Baby Brine Shrimp
- Most common live food used for a variety of tropical fish
fry
- Easy to hatch
Preparations
- Simply fill a container with about a quart of water , add a
tablespoon of non-iodized salt , and a pinch of BBS eggs .
Aerate the container so that the eggs are kept
continuously suspended.
- The eggs hatch in about 18-48 hours, depending on room
temperature. The empty shells will float to the surface,
and if you shine a light on the bottom, the shrimp will
congregate there. You can extract them with a turkey
baster or small siphon , filter them through a sieve , rinse
them , and feed them to the fry . It's good to have two
hatcheries going at all times about 12 hours apart , so
that fresh hatches are always available.
# NOTE : Overfeeding of any protein-rich food like BBS will
cause Swim Bladder Disorder in young bettas
fry
- Easy to hatch
Preparations
- Simply fill a container with about a quart of water , add a
tablespoon of non-iodized salt , and a pinch of BBS eggs .
Aerate the container so that the eggs are kept
continuously suspended.
- The eggs hatch in about 18-48 hours, depending on room
temperature. The empty shells will float to the surface,
and if you shine a light on the bottom, the shrimp will
congregate there. You can extract them with a turkey
baster or small siphon , filter them through a sieve , rinse
them , and feed them to the fry . It's good to have two
hatcheries going at all times about 12 hours apart , so
that fresh hatches are always available.
# NOTE : Overfeeding of any protein-rich food like BBS will
cause Swim Bladder Disorder in young bettas
How To Feed
- If you use eggs with shells you must turn off the air stone
in the hatchery to make the shells sink to the bottom. The
hatched brine shrimp will stay a few inches above the
bottom and can be easily collected by using an eyedropper /
straw / siphon tube . Filter the BBS with a fine net and rince
it with water to filter out the salt water (fry cannot
stand too high concentration of salt). It is important to
separate the brine shrimp from the shells, since shells
might get stuck inside the fish fry if they consume them.