Peter McLeod Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Anyone had success with growing brineshrimp to adult size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Yes we did it for fun. I gather adult brine shrimp have very little nutritional value as a food though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 is there any chance of them breeding?? probably not very many eggs but it may help with costs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 I've got one of those little plastic critter tanks with brine shrimp in it. Unheated, no circulation, occasionally when I remember I feed them some brewers yeast. They grow pretty quickly, a few weeks from hatching to adult and they breed pretty quickly. Mine are dying off as fast as they're hatching, but that's because I pretty much ignore it, give them water changes, heat and an air hose for some circulation they'd probably breed like rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 brewers yeast??? is that the cooking stuff or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 It's uhh...I dunno what it's supposed to be used for, all I've ever used it for is feeding fish food or making fish food. You can use regular yeast too, the stuff for making bread and whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 k thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter McLeod Posted August 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 I have read adult brineshrimp are high in a vitamin that enhaces colour and good health.I have also noticed feeding my guppies live food seems to make them happier and healthier baring the whiteworms at least for the guppies, and I want to be able to raise something in reasonable quantity to feed all my fish that won't do them harm if fed every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 I would think full grown brine shrimps would be too big for guppies. Mine were gathered as eggs from Lake Grassmere Saltworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I've grown adult brine shrimp in the past - the didn't do any good just using the table salt mix that you can hatch them in. To raise them on you need real seawater or artificial seawater (like you'd use in a marine tank). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 thanx for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorsemad Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 kribkrazy, i tried most methods to grow my brine shrimp to full size (air pumps, seamonkey food, heater everything) i had given up and used the container to try and grow daphnia outside. Then to my surprise the brine shrimp hatched in freshwater and i have a great culture of them going on my back door step. Ask around and you may find a few people will tell you the best results are achieved by leaving the brine shrimp outside to fend for themselves. I occasionally feed them a crushed up lettace leaf which will rot but is great food for them. I thought it would be too cold for them but they are reproducing in good numbers and my seahorses are really pleased with the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Mine were eggs gathered from the salt works and just dumped in a container of sea water with some sand in the bottom. I then left them. They were never fed or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 we have frosts here and i'm not sure if you do up there but i don't think you do, well anyway it maybe a bit cold with ice on top of the water if i might say so my self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 anyone here got any daphnia they are willing to sell or trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Seahorsemad, I believe what you have outside are either CYCLOPS or DAPHNIA, no way do B/S grow or survive in fresh water. Kribcrazy, when you've stood beside Lake Grassmere, on a Queen'sBirthday weekend, and had that southerly creeps up of the alps. you should know you are living in a tropical paradise. When we went fishing there, or shrimping. They seemed to be thermally adjusted to a depth of about 200 to 300mm, almost looked like they were held in position by a sheet of glass. Absolute buzz catching 1000's of them using the figure-eight net sweep But, it was cold, so very, very cold. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I have daphnia wok but I doubt it would travel well that far. I hope to have enough to take some for the auction at the National Show in Napier in Sept. That howling southerly sweeping across the salt ponds was a killer wasn't it Alan? :lol: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter McLeod Posted August 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 www.ak.planet.gen.nz/~bio you may have to ask for them but they usually have Daphnia in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted August 22, 2004 Report Share Posted August 22, 2004 thanks guys for that. Bio suppliers get them in from some place else. they don't actually breed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 They get them from a goldfish farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 So is yeast something can they soley survive/thrive off? I checked out biosuppliers website and they're advertising "the world's best food for growing brine shrimp" (under frozen foods), anyone tried that or is it more cost effective to stick to yeast? Anything else they eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 They won't survive on yeast alone Luke. See here in the "All about Live foods" bit. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/grumpygr/ I have another formula for feeding which is a bit more simple if you want to email me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absynthe Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 how long does it take them to mature into adults? I hatched some yesterday and they died within an hour! I used 'table' sea salt in a coke bottle with a heat lamp (about 80f) and an airstone. will try with seawater..any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 You don't want to mature them into adults if they are for feeding fry as for this they need to be newly hatched. What makes you think they died within the hour? You weren't looking at the egg casings were you? They will be swimming (and hard to see if your eyesight is like mine) in a little cloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absynthe Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 No I wasnt looking at the shells...they were floating. The BS hatched, swam around like mad for a while in big swarms at the bottom. I went to the supermarket and by the time I got back they were lifeless at the bottom, no movement! can someone confirm if seawater can be used, or if it needs to be treated before using? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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