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Live Brine Shrimp Housing - Please Help

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Euphyllia

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So I went out to All About Fish today and got some rocks and polyfilter material. While I was there I grabbed 2 ounces of live brine shrimp. I just got back and I'm wondering where I should hose the brine shrimp to keep them alive. I normally use a 1g tank with nothing in it - no heater and no pump or air stone. This time I was thinking of using one of my breeder boxes that I used to keep for my freshwater fish. The breeder box will be in the main tank with new, heated, oxygenated water from and the brine shrimp are too big to get out the side holes which let the water in. I know the decision is very obvious, but if the brine shrimp die in a few days and I have them in the breeder box with circulating water to the main tank, will the ammonias, nitrates, or phosphates build up from just 2 ounces of brine shrimp? The fish have no access to the brine shrimp so they won't get eaten until I put some in the tank. If I've been unclear about any details or there is something else about the tank you need to know to answer the question don't hesitate to ask. :)
 
That's what I do too Phong when I buy live brine shrimp.

You can place the bag in the bottom third (cut the top two-third off) of a 2 liter soda bottle.
 
I put them in a zip-lock bowl with a lid and I put a bit of DT's live phyto in with them so they can eat. The question also occurred to me which was will they have enough oxygen for 2 ounces of brine shrimp to live in there? And do I need yo worry about ammonias & nitrates building up and killing them? That is what happed when I put some in a 1g last time I had bought some.
 
I believe their metabolism is greatly slowed when placed into a refrigerator. This would in turn allow their yolk sacs, or lipids and fatty reserves to not be used up as quickly; essentially allows you to retain their nutritional value longer (but not indefinitely).
I would punch at least a dime to nickel sized hole in the lid to allow for some gas exchange to occur.
 
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