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I wish live brine shrimp was easier to source for some of these fish that are hard to acclimate to frozen or other foods. I remember almost every LRS had it in stock for years. Does anyone know where AC gets theirs from?
 
A scoop from Neptune is $8 maybe an ounce. None of the new fish (7) eat any. A bag from AC is $5 and has 10x more shrimps. My new fish always ate those.
 
gmdcdvm said:
I wish live brine shrimp was easier to source for some of these fish that are hard to acclimate to frozen or other foods. I remember almost every LRS had it in stock for years. Does anyone know where AC gets theirs from?
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It’s super easy to hatch them yourself. There’s a lot of hatchery kits that work well along with some high quality eggs. Pretty sure they hatch their own
 
MarcosD said:
It’s super easy to hatch them yourself. There’s a lot of hatchery kits that work well along with some high quality eggs. Pretty sure they hatch their own
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Hahahah. I have been hatching them for about 8 months now with they bangais that bred in my tank. I just wish I could figure out how to grow them. But overall, it is just not worth the effort for me. Oh well.
 
I just started hatching brine shrimp for wrasses and copperband in QT. They are actually really easy to hatch. It's so easy to do, I'll probably started hatching them regularly and feeding to all the tanks. I'm heating the water to 82F and it looks they start hatching in 10-12 hours. I did have an old DIY reef light shining on it for 5-6 hours initially, but any light bulb should work to help hatch eggs faster.

I just used a container sitting in a tank of heated water. Don't want to fry the shrimp with a heater in the actual hatching container so hence "the double boiler" (or sous vide, if you like that name better) method. I have one tube for an airline, one hole to let air in and one tube that I use to syringe them out of the container. I made sure that this line I suck the brine out of is higher than the bottom of the container so that I don't get the shells and detritus on the bottom. Before sucking up the brine, I turn off the air pump and shine a light at the bottom of the tube before using the syringe to suck them out.

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I used these eggs from Amazon.

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RandyC said:
I just started hatching brine shrimp for wrasses and copperband in QT. They are actually really easy to hatch. It's so easy to do, I'll probably started hatching them regularly and feeding to all the tanks. I'm heating the water to 82F and it looks they start hatching in 10-12 hours.

I just used a container sitting in a tank of heated water. Don't want to fry the shrimp with a heater in the actual hatching container so hence "the double boiler" (or sous vide, if you like that name better) method. I have one tube for an airline, one hole to let air in and one tube that I use to syringe them out of the container. I made sure that this line I suck the brine out of it higher than the bottom of the container so that I don't get the shells and detritus on the bottom. Before sucking up the brine, I turn off the air pump and shine a light at the bottom of the tube before using the syringe to suck them out.

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Oh and if you're close (Castro Valley) and want to pick some up, I have too much, feel free to bring a jar and grab some. Today would be the best day since they hatched yesterday and will be at their most nutritious state for another 24 hours (there still some yolk sac left from hatching).
 
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Aiptasia LOVE live baby brine shrimp. If you have Aiptasia you don’t want, I don’t recommend feeding it.

I tried a bunch of ways of hatching them, the best by far was:

Ziss hatchery
www.aquariumcoop.com

Ziss Brine Shrimp Hatchery | Live Brine Shrimp for Feeding Baby Fish

Ziss makes the best brine shrimp hatchery on the market because of its strong, impact-resistant plastic and ability to run a heater and thermometer inside.
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Aquarium Co-op eggs (these eggs specifically)
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Brine Shrimp Eggs | Best Food for Fish Fry | Aquarium Co-Op

Grow fish fry big and healthy by feeding live baby brine shrimp. Our eggs have a high 90% hatch rate with easy separation. Add water, salt & air to hatch.
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With a small heater like:

Mini air pump. Light optional.
 
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