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how do you keep brine shrimp alive?
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live brine are hard to keep alive do to the bio load they create, they will live for a day or so, if you have a brine net you and net them and put them in a fresh contaner of water and this will prolong there life, or you can net them and freez them in a little water, chip off what you want to feed when you want to. they make for a nice treat, but unless you have several fish your going to loose them, but atleast there not expensive
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Henry W is giving you wrong information. They cannot live in fresh water!!! Fresh water will kill them in few hours. How can they live in fresh water when their main origin is from the ocean/sea?
Just to let you know that brine shrimp don’t live long only a short life span. Brine shrimp have the same water temperature as tropical fish (warm) and they need constant air to survive. You can put the brine shrimp in a jar and hang it in the aquarium and put a air stone to the pump in the jar.
You can hatch your own brine shrimp by following these steps:
The real name for brine shrimp is artemia. The most complicated part in hatching artemia is knowing the sea salt and water ratio. I bred a lot of fish in the past such as discus, angels, and oscars and they consume a lot of brine shrimp. Now this is what you need: brine shrimp eggs(you can find it on ebay…cheap), aquarium salt, day old tap water at room temperature, small airstone, pump, 1 gallon pickle jar, and a brine shrimp net. When you have everything, fill the pickle jar with water almost up to the rim, add exactly ten teaspoon of sea salt, one teaspoon of artemia eggs, put the airstone in the jar hooked up the pump, and hang the jar inside the tank but not submerged if you want a greater hatching ratio. Artemia will hatch faster and easier if the water is kept warm. In two 2-3 days the jar water will be like a orange colour. Its best if you feed the fry live brine shrimp or you can freeze them in small cubic trays. Brine shrimp can live up to 4 days after hatching with air supply. After hatching, take the jar out of the tank along with the airstone and let water settle for 20-30 minutes or when all the egg shells/eggs are floating and the artemia are at the bottom. If you have problems in getting the artemia to the bottom, add a small light as they are attracted to light. Now use a clean air pump tubing and siphon the live artemia out into the artemia net and give it a quick rinse under the tap to wash off the salt. To preserve it, freeze it in ice cube treys. When you need it, rinse frozen brine shrimp in the net to wash off the salt and feed to fish. Fresh brine shrimp over store bought frozen brines are more healthier.
ps. The best way to store unused fresh artemia eggs is by freezing them in its original package/glass tube. I’ve used artemia eggs that have been sitting in the freezer after 4yrs w/ good hatching ratio….85%. I like to buy the small tin can artemia eggs.
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“Brine” by definition is salty water, and unless you’re set up with marine salt, putting them into freshwater will kill them in a short time.
You can preserve them by putting them into a plastic bag with their water and sitting this into a tray (maybe one of those foam things that fruit or meat comes on) and freezing them into a thin layer you can break apart to thaw as you need it (you can also buy brine shrimp already frozen). I prefer to buy mine this way just because adult brine shrimp aren’t that nutritious unless they’re been enriched with other items (Omega 3 oils, HUFAs, spirulina algae), so buying them frozen is a way to be sure they’re more nutritious for your fish.
Try some frozen bloodworms for your betta too, sometime.
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