breed brine shrimp

[junxu95]

Is it a good idea to breed brine shrimps and add them in the tank, which is still in cycling? I saw petmart sells the brine shrimp eggs.

 

[reefnetworth]

not a good idea. it would kill them. they make hatchery's for about $5.99, or you can use a 2 liter bottle.
JDM...:smokin:...

 

[junxu95]

I mean if I already got the baby shrimp, is it help adding them alive into the tank?

 

[bertoni]

I wouldn't add food while there's still ammonia present. Ammonia tends to be very toxic, and food, even brine shrimp, will tend to increase the ammonia level, most likely.

 

[rayjay]

If/When you do buy brine shrimp cysts, make sure you buy cysts that are stored in a cooler/refrig as shelf kept cysts don't retain their quality for long.
For brine/artemia info check these sites.
http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/W3732E/w3732e0p.htm#TopOfPage
http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/brineshrimp.html

 

[Paintbug]

i just have to ask what you are trying to feed while the tank is still cycling?

 

[junxu95]

I am just wondering if I could make the shrimp live in the tank. Later on my fish will have enough live food.

 

[Paintbug]

brine shrimp wont survive in the tank. if you use any kind of filtration, it will remove them. not to mention the SG and other conditions. the best way to keep live food in the take is to get a large pod population going. lots of live rock will be all you need for pods.

you can hatch the brine shrimp in one of those hatcheries that are available. then just add them to the tank once or twice a week.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Your best bet is to wait until you have fish, culture them, and then feed them to your tank. Also, the nutritional value of Brine Shrimp is nearly worthless unless you gut load them before feeding. I would let your tank cycle, go on as normal, do a little research on different food culturing methods, and then make the decision if you want to attempt to culture your own food. I'm not trying to sound discouraging, but there really isn't a need to do this unless you want to have a little fun with it. FWIW, I do culture my own foods, but I have too much time on my hands

 

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9475176#post9475176 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis L. Stevens
I'm not trying to sound discouraging, but there really isn't a need to do this unless you want to have a little fun with it. FWIW, I do culture my own foods, but I have too much time on my hands

same here. i will add that when you are first starting out, just worry about getting the tank going, and stable before adding growing your own foods to the mix. they can be aggravating, even more so than the tank some days LOL.

 

[GS-Rock]

you can see if you know anybody that once your tank is cycled you can get sone pods and keep them in your tank what will be good live food but be sure you do some googlying

 

[rayjay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9475176#post9475176 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Travis L. Stevens
Also, the nutritional value of Brine Shrimp is nearly worthless unless you gut load them before feeding.

Unfortunately this erroneous statement has been perpetuated for a long time. From the Artemia Reference Center at the University of Ghent, they published a section on artemia nutrition showing live adult brine shrimp raised from Great Salt Lake cysts, have protein levels approaching 60%.
See the middle link above in my previous post and scroll down to section 4.4.1
In addition to the levels shown, gut loading can increase levels of whatever you chose be it fatty acid content or more protein, or vitamins or.............

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Hey, rayjay. It's offline for maintenance. BTW, if you don't get the Great Salt Lake cysts, then what are the nutritional values? That 60% in the GSL Artemia is for adults and not nauplii, correct?

 

[bertoni]

Hatching brine shrimp in the tank dumps a lot of bacteria and cyst (egg) shells into the water column. It's best done in a separate tank.