Re: Brine Shrimp

No, you can't feed regular unhatched brine shrimp to your guppies. You can
feed decapsulated BS eggs as I do. Please read the section I wrote on cold
storage of BBS. Check the link
below...
http://www.webrbiz.com/angelfish/bbshatch05.html


"About Dakota" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks for everyone's advice on brine shrimp.  I tried some (to be
> prepared for other fish) and fed them to my small guppies.  They loved
> them.  I also had my question, which I didn't ask, answered.  It was,
> "Why can't we just feed brine shrimp eggs to fry?"
>
> I used only a fraction of the recommended amount, and I had way too many
> brine to use up.  I'm thinking about adding some small food particles (a
> pinch of flour, maybe) to see if they can stay alive longer, so they can
> at least be used up.
>
> AD
>
> About Dakota wrote:
> > I'm new to breeding fish other than guppies and mollies.  I recently
> > bought a vial of brine shrimp cysts (100% artemia).  I was wondering
> > what the best way of hatching them might be.  I have two pop bottles,
> > one with the top cut off and one with the bottom cut off.  The top of
> > the one without the bottom is places inside of the one without a top,
> > making what looks like at first a long tube.  I have an aerator hooked
> > up and goes thru the lid, which is attached.  I have to admit that I
> > don't have salt right now to hatch them, so I have to wait to go
> > shopping tomorrow after work.  Will this setup work well?
> >
> > Any comments, suggestions, or scrutiny is appreciated.
> >
> > AD
> >
>