That's great. It's a fish that you just need to feed differently than other fish.
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I clean mine about every two weeks. Any longer and they get really putrid inside. Have been using the net from a brine shrimp net also. Though I will be checking out the inside of a filter next time. I also spray the net with a kitchen spray with bleach if there is a lot of algae on it! Then let it dry, rinse really well and dry again. Had to do this when I had an algae problem.
That's interesting that you're able to go that much longer without cleaning. If I go more than two days, mine really reeks. My tank is only 29 gallons, so I'm scared of leaving the nasties in there any longer than I have to. I use a little less than 1/8 tsp of eggs at each hatching. How much is everybody else using?
I also clean it every two or three weeks, it never reeks or even smells. I think I must have the proper bacteria living in it and my tank so I don't see any problems. The only reason I clean it is eventually the shrimp can't get through any more because it grows coralline algae
The mandarin should be in the biggest tank you have. Home Depot and Ace hardware sell electrical tape in plastic containers. You can get gray PVC and sometimes black at Home Depot or a plumbing supply. It is the tubing used to hook up sinks. All panty hose are not the same, you need it with very small holes. If the shrimp come right through, you need smaller holes.
Good luck
To test the panty hose. First, remove them from your wife/girlfriend,GrandMother etc. Then after you hatch some shrimp, pour them through the hose. Some of them should stay in the mesh but many will go through. If they all go through easily, the holes are too big.
and you PM me the suppler you have been getitng less than idea batches from?I don't know about the size and I never noticed any difference, but you sometimes get lousy eggs from all manufacturers. Lately I have been getting a lot of bad batches, like almost half the eggs I buy
They all claim 90% hatch rate but I have never met the guy who counts them, have you? Some batches you get almost no hatch rate and sometimes, from the same manufacturer you get maybe 75%.
I hatch them every day and have for decades. I never buy the big cans of them because every time I did, I got like 5% hatch rate. I think they substitute most of the eggs with either pepper or black ich.