Baby Brine Shrimp

[nathanemmerich]

I figured this would be the best fourm to ask this question. What kind of net do you use to capture baby brine? I bought a fine mesh net but they slip right through?

I have been hatching them to make sure that every thing goes fine when i get some seahorses, but im having trouble capturing them so i can transfer them from the 2liter bottle to the fish tank. Any help would be awesome.

Thanks
Nathan

 

[jld2112]

Brine Shrimp net. Looks like the standard green handled fish net only brown and a lot smaller mesh. You LFS should have them.

 

[panmanmatt]

The ones with a brown handle will not catch newly hatched brine shrimp. If you have a PetSmart near you get the ones made by Top Fin, they have a blue handle. If not you can use a regular fihs net and just line it with a disposable coffee filter.

 

[lfduty]

Thhe coffee filter is one of the ways i do it but you can put a light at the top and suck thim out to. I do it both ways.

 

[rayjay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7660305#post7660305 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jld2112
Brine Shrimp net. Looks like the standard green handled fish net only brown and a lot smaller mesh. You LFS should have them.

The OLD brown handled ones worked fine, but the new ones do not. Brine Shrimp Direct has an artemia hatching sieve which is a rectangular plastic piece with a fine mesh bottom. They also sell a 150 and a 250 mesh bag, the latter working great for rotifers or San Fran brine cysts which are smaller than GSL cysts.

 

[nathanemmerich]

I finally found a good filter. i have been using some pantyhoes. Works perfectly.

I finally found out how hard it is going to be to keep wild caught dwarf seahorses. But i have the hatching and catching down. And the tanks is set up cycled and perfect.

one last question, some people say you need to enrich newly hatched brine, some say they are good enough, what do you think?

if i should wait the 12 hours to start enriching what product should i use?

 

[Depth]

In fish who will not accept any prepared foods and will eat only your shrimp, enriching is necessary. Selcon vitamins are good for enriching.

I am just researching the whole breeding thing too. I do not have seahorses but am about to get a coral beauty and have heard that they can be hard to acclimate and start eating. I don't know if it is going to be necessary but I want to be prepared with some live food at hand.
Here are the questions I currently struggle with:

Some people recommend lower salinity , e.g.:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/food/bbs/how_to_bbs.html

However, another article recommends 1.022 - 1.026 which is regular salinity. See:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles...ing_Shrimp.html

Which is right? This last article teaches you how to breed brine shrimp to adulthood, so that they'll start having eggs themselves, and you have an endless food source.
It says you could breed them straight into a tank. I was wondering if I could save myself the whole hatchery thing and just breed them into my quarantine tank. I have a fish trap installed in it (Item # CD-12890 on www.drsfostersmith.com) and I hoped to breed the eggs there al the way, safe from hungry mouths, just like in a little refugium. Is this possible and how to do it right?

 

[rayjay]

They can all be right because brine shrimp adapt to such a wide range of salinities.
I answered in more depth on the other thread you posted in.

 

[Big Ying]

Get the BS hatchery dish from Brine Shrimp Direct. No aeration, no light, and they just swim into the collecting cup which also works as a strainer. You won't believe how much easier it is. I'm going to start a thread soon. I spend a total of 5 minutes a day. I use two hatchery dishes to have hatching times properly staggered.

 

[Depth]

that sounds great! Let us know where is the thread when you start it! ;-)

 

[fnicklaus]

There are brine shrimp nets that you can purchase from a fish retail store online. Very fine mesh.

 

[Lacrosseboss18]

get any kinda of net and use coffee filters that worked the best for me

 

[Drewpdog]

my personal favorite mode of capture is flashlight/bulbsyringe you can get a bulb syringe at walgreens or any drugstore or any enima kit should have one in it at a local fish store 8 weeks ago i found a long shaft bulb syringe the shaft is like 8 inches realy nice for spot feeding areas