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do brine shrimp do they need bubbles ALL the time?

i recently got a brine shrimp hatchery 2 weeks ago for my JD fry, which died cause the daddy went haywire and killed the mom n then the babies.. (they spawned 7 times before idk what got into him…) anyways, the brine shrimp are still alive.. i got the kit where you stick them in a 2 liter bottle and attach it to this base where you put the bubbler tube at the bottom and all.. i read u can feed them yeast.. so i gave them a pinch of it, and will do every week until the algae starts to grow.. butttt.. i want to move them into a ‘gold fish’ bowl. i know gold fish cannot possibly live in one, but i seen it in walmart, bought it for the BS, and was wondering if i could put them in there.. and not put bubbles in it? or do they need full on bubbles? i know they need heat, and my house is real warm, especially in my room where all my fish are.. their tanks are a constant 75 F. but yeah could they live in a goldie bowl with no bubbles? or what could i do? info on BS would help alot!
sorry about typing an entire book hahah.

OK…My angels had babies…without me knowing. What do I do now?

They are free swimming now and I did a partial water change and gave them ground flake food and brine shrimp. Which I ground myself. I saw that they (Mommy and Daddy) had eggs and I was just going to let nature take its course. I never thought they would survive this long because I haven’t been making the water conditions perfect or anything like that.

What should I do now? They are in a 20 gallon tank with their parents. With an elite filter, it is still on. And I have absolutely NO money. So I can’t buy any supplies. Is there anyway I can keep and raise the fry without having to buy anything. If need be I could probably spend $20-$40 without totally messing up my finances.

I just looked over at them and Mommy is beating up on Daddy. What should I do? The fry are swimming together in one spot.
If I take the fry out of the tank now will I need a sponge filter right away or can it wait till the next day?

More green spotted puffer babies!! First ones = 4-1-07, now 15 more on 5-10-07, how often can this happen?

They are really green spotted puffers, not dwarf puffers. I only have the 2 full grown puffers (with neons, a molly, a catfish, etc) so the babies are obviously theirs. I know it is normally not all that common for them to breed successfully in an aquarium. It’s a very nice surprise, I just can’t believe it. The other babies weren’t all that big, so the new babies are fine with them and I have baby brine shrimp. I just wondered how many babies am I looking at with this sweet little mama and daddy puffer couple? If it’s 20 or so every 6 weeks, I got to get prepared for that, if anybody knows how often this is possible, (or how likely to happen) please let me know.
Thanks!!
These puffers are in a 10 gallon tank. I had no idea that I was getting a male and a female until they had babies. I still don’t know which is which. Bought
aquarium salt & read box about how much salt would make brackish. Fed them tropical fish flakes. Found out about blood worms, brine shrimp from yahoo answers & puffer forum. First got freeze dried. Then bought frozen later & they went crazy! Couldn’t see the frozen baby brine shrimp when I put them in the water, so I used just blood worms, freeze dried shrimp, & flakes. Bought live plants & some shells to add in. When I found babies, I already had the frozen baby brine shrimp. I started feeding the frozen shrimp to the babies. They did great! I’ve been trying to get a good picture of the babies, when I do, I’ll post them on the puffer forum. The babies are all together in a 10 gal. tank for now. I don’t know how fast they will out grow this tank. I have never taken the water temp. I have been extremely lucky! Thanks!!