How do you hatch brine egg?

[dzylim]

Originally Posted by natsuboku

I reared brine shrimp when i was in Primary school, they called it Sea monkeys that time.. Spent so much $, in the end found out it was sold at $2 per pack of hundreds in LFS

i think those seamonkeys are genetically engineered. they are suppose to be bigger size with longer lifespan.

[zeloc87]

Originally Posted by natsuboku

I reared brine shrimp when i was in Primary school, they called it Sea monkeys that time.. Spent so much $, in the end found out it was sold at $2 per pack of hundreds in LFS

me also lor >_< kenna tricked by marketting gimmick.. haha..

[zeloc87]

Originally Posted by natsuboku

Table salt will not get the same hatchery rate as compared to marine salt. If i'm not wrong, table salt contains some substances which is not suitable for brines. Even marine fishes also

Actually, the salt use aquarium kind, the huge chunky kind can liao, used to hatch them when i bred bettas.. if u want high rate of success, the key is to have good quality eggs, the kind come in tin can and store in fridge one.. also the bubbling must be strong, the stronger the better..

when u wanna harvest, jus shine a light, all the brine shrimps will be attracted to e light, then u jus net them or sumthing wif a v fine net = p

hope tt helps >_<

[rahdom59]

Originally Posted by zeloc87

Actually, the salt use aquarium kind, the huge chunky kind can liao, used to hatch them when i bred bettas.. if u want high rate of success, the key is to have good quality eggs, the kind come in tin can and store in fridge one.. also the bubbling must be strong, the stronger the better..

when u wanna harvest, jus shine a light, all the brine shrimps will be attracted to e light, then u jus net them or sumthing wif a v fine net = p

hope tt helps >_<

remember to check the expiry date on packing

[jytong]

Wow, a big thanks to all the contributors towards this thread. I am sure all of us have learn something.

[Swoop]

i think this would help u a lot http://www.killies.com/Brineshrimphatchery.htm

Oh.. thats a good link, saw it quite sometime back, but forgotten the url.

[jytong]

What should I do if the brine eggs did not hatch after 2 days of continuous aeration?

Hmm, you might want to check a few things, has the bottle of brine shrimp eggs you bought EXPIRED? Or the salinity not high enough? Did you use aged water instead of tap water? Was the PH above 7.5(should be around 8 after you add salt). Was the temperature too high?(Preferably less than 26 DegC, max at 28)
Hope these helps