I'm trying to work out a system for brine shrimp. I was using the big blender style hatchery from aquarium coop, but that's just way too many shrimps for the number and size of fish I have. So I picked up the little black dish type hatchery to try instead. Much handier with that little seive that comes with it. But I'm still producing way more than I probably need.
So my thought is, add cysts to little hatchery, feed the first batch 36 hours later. Then move stragglers over the next 24 hours or so to the blender for gut loading. Rinse repeat so I have shrimp to feed every other day and I'm getting the most out of each hatch. I did one water change, but I think I waited too long to change the water again. It turned stinky and all the shrimp were dead after a few days. Maybe I could add a few drops of Prime to avoid ammonia becoming toxic?
Ultimately I'm not sure if they actually ate any of the spirulina I added. How long after hatching will the shrimp start eating? Is there any way to tell if they're eating? I understand they're mostly nutritionally useless once they've consumed their yolk sac. How long does that take? I wasn't heating the blender water, if that affects their life cycle. Room temp is between 71 and 74.
I guess the question is, what is the approximate time line for maturing shrimp? Am I even waiting too long to feed the newly hatched ones? Should I start feeding whatever has hatched after 24 hours? If there is a good post/video on gut loading that answers these questions?
So my thought is, add cysts to little hatchery, feed the first batch 36 hours later. Then move stragglers over the next 24 hours or so to the blender for gut loading. Rinse repeat so I have shrimp to feed every other day and I'm getting the most out of each hatch. I did one water change, but I think I waited too long to change the water again. It turned stinky and all the shrimp were dead after a few days. Maybe I could add a few drops of Prime to avoid ammonia becoming toxic?
Ultimately I'm not sure if they actually ate any of the spirulina I added. How long after hatching will the shrimp start eating? Is there any way to tell if they're eating? I understand they're mostly nutritionally useless once they've consumed their yolk sac. How long does that take? I wasn't heating the blender water, if that affects their life cycle. Room temp is between 71 and 74.
I guess the question is, what is the approximate time line for maturing shrimp? Am I even waiting too long to feed the newly hatched ones? Should I start feeding whatever has hatched after 24 hours? If there is a good post/video on gut loading that answers these questions?