How To: KEEP Brine Shrimp Alive For Longer…Simplest and Cheapest Way To Hatch BBS

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  • @jeffereyhopkins750
    @jeffereyhopkins750 10 місяців тому +4

    Best advice about using pool salt. So much more economical. I am here in the United States and I also do baby brine shrimp. Also I feed them freeze dried bloodworm and daphnia placed in a pepper grinder and this grinds it into a powder for them small enough to eat. Great Channel

    • @pershop4950
      @pershop4950 5 місяців тому

      nice, so we can raise bloodworms and daphnia to feed our brine shrimp which in turns feeds the fish.

  • @kripsak
    @kripsak 2 роки тому

    Awesome vid Justin, appreciate that you show what your doing to the camera! Most vid's they explain what they doing then all we see is their back...lol.

  • @scifly21
    @scifly21 2 роки тому +15

    Hi Justin, good informative video. A couple of comments if I may: I think it’s better to talk about Artemia or brine shrimp as we did in the old days 😀 BBS really only refers to the first instar naupilius.
    Most recommendations are not to use an airstone as the bubbles can be too fine and trap in the shrimps feeding arms.
    Something else to try is decapsulating the eggs with a quick rinse in bleach and then thoroughly rinsing them before hatching. We found this improved hatch rate quite a lot.
    Light is also a trigger to hatching - the cysts respond to hydration and light so having a source of light shining on the hatching container improves the hatch rate and speeds it up. The inverted cone hatcheries also make a lot of sense but if the jug works for you, why change? 😃
    Hatching pH is important, it should be above 9. The water should be salty, they come from hyper saline environments but you don’t need it to be as saline as they are in the wild.
    It is also recommended to change the water from the hatching solution as a lot of metabolites are released from hatching which can foul the water. The naupili don’t feed until their yolk is absorbed 24-48h so perhaps putting them in the fridge slows this down. I am not sure what they may be eating in the fridge but without supplemental feeding, they are not getting nutrients. Their nutritional value to the fish is then fairly low. What most growers do is enrich the brine shrimp with a diet of spirulina which you can get as powder. I have used yeast to grow them out and mine became adults and produced offspring. The lifecycle is extremely fast but does need good clean water. Getting a larger size would be of more benefit to adult fish. We used to go and harvest adults and keep them in paddling pools to feed seahorses.

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Wow! Thanks for all that info and I will definitely keep all that in mind.
      Yes, the refrigerator slows down their metabolism to almost a hibernation and they perk up again once in the eleven water in the fry containers.
      Have a great day mate!!

    • @jtsherrer
      @jtsherrer Рік тому +1

      Didnt even watch video just read this brilliant comment, thanks scifly gonna follow your advice sir

    • @pershop4950
      @pershop4950 5 місяців тому

      I think the cone-shaped containers work fine if you're immediately feeding the bbs to the fish, but Justin is storing the bbs for a few more days. In this case, it's reasonable to grow them in a pitcher that is then fully poured into a bag, along with their full water environment, to be stored.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 3 місяці тому

    As Justin implies, for hatching brine shrimp, you can use any kind of salt (as long as it’s sodium chloride). You don’t need marine salt mix or any other special salt. “Freshwater Aquarium Salt” is, by the way, common rock salt with a different label. Sometimes they put a little coloring in the salt so you’ll think it’s something special. If you buy it as rock salt, it costs about U.S. $10 for 50 pounds (though prices vary widely). Labeled “aquarium salt,” the most popular brand costs about $15 for 33 ounces. If my math is right, that means that, pound for pound, rock salt labeled “freshwater aquarium salt” is about 36 times the price of rock salt labeled “rock salt.”
    Brine shrimp (Artemia) live in hypersaline waters- water saltier than the ocean; in some cases, several times as salty. But the cysts (eggs) hatch better in water less salty than seawater. Presumably, this has to do with osmotic pressure affecting the rehydration of the dried cysts. Some people let the cysts soak in fresh water for a while (maybe 15 minutes) before adding the salt, to give their rehydration a boost.
    All of the above applies to just hatching out the brine shrimp nauplii. If you want to grow them on to adulthood, and perhaps get them to reproduce, you will need water with a higher salinity, a high pH, and perhaps a variety of trace elements. You will also need to feed them, of course.

