and uses the heat from the aquarium and the light to hatch the shrimp. It states it takes 24-36 hours (not sure if that time frame is with lights on 24 hours a day – which of course they are not as that would upset the fish).
It has been about 32 hours. (They are decapsulated) Doesn’t seem they have hatched, how can I know for sure?
Also, what the hell is the smell about????
Got to be honest, not getting a lot (or any) helpful answers here people.
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We have to do an experiment in my biology class to determine the effect a variable on the hatching of brine shrimp; we can choose any variable we want. My group is going to test the effect of nutrients (mainly nitrogen), and at first we thought we would using plant fertilizer (without any poisons of course). Now I’m considering using ammonia, and I’m wondering if that would be a bad idea because I have to bring it to school. I don’t care about the effect it will have on the eggs because, well, it’s an experiment, and the whole point is to see what happens. It’s not dangerous is it (unless you drink it or something of course)? The odor is pretty localized and won’t spread through the whole room, right?
Well, I don’t care if they die as long as they hatch. 
And the salinity was an obvious variable that a lot of people are doing, so we didn’t want to do that. I also think light would be harder to control. Thanks for the replies!
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Well, I fed it the normal food that it has been eating for a year, and it won’t eat! Then, I tried brine shrimp. HE STILL WOULDN’T EAT IT!!! Then, even though I know that bettas hate flakes, I fed him flakes just to see if he liked it, because that was all else that I had. Of course he never touched it. I know bloodworms would be good, but what should I do right now???? Why won’t he eat???!!!???