Mr Gumby Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Hi folks, Still struggling with my brine shrimp hatching and getting poor yields. It just occurred to me that maybe my water supplier is using more chloramines than usual. In the past I've never had to use water conditioners and many people advise that chlorine actual helps with hatches and then obviously gasses off but could chloramines be a potential issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 You could put water in a container, put in your water additive, then put an air stone or line in and within 30m/1hr should be good to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ange Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 The package instructions on my eggs say to add water conditioner only if your local water has chloramines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Payne Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 My tap water has chloramines and I have never treated the water for hatching brine shrimp and I hatch daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Test your tap water. Eliminate potential threats one by one. My fails turned out to be detergents... my beautiful wife washed my aquarium rags for me, fabric softener and all 😊 I just use brown paper towel if I need to wipe anything off but generally rinse and air dry... 2litre bottles now, 4 at a time (never had all 4 fail, 1 out of 4 once in a while) - the hatchery just sits there collecting dust, staring at me... mocking me 😄 Deservedly so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gumby Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 On 8/2/2024 at 11:04 PM, T. Payne said: My tap water has chloramines and I have never treated the water for hatching brine shrimp and I hatch daily. Up until now I've always just used straight tap water but having run a couple of batches now with a squirt of dechlorinator I am seeing better hatches. I'm thinking the water company have used extra chloramine to combat something in the source water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gumby Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 On 8/3/2024 at 4:56 AM, Sammy said: Test your tap water. Eliminate potential threats one by one. My fails turned out to be detergents... my beautiful wife washed my aquarium rags for me, fabric softener and all 😊 I just use brown paper towel if I need to wipe anything off but generally rinse and air dry... 2litre bottles now, 4 at a time (never had all 4 fail, 1 out of 4 once in a while) - the hatchery just sits there collecting dust, staring at me... mocking me 😄 Deservedly so A squirt of dechlorinator has made quite a difference to the yield so I think I might have cracked it. Cleaning for me just involves a cheap babies bottle brush and straight tap water so I cant see I'm introducing any contaminants there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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