  • @carlsfishroom632
    @carlsfishroom632 2 роки тому

    Hi Justin Fish are all settling in nicely thank you. Good appetites and very active fish. Starting to seek their own territories in the tank. Fun to watch males with fins all up trying to look tough while females just hang about the males that they like best to investigate the tank with, looking for food. Haha! I think the main reason for the suspension of BBS eggs and aeration, is to make sure each egg receives adequate dissolved oxygen. Brine Shrimp eggs hatch best when they receive a minimum of 3ppm of dissolved oxygen during incubation. The aeration helps to break the surface tension to create an exchange between co2 in the water and allows oxygen from the air to dissolve in the water column. The suspension of the eggs also helps to keep the eggs individually separated, preventing them from sticking and binding together. Which could possibly lead to eggs not receiving adequate oxygen needed for hatching.

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Hi there Carl!! So glad to hear that the GBRs have settled in nicely.
      Thanks so much for giving me that very useful info that I will now have in my mind forever - this is what I love about our hobby. I just love when people teach me thing too on this channel!!!

  • @TiDaCa
    @TiDaCa 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Justin, another great video as always!
    This one I found particularly informative though, I had no idea you could store BBS like that! 😮 It will definitely come in handy for me and my GBR's.
    Thanks again for all the effort you put into these.

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Thanks so much!! I m so over the moon 🌝 that you got to take something away from the content. Always a great feeling

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 3 місяці тому

    I believe the reason the water in the hatching jar needs to be aerated is to ensure that the eggs, and the nauplii when they hatch, get enough oxygen. If the water is still, they will settle to the bottom and pile up, and at least some of them will suffocate. Salt water does not hold as much oxygen gas as fresh water, so the oxygen can get depleted easily if you don’t have constant gas exchange at the surface. You could accomplish the same thing by stirring the water with a spoon constantly, but you’d get pretty tired after 24 hours or so of stirring. (As I’m sure you know, bubbles from an air pump don’t directly add much oxygen to the water. But they keep the water circulating, so mores gas exchange happens at the surface: CO2 out, O2 in.) The agitation also keeps the eggs suspended in the water, so they don’t sink to the bottom, where, again, there’s not enough oxygen to go around.
    I think it’s highly likely that the agitation also somehow stimulates the eggs to hatch.
    From what I’ve read, they also require light to hatch. I’ve never tried to hatch brine shrimp in the dark, but it’s said to yield inferior results.

  • @lukehindson2290
    @lukehindson2290 2 роки тому

    Keep it up bro, top notch advice 👌 I've just started with the rams, the egg yolk was a big help ! Much love from the uk

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      That’s awesome to hear, Luke! Welcome to the channel and I hope to see more updates from your breeding successes in the future 😀

  • @emmanuelV37
    @emmanuelV37 2 роки тому

    Once again great informative video!! I didn't even think to freeze them to make them last longer! Great tips!

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks Emmanuel!! Glad you got something useful from this video 🙂👍

    • @emmanuelV37
      @emmanuelV37 2 роки тому

      @@JustinsFishRoom yeah man love your content! Hope everything is going well!!

  • @richardmcgrath558
    @richardmcgrath558 2 роки тому +1

    Good day mate from Newfoundland Canada. Love your videos

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Welcome Richard!!! Hope you enjoy the content on the channel. What types of fish do you breed and/or keep?

    • @richardmcgrath558
      @richardmcgrath558 2 роки тому

      Good morning, I have over 50 aquarium, just started in into breeding. I some rainbow fish 🐟 that I am breeding, having a hand at different types of plecos and rams 🐏

  • @KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom
    @KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom 2 роки тому

    Awesome video Justin! Thank you so much for such a informative video. Will definitely be trying to hatch some brine shrimp.

