Where to find Brine shrimp (artemia salina).

[hawkeye31657]

Does anyone know of where local we can get brine shrimp and if there is an interest in the club for us maybe to start growing it local just a question any help would be nice

 

[ct_vol]

I don't think any place local sells brine... Only person I know raising any is Matt, and of course all his go to the needs of the hatchery...

I don't think they're hard to raise though... I've thought about it a bit, but just haven't gotten off my @ss to do it... Besides they're useless to me after they lose their egg sack...

I remember Chris (fishdoc) was looking for some a while back... Don't know if he ever found them???

 

[fishdoc11]

Nope...just the Critter in Nashvegas. They are easy to raise though if you have a need for them.

 

[cee]

Hatching them to the napulii stage is very easy. Just and inverted soda bottle with a air pump and in about 24 hours you've got youngsters. You can even get decapsulated eggs if you so desire, or do it yourself. Raising them to adulthood is a bit more of a pain, but Aquatic Ecosystems sells everything you'd need.

 

[seased]

The Aquarium sells a hatchery kit that comes with a couple of packets of eggs. They are easy to raise - like cee said, about 24-48hrs later and you will have brine shrimp. brineshrimpdirect has a good selection of eggs and equipment.

 

[acrodave]

u can go to walmart and get a seamonkey kit lol

 

[Tomoko Schum]

They are very easy to hatch using just an airline, a coke bottle and a small air pump. You can raise baby brine shrimp to adulthood easily, too, if you have live phytoplankton. I have a container full of adult and baby mixture going for a long time (they breed and baby hatches in the container.) However, it is not the most productive culture. They take a long time to grow to adult size. Enriched frozen brine shrimp seems like a better choice than growing your own, unless you are trying to breed fish or shrimp.

Tomoko

 

[hawkeye31657]

so do you raise them in salt water or fresh

 

[awcurl]

Salinity:
25 parts per thousand (ppt) salt solution, or approximately 1 and 2/3 tablespoons of salt per quart (or liter) of water. This equates to around 1.018 specific gravity as measured with a hydrometer. Be sure to use marine salt or solar salt.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

I raise them in salt water. I suspect the salinity level fluctuates to some degree. It's quite a laissez-faire set up.

Tomoko

 

[hawkeye31657]

thanks guys and girls for all the great replies guys hope I can have more response on other post