TheSwissAquarist Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 I really want to breed something. Just anything which lays eggs. Most of my current fish (Endlers & white clouds excluded) are getting old… Ah well. Tetras shall be arriving soon - can’t wait! Any ideas on easily breedable Tetras? 🐠 Woof! 🐶 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 11:42 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Any ideas on easily breedable Tetras? 🐠 @xXInkedPhoenixXhas bred Black neon tetras, and ACO talks about it in their article on them: https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/black-neon-tetra?_pos=1&_sid=c86b7122c&_ss=r not a tetra but something like a cherry barb is easy to breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 I’ve noticed lately that a lot of people have been asking on how to raise BBS to adulthood. I’ve had a look at the composition of the average “Sea Monkey” science set, and established that room temperature is fine and that they eat Spirulina. I’ve got some algae tabs on hand: Which I can probably ground up. I also put some BBS on the go in anticipation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 11:30 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: I’ve noticed lately that a lot of people have been asking on how to raise BBS to adulthood. I’ve had a look at the composition of the average “Sea Monkey” science set, and established that room temperature is fine and that they eat Spirulina. I’ve got some algae tabs on hand: Which I can probably ground up. I also put some BBS on the go in anticipation. 1. im pretty sure they need their algae ground up 2. @Coryhas talked about this on a livestream, that its very hard to raise them up in such a small container, hmm.. maybe i need to try this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 5:38 PM, Theplatymaster said: hard to raise them up in such a small container, They’re going to go into a Fluval breeder box afterwards, which is a tad bigger. If you have a look at the “Sea monkey” kid science sets (got one a couple of years back) the BBS are in really tiny containers. Maybe 1/3 of a gallon tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 @TheSwissAquarist do we have a friendly competition? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 5:49 PM, Theplatymaster said: @TheSwissAquarist do we have a friendly competition? Why not? Deal! How to judge the winner… 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 11:52 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Why not? Deal! How to judge the winner… 🤔 IDK, how well you can keep them alive? i need to wait till tonight to set up BBS, at this time tommorow ill be in school. 🙄. ill post my setup on my journal later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 How about we just take a picture of our set ups at the end and the forum members can decide. Winner gets to put “Brine Shrimp King” in their signature bar. 🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 11:58 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: How about we just take a picture of our set ups at the end and the forum members can decide. Winner gets to put “Brine Shrimp King” in their signature bar. 🤣🤣 sounds good. can i preface this competition by saying i have NO IDEA what i am doing, im just gonna treat them like freshwater fish, but add salt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 6:03 PM, Theplatymaster said: NO IDEA what i am doin Same here! 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 12:04 PM, TheSwissAquarist said: Same here! 😂 i saw at my LFS they have a tank full of adult brine shrimp, IDK if they raise them themselves, but i should ask next time im there to try to find out what to do. (i could just go today...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 6:05 PM, Theplatymaster said: do. (i could just go today...) Unfair advantage! (no just kidding) 😂 I’ve had a brine shrimp setup which I’ve raised to adults before, though I have no idea how! That can be my advantage😜. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 @TheSwissAquaristim gonna go call the LFS. after that ill post about my setup. my other advantage is ACO BBS eggs, and Salt. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 6:14 PM, Theplatymaster said: my other advantage is ACO BBS eggs, and Salt. I’ve got the Tetra “Artemix”. 😑 Hopefully ground spirulina will give me an advantage. What will you feed them with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 12:16 PM, TheSwissAquarist said: I’ve got the Tetra “Artemix”. 😑 Hopefully ground spirulina will give me an advantage. What will you feed them with? check my journal, im about to post about my setup. also the LFS did not pick up the phone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 9:16 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Hopefully ground spirulina will give me an advantage. What will you feed them with? Just be sure to check that ingredients list 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 4:45 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Just be sure to check that ingredients list 😉 im using community crave, crushed up fine. first ingredient:Spirulina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 1:47 PM, Theplatymaster said: im using community crave, crushed up fine. first ingredient:Spirulina Take a half hour and a sandwich bag and pick out the green flakes. The community crave is a blend of their krill and spirulina flakes. If you're going for pure spirulina it's a good source. I just got some myself 🙂 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 4:49 PM, nabokovfan87 said: If you're going for pure spirulina it's a good source. I just got some myself 🙂 . good advice, ill see if i have time for it. (my flakes are very fine though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 8:42 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: Woof! 🐶 I give you the Zoey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 6:58 PM, nabokovfan87 said: I give you the Zoey i wish i had a dog to join in on the banter... 🐶🐕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 This is gonna be good! Who will be the champion of the Brine Shrimps? My LFS always has bagged live brine shrimp at the checkout counter. Sometimes I’ll snag one and the community tank LOVES it! The tetras start mating dances like crazy after eating it. #imjusthereforthedogpics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 @Theplatymaster Let’s see how things stand at the 2 week mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonder Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 I found it! This will get extensive, I apologize. I've watched ACO videos on BBS, KeepingFishSimple, and about 5 other videos about raising to adulthood. So. I've been going at this now since December. I'm really frustrated because the silly little sea monkey kits have absolutely nothing. And yet children can somehow raise these things to adulthood!? They always hatch and live at minimum 3 days, typically dying off 4-8 days later The most recent thing i tried was light air, enough to move the eggs around, for over 24hrs. Day 2, I changed the air to a trickle. I've heard new BBS can be damaged and die from too much air. It's day three, this evening the water is cloudy and smelly. So theyre dead. I have them on the heat pad, and keep them between 70 and 82. Stable as I can. I've tried: Full air, feeding most in the first few days to fish. Then leaving them, clearing old egg casings from the top. Air, heat, tiny pinches of spirulina powder when its empty of it. I think this has been the best results. Rinsing them after three days and moving them to new water. Nothing added to longevity. Putting in a baster full of cycled aquarium water. No noticeable affect Himalayan pink salt, aquarium salt. No noticeable difference I've tried doing the above and then moving the old ones to the other container, with a sponge filter, on the heat, to grow out. No dice. I've tried slowing the air, using a sponge filter, the spirulina seems to be optimal food, heat, 1-2TBSP of salt and 1/4TSP-1TSP of BBS or so each try. Air stone with different air outputs, large fast bubbles, large slow bubbles. Small fast and small slow, via small airline with nothing on it. Mini sponge filter after the first few days. I would love to have my White Clouds spawn, but its not the end if they dont. Really, I just my Betta to be able to easily eat these. Currently I have him come up to the end of the baster and try to get him to bite into the largest part of the BBS crowd coming out. Once theyre out he cant really get them and theyre for the WCs. I tried offering them to my Oscars, so far as to let the BBS go directly infront of their faces. They didnt recognize food. So if theyre bigger I can give them to all of my fish. I dont even care about having a supply, the eggs are cheap enough. To add, I have very hard water and our city is built on limestone. My shrimp have no problem molting at all. BBS have been recorded at doing well in various PH levels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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