  • @danieldale7320
    @danieldale7320 2 роки тому

    Thank you Justin, i feed my Betta fish live brine that I get from a local owned ,not chain pet store they come in a very small condiment like cup and seem to last way more than a week. I think keeping them in the refrigerator makes them last so long. You answered my salinity question thank you again cheers.

  • @jobalvaro3440
    @jobalvaro3440 2 роки тому

    thank you once again for a very good tip in keeping bbs.. learned a lot friend.. happy fish keeping!!!!

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      That’s great to hear!!! Thank you for your comment 🙂

    • @jobalvaro3440
      @jobalvaro3440 2 роки тому

      @@JustinsFishRoom anytime!!! But i should say thank you more!!

  • @yorkshireaquatics9537
    @yorkshireaquatics9537 2 роки тому

    Hahaha Justin the world of keeping Rams is harsh and unforgiving....
    I followed your advice like I said this last couple of weeks, was smashing it and got the Electric Blues all to over 2 weeks old and had over 200 left from the spawn.
    Then an extension lead decides to trip out my power and I lose nearly all over them in 12 hours.
    I switched the power back on and the Effing thing sets on fire while I'm trying to save the surviving rams 🤣. I then electrocute myself stopping my fish room setting on fire and manage not to burn the house down.... what's the moral to the idiotic rambling I hear you ask...
    Man saved 27 Electric Blue Rams like a boss 😎.
    Never give in! Always try your best for your fish they deserve it.
    Keep up the content mate Rams are hard but it's soooo rewarding getting it right. Much love from Yorkshire.

    • @1marcelo
      @1marcelo 2 роки тому +1

      Epic comment LOL

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Oh my word!!! This sounds like my worst nightmare coming true😅 You definitely deserve every one of those 27 rams for what you have been through. I would be charging premium price for risk pay 😆
      But you are absolutely right! Even if you are electrocuted in the process of raising rams, it all is worth it in the end 😀👍

  • @dianaobrian4954
    @dianaobrian4954 Рік тому +1

    can you add a link to the supplies that you use? i am really interested in the larger brine shrimp eggs.

  • @CrowntailHalfmoon
    @CrowntailHalfmoon 2 роки тому

    Hi Justin.. great info.👍
    For those that have no oxygen supply to bag the bbs do you need to use it or could one use air from pump?
    One suggestion is that you put the tin of eggs in ziplock bag in freezer. You would only portion out like 2 weeks supply in airtight containers that you keep in fridge. Reason everytime you remove the tin from fridge condensation can occur which will reduce the hatch % over time. Plus in freezer the eggs last longer. Keep up the excellent work. Cheers...👏👏👏

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much for the comment as well as the great info to improve this method! Thank you 🙏🏼

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      You can just use air from an air pump 👍

  • @aquabytes5170
    @aquabytes5170 2 роки тому

    Very useful information. Thank you Justin! We're thinking of culturing some live brine for our company. Let me know if you would like to buy some live food!

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Sounds awesome! I would be interested if you send more info to my Instagram page at justins_fishroom

  • @pelhamsaquatics
    @pelhamsaquatics 2 роки тому

    Excellant Justin🙂👍🏻 You know I have never hatched bbs yet…but I will very soon. The focus in my fishroom is taking me to species that will require live foods for the fry. Those species include but not limited too are wild type bettas👍🏻 Apistogrammas👍🏻 And hopefully rams👍🏻Here in Michigan usa 🇺🇸 it’s freezing cold at this time, so I can appreciate the heat in Australia 🇦🇺 Thank you mate for another fantastic video🙂

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks so much for another positive and nice comment! I am looking forward to hearing about all these future projects. Especially interested in hearing about those bettas🙂👍

    • @pelhamsaquatics
      @pelhamsaquatics 2 роки тому

      Justin's Fishroom I will try and post an unboxing vid when they come in🙂 they will be the betta rubra🙏

  • @FahathIsmail
    @FahathIsmail 9 місяців тому

    Very good information justin

  • @steveplescia9006
    @steveplescia9006 2 роки тому +1

    Justin - Great work, as usual! . . . Question: Do you wait until your Ram fry are free swimming to begin feeding? In addition, how long do you feed them egg yolk, before transition to BBS? Thanks!

