Recommended heaters for Ziss brine shrimp hatcher?

[gogomarigo]

I can’t find any examples of YouTube of set ups that use an internal heater (rather than just the room heat).

I know smaller heaters tend to be less reliable and I want to try to avoid something that’ll melt the Ziss hatchery (if I get it—still debating).

I have the Brine Shrimp Hatchery that looks like a black disk with a hole in the center but even with my seedling heating mat, I think the air’s been too cold. I was having success when we had a few days of warmer, sunnier weather but having very, very few hatches this last batch.

I do love the Co-op eggs though! Definitely notice the difference in separation and the eggs staying at the surface. Love the cute Murphy tin too😊

I didn’t think my Pygmy Corys would care for the live baby brine but they went nuts for the ones that fell to the substrate! I originally thought only my gouramis would go after them.

I just got a neodymium magnet to try to see if it’ll help with shell removal but alas, I don’t have any live baby brine to test it with😅

[Daniel]

I think this is recommend frequently:

Thanks @MickS77!

[gogomarigo]

Thanks so much! 🙂

[MickS77]

Still works good and they're only $10.99 right now

[TheFish]

On 3/15/2021 at 7:37 AM, gogomarigo said:

I can’t find any examples of YouTube of set ups that use an internal heater (rather than just the room heat).

I know smaller heaters tend to be less reliable and I want to try to avoid something that’ll melt the Ziss hatchery (if I get it—still debating).

I have the Brine Shrimp Hatchery that looks like a black disk with a hole in the center but even with my seedling heating mat, I think the air’s been too cold. I was having success when we had a few days of warmer, sunnier weather but having very, very few hatches this last batch.

I do love the Co-op eggs though! Definitely notice the difference in separation and the eggs staying at the surface. Love the cute Murphy tin too😊

I didn’t think my Pygmy Corys would care for the live baby brine but they went nuts for the ones that fell to the substrate! I originally thought only my gouramis would go after them.

I just got a neodymium magnet to try to see if it’ll help with shell removal but alas, I don’t have any live baby brine to test it with😅

curious what the idea is behind the magnet is?

[gogomarigo]

On 4/3/2021 at 11:18 PM, TheFish said:

curious what the idea is behind the magnet is?

Some brine shrimp eggs are coated in a magnetic substance for easier removal of leftover shells from your drained/strained batch. You have to use a neodymium magnet for some reason though.