Live Brine Still Available Anywhere?

[fingerwrinkles]

Hi folks ... long time since posting, but still active in the hobby. I was wondering whether any stores in the bay area still sell live brine? The ones that used to that I knew of are no longer around, but I imagine some must still set it. My QT inhabitants might appreciate some .

Thanks in advance for any help / suggestions!

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

East Bay All About Fish has it available. I wouldn't by fish there but brine should be fine.

 

[daddio]

We get eggs, they hatch in a day

 

[Kremis]

hatching your own is easy. just get eggs, babies hatch in a day

 

[roostertech]

Aquatic Collection usually have them

 

[RandyC]

AC usually gets brine in on Tuesdays. They had a small blip in stock a little over a month or two ago, but I've seen it there the last 3 weeks.

 

[scuzy]

Live brine used to be so cheap now it's just expensive to buy.


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[Newjack]

i remember paying .75 cents an ounce when I was a young boy. Going with my dad to the fish store.
How much is an ounce now?

 

[scuzy]

Live Aquaria sells it 15.99 I think not sure what local sells it any more


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[RandyC]

$3.00/oz at AC

 

[Flagg37]

$3.00/oz at AC

That’s not too bad. That’s only 4 times as much since @Newjack was a boy.

 

[ashburn2k]

That’s not too bad. That’s only 4 times as much since @Newjack was a boy.

So $1 increases every 10 years?


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[tankguy]

$3.00/oz at AC

Compared to what this hobby cost that’s nothing

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

What do you feed it too? And how much? Just curious.

 

[MolaMola]

Tagging along - Does anyone feed something to or coat the shrimp to make them more nutritious?

And check out our new hatchery/egg separator some girls finished last week - we will see Monday if it works. Cover dark section, fill clear section with SW and put light over it, remove plug in center wall, unhatched eggs SHOULD stay sunken in dark section and eggshells SHOULD stay floating in dark section, while shrimp swim over to the light section. We shall see. (Sick of leaky 2L bottle screw-on thing and cleaning eggshells out of jellyfish tank.)

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

And when yo buy them at a store are they usually gut loaded or just not that nutritious?

 

[daddio]

And when yo buy them at a store are they usually gut loaded or just not that nutritious?

Brine shrimp and rotifers are not really that nutritious (think of them as an empty grocery bag). There have been studies as to exactly when/what to feed them to make them better. But as I understand it us hobbyists dont ever get the best strains. And no matter what you feed them, they will always be crud nutritionally.

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

Which is why I was curious why folks buy them unless it's for appropriate size fry (but most people breeding would hatch their own.)

 

[scuzy]

You can't grow them to large size without proper foods.


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[fingerwrinkles]

Thanks guys - appreciate the suggestions. I have cultures of live BBS going, but wanted something larger and live to trigger feeding mechanism.

On a couple of the side questions, I do on occasion gut load BS or BBS with either Reed Rotigrow or rotifers that were loaded with Rotigrow. This is an easy to follow method as the Rotigrow will color up the rotifers and BBS / BS; when they show green bellies you know they're set to go.