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Yes 👍 as soon as they are free swimming I begin to feed egg yolk dissolved in their water. Then as soon as they are big enough to eat BBS I then begin introducing it to them 🙂👍

  • @jril3982
    @jril3982 Рік тому +1

    What studies have you done to see if the bbs are still consuming their egg sack or not while refrigerated? I'm wondering if the nutritional value is still present after a week in the fridge.

  • @CallynReed
    @CallynReed 2 роки тому +1

    What's up man...random question....but are you originally from south africa?

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Yes, I am from Joburg 👍

    • @CallynReed
      @CallynReed 2 роки тому

      @@JustinsFishRoom ah okay, very recognizable accent😁

  • @leeannmundy6618
    @leeannmundy6618 Рік тому

    Hey Justin, you may have already done it somewhere else in the comments. I may have missed it, but could you give us the brand and type of bbs eggs you are using and where one can find them... Thanks so much!

  • @Lazarusthefishboy
    @Lazarusthefishboy 2 роки тому +4

    Crikey, you're feeding brine shrimp to shrimp, is that cannibalism lol?! Just joking, but great video Justin! I'll find this very helpful! Thanks for the info and hope you had a great day! 👍

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Hahaha I guess you could say that 🤣 That’s awesome!!! So glad you liked it Laz - hope you’ve had a great day👍

    • @aischaparker9471
      @aischaparker9471 2 роки тому +1

      Haaa dont forget thats how foot and mouth started in the uk aye, by cattle getting feed cattle protein in the blood and bone added to the pellets they were feed, caused horrendously painful deaths to both animals and humans.
      Just saying

  • @rythmjunky5292
    @rythmjunky5292 2 роки тому

    Great idea except having to open this bag multiple times a day to feed and go through the process of sealing it properly each time.
    I’m new to raising fry so please forgive me if I’m missing something here.
    Great videos,btw.

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, it can be tedious but for me it doesn’t matter at all👍

  • @lisadelahunty6184
    @lisadelahunty6184 2 роки тому

    Hi’ya…..your using tap water….what amount of chlorine & fluoride is in your water? As town/city water supplies are treated these days…..TIA

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      HI there! I use a dechlorinator which gets rid of all of those chemicals in the water.

  • @MissChelle
    @MissChelle 2 роки тому

    Hi there fellow Aussie! Where abouts are you? New sub from NSW ❤️🇦🇺

  • @KevinWright-tk2il
    @KevinWright-tk2il 2 роки тому

    Hi I'm new to your channel, I Live in the UK, I saw your video on making Brine shrimp, I only have one 2ft tank and one smaller one, my question is how much brine shrimp should I make, and how long can I keep it for before it goes bad ? or should I freeze it instead , also do I keep the eggs in the freezer compartment, or in the normal part of my fridge ? Thank you from Kevin in the UK

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Hi there Kevin! Welcome to the channel, my friend. What type of fish are you breeding? That will give me a better idea on a recommendation for you:)

    • @KevinWright-tk2il
      @KevinWright-tk2il 2 роки тому

      @@JustinsFishRoom Hi My main tank is a community tank with guppies, platies, and swordfish, that type of thing, my other tank just has a male guppy and 3 females in it, I also have 3 small Bristlenose fishes, in there too. Hope this helps, and thank you again for your advice.

  • @kaydogcreations
    @kaydogcreations 2 роки тому

    Question. The baby brine shrimp that hatched out are all qt the bottom of the tank. They seem not to be able to swim up and around. Am I doing something wrong?

