Brine shrimp culture

[Moonstream]

I will be setting up a small brine shrimp culture and need some helpful hints on how to keep it. I was planning on using the usual brine hatchery made out of a plastic bottle and starting a culture like that. Next they would be transfered to a plastic bucket with an air stone, and fed springla (spelled wrong lol) algae water weekly (water w/ algae powder from health store). Would pytoplankton supliments be good for them? Shoud I use that instead? I will let them breed and remove the dead ones when needed. I would do water changes as needed. I was thinking about putting a bumble bee snail in there to eat the dead brine. Bad idea?
I know that brine have very little nutri value, but if I fed them to the fish after they (brine) ate would they would be better. Also, I was wondering if I could freeze the newly hatched brine to preserve their nutri value? Would that work? Could I do the same for adults after I fed them(the brine)?
I plan to harvest weekly on a large scale for all my tanks, and every other day for my main marine tank. I would just feed the group that will be lunch for my fish that day in a separate container, to cut down on waste but "gutload" them for the fish.
They will be spot fed to the sun coral and mandarin i plan to get. They will also be used as treat for my display and QT tank(when there are fish in it).
Sound like a good idea?

 

[Icefire]

you can't really get a culture running, you need eggs continuously.

try Brine shrimp direct.

 

[Icefire]

dp

 

[Moonstream]

The adults wont breed in a tank w/ the right water conditions?

 

[Paintbug]

i would start with this article.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/dec2002/breeder.htm

while its not impossible to have a full culture of brine shrimp going, its very time consuming, and more work than most people are willing to put in. plus not only will you need to culture the shrimp, you will need to culture phytoplankton to feed the shrimp, or plan on spending a TON of cash on DT's or some other brand.

 

[rayjay]

Re: Brine shrimp culture

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10229321#post10229321 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Moonstream
I will be setting up a small brine shrimp culture and need some helpful hints on how to keep it. I was planning on using the usual brine hatchery made out of a plastic bottle and starting a culture like that. Next they would be transferred to a plastic bucket with an air stone, and fed spirulina (corrected) algae water weekly (water w/ algae powder from health store). Would pytoplankton supliments be good for them? Shoud I use that instead? I will let them breed and remove the dead ones when needed. I would do water changes as needed. I was thinking about putting a bumble bee snail in there to eat the dead brine. Bad idea?
I know that brine have very little nutri value, but if I fed them to the fish after they (brine) ate would they would be better. Also, I was wondering if I could freeze the newly hatched brine to preserve their nutri value? Would that work? Could I do the same for adults after I fed them(the brine)?
I plan to harvest weekly on a large scale for all my tanks, and every other day for my main marine tank. I would just feed the group that will be lunch for my fish that day in a separate container, to cut down on waste but "gutload" them for the fish.
They will be spot fed to the sun coral and mandarin i plan to get. They will also be used as treat for my display and QT tank(when there are fish in it).
Sound like a good idea?

FWIW, my website on artemia may be of some help in determining a protocol for your own situation. It explains my methods before I went large scale to sell artemia to local LFS's.
Raising brine shrimp can be a lot of work. Amount of work depends on the density of the culture. More dense, more work.
Its actually more prudent to buy live brine shrimp and keep them fed to maintain nutrition levels.
For some reason I can't get the direct link to work right so I have to do it this way. CLICK HERE AND SCROLL DOWN TO "ON RAISING BRINE SHRIMP"
For the most complete information available on brine shrimp (artemia) see this web site with an article from the Artemia Reference Center at the University of Ghent.
CLICK HERE AND SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION 4.0 ARTEMIA
While I find it all interesting, you may prefer to just read section 4.4 about culture and use of ongrown artemia.