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How long can Baby Brine Shrimp survive in hatchery?


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I hatch a litre of water of them each time using ready mixed with salt packets but its too much for my fry to eat all at once so i can only give them a little at a time and leave the rest until the next time they need feed.

Ive feed them 4 times from one batch now over 2 days and there is still a little BBS left.

So got me wondering how long BBS will last in their hatchery keeping the air stone on before they die?

What can i do to make them survive longer?

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Have you thought about popping them into an Ice Cube Maker and freezing them,

I'm not sure if the Nutritional Value will be the same if they are Frozen, I cant see that it will make any difference to be quite honest with you.

I used to do this when I was breeding Angels :bounce:

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after they hatch they take about 24 to 36 hours to grow a mouth and rear end. For that first 24 hours they are at their best food wise and only start having a reduced value as time goes on so regardless of how long they will live for, I would not bother with them after say 36 hours.

Why do you not hatch less but hatch more often?

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Have you thought about popping them into an Ice Cube Maker and freezing them,

I'm not sure if the Nutritional Value will be the same if they are Frozen, I cant see that it will make any difference to be quite honest with you.

I used to do this when I was breeding Angels :bounce:

lol dah... i never even thought about that :roll:

Thanks :)

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they are most nutritious within 24 hours of hatching, after that they consume the yolk.

you sure can freeze them. i withdraw some in a syringe and then freeze the syringe. remember to leave some space in the syringe for the anomalous expansion of water. :wink:

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Hi Al;l.

I'm pleased to see that there are those out there that hatch "TOO MUCH".

I hatch 15grams per day, every day and still I only have enough to feed out, leave alone Freeze any.

I could hatch more if I really wanted to freeze some, or I could grow them on to breeding size which I have experimented with in the past, and it is an interesting past time.

Good Luck.

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