  • @ranjanty
    @ranjanty 11 місяців тому

    What size container was that to hatch the eggs in? Or does it matter?

    • @pershop4950
      @pershop4950 5 місяців тому

      size of the container doesn't matter as much as the amount of water and salt used . although that container looks like a 1 gallon pitcher container, if you only fill it half, then you have 1/2 gallon of water. once you know your amount of water, then add the right amount of salt to get it to the salinity that you want.

  • @gustavogarcia1948
    @gustavogarcia1948 2 роки тому

    Saludos y bendiciones Justin from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Welcome to the Channel!! Hope you find a lot more content you like 🙂👍

  • @leamcarroll4343
    @leamcarroll4343 Рік тому

    can u keep them alive in a tank

  • @kristykeimig3498
    @kristykeimig3498 2 роки тому

    @Justin's Fishroom do you actually mean to say 1 tablespoon not teaspoon? I usually do almost 2 tablespoons per pitcher or 1 liter of water...

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      No, I said what I meant 🙂👍

    • @pershop4950
      @pershop4950 5 місяців тому

      at around @12:59, Justin does say what sounds like teaspoon. A few seconds later, he holds up a large spoon and says "teaspoon" again. I say large here because it's bigger than a teaspoon size.
      But later on @13:30 , he takes 3 spoons and then says it's better to use 2 teaspoons .
      So I do agree with you that while tablespoon is the usual measurement that people use, I guess Justin's process is to use teaspoons instead. It seems to work ok for his bbs! We do know that brine shrimp in general, and maybe even different varieties of brine shrimp specifically, can hatch and grow in different levels of salinity.

  • @hellogoodbye5887
    @hellogoodbye5887 2 роки тому

    hey bro 🙂 i love your tanks ,from miami 😀

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому

      Thank you so much and welcome from Australia!!!

  • @adamtrumpetdog1119
    @adamtrumpetdog1119 2 роки тому

    thanks for the info but iam 33 with parents do i still need their help?

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Well, that depends on how confident you are in your salt bag opening skills 😂

  • @JodyCiuffetelli
    @JodyCiuffetelli 5 місяців тому

    Thanks guy

  • @chrisdelafuente8489
    @chrisdelafuente8489 2 роки тому

    Where do you get your oxygen from mate?

  • @aprilcannon3511
    @aprilcannon3511 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much for the info

  • @jobalvaro3440
    @jobalvaro3440 2 роки тому

    hope you are doing well !!!!!

  • @flojoe9211
    @flojoe9211 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @ryanknight2476
    @ryanknight2476 10 місяців тому

    I need some pool salt 👍

  • @-AndrewR
    @-AndrewR 2 роки тому

    👍🏻👍🏻

  • @ArianeBanane
    @ArianeBanane 2 роки тому

    "If you have do parents have parents, I recommend you use your parents help for this" yes, as opposed to the rest of us orphans who just have to keep trying till we get it right 😭/jk

  • @jelena1659
    @jelena1659 2 роки тому

    What's BBS?

    • @JustinsFishRoom
      @JustinsFishRoom  2 роки тому +1

      Great question!! BBS stands for Baby Brine Shrimp which is another name for Artemia

    • @jelena1659
      @jelena1659 2 роки тому

      @@JustinsFishRoom Thank you🙂

  • @Joey-Jdi
    @Joey-Jdi Рік тому

    Bro is really pushing the “bbs”

  • @deborah.s.nelsonauthor-boo4684

    excuse me, sire, was is BBS?

  • @visioncorp5228
    @visioncorp5228 Рік тому

    Video starts at @2:40 intro is a waste of time lol.

  • @DPW55
    @DPW55 Рік тому

    Get to it dribbling,

  • @visioncorp5228
    @visioncorp5228 Рік тому

    Dude you need to take the eggs out, legit everyone else on UA-cam knows this.