Might try the BBS again first and see how that goes and then broach the subject of the fruit flies lol The look on his face when I said I had been sent microworms through the mail was PRICELESS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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