Matt Pike Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Awsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted August 19, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted August 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, Mr. Ed's Aquatics said: Great progression and final results. Are the eartheaters in the video Jurupari? Gorgeous sparkle on them. They are, they may go into the 800g at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ed's Aquatics Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 26 minutes ago, Cory said: They are, they may go into the 800g at some point When they get adult sized and have the big trailers coming off their fins, that would look amazing. And with so much room and so many beautiful types of Geophagus, it's like you'd have to get them friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh@jtri.com Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Are mosquitoes not an issue in your area or do they not grow in salty water? I worry about that here in Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Sweet! I always used a fish bowl or critter keeper to grow to adults. Love this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtydave Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 7/14/2020 at 10:51 PM, Cory said: In my opinion it's a myth that only baby brine are nutritious. Otherwise frozen brine shrimp wouldn't exist. baby brine become less nutritious as they grow, so say you hatch them out and they are 24 hours old. at 48 hours, they've only lost nutrients cause they haven't eaten.. This is where the myth comes from. if you feed/grow brine shrimp they are as nutritious as anything else. A case can be made that baby brine are very packed with nutrients. However it takes a ton of brine shrimp to feed big fish. I plan to feed these to adult apistos, african cichlids, platies, guppies, mollies. I plan to feed them green water, yeast, maybe some crushed up flake into power and such. They're filter feeders so will eat whatever is suspended in the water. When I first got into tropical fish around 1970,you could buy live adult brine shrimp at your LFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_RF Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 10/8/2020 at 5:45 PM, Dirtydave said: When I first got into tropical fish around 1970,you could buy live adult brine shrimp at your LFS. When we had an LFS in my town in the late 90s / early 00s, you could also buy them 🙂 Man, do I miss having an LFS that is not over an hour plus away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 11, 2020 Author Administrators Share Posted October 11, 2020 I used to sell them at the store, our problem was shipping prices from Florida where they are cultured. I did a lot of test to keep them and breed them to try and keep it sustainable but I couldn't find a way being so far away for shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_RF Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) So one awesome thing from @Cory's thread is that it inspired me a while back and currently to get my own brine shrimp culture going in a five gallon. This is my first venture into live foods. Using the knowledge Cory has taught us over the years about plants, I thought hey why not try to fight the Nitrate crashes so common with brine shrimp cultures by using macro algae in it. And you know what? It worked! So the little 5 gallon is producing enough brine shrimp that I am able to harvest with a brine shimp net enough food for for 5 small tanks about 2 - 3 times a week. I am supplementing the brine shrimp diet with spirulina powder and septic tank bacteria (BioClean, specifically). To make sure the macro algae doesn't die, I have been supplementing the tank with a squirt of easy green about twice a month. Anyhow it is working out great, my parameters for such things as ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates seem great, and it seems that this setup is sustainable for the long haul. I am thinking however of maybe once every other week adding more brine shrimp eggs to try to get even more of a harvest. Plus having an extra tank that I am making look nice with an odd ball critter is an added perk. Thank you Cory for inspiring me! Edit: The initial amount of eggs used was 1/4 teaspoon. Edit: I also can not believe how ridicolously easy this has been. I really do think adding a macro algae (chaetomorpha) to the tank has been the key. Edited October 29, 2020 by Ben_RF added more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 do you think they could live in the refugium of a saltwater tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_RF Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Space is limited for me. What do y'all think would be the minimum size for an outdoor unaerated tub for brine shrimp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted February 17, 2023 Author Administrators Share Posted February 17, 2023 @Bailey_C here is how I grow brine shrimp to adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt B Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Wow, something else so unexpected on this forum! I love stumbling across things like this! I've learned sooo much on here! Thankyou! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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