@@thewalters694 He doesn't keep salamanders! You get lots of Geckos up in Brisbane but it's probably not a native gecko, but instead, an invasive Asian House Gecko!
Most, regular brine shrimp eggs aren’t magnetic; however, there are commercially available "magnetic brine shrimp eggs" which are coated with a special magnetic material, allowing for easy separation of hatched brine shrimp from their shells using a magnetic separator, often called "Sep-Art" technology.
I've been having some troubles with bad hatch rates, I was putting in 2 tbsp of rock salt (equal to 8 tsp) so I tried the exact way you said (4tsp) and today I got an insane hatch rate of about 90%!! for the first time ever my harvest was pure liquid gold with all live shrimp and not mostly egg shells! I also stopped bothering with getting a certain temp and just put the lamp at a certain distance. thank you so much, babies are all well fed and happy now!!
Brine shrimp prefer 25-30 ppt (Part Per Thousand) of salt. So this means 25-30 grams of salt per 1000mL (1 Liter). I find weighing gives the best results for consistency and various starting volumes / scaling up or down. A TDS meter can measure salinity in ppt. I like sea mix because it also has other elements like natural seawater does... If you expect transpiration, mark your starting volume and top off with fresh water to keep the salinity stable.
Kudos for you approaching things from a "hack" perspective. I see too many aquascaping channels advocating for the 20 different things people need to buy.
I needed a new air pump, tubing, pipettes, and I would have had to buy a bottled drink since I usually just have water or tea. A cheap brine shrimp hatchery kit from amazon included all of that for about the same price or cheaper than buying it all seperate, and it's a nice sturdy airtight cylinder instead of a soda bottle. I think it was worth the price but I definitely wouldn't spend 2x that on the co op brand hatchery or something.
Dude you’re the goat… After 2 times hatching brine shrimp, straining, washing them, etc… I was like “screw this, I’m giving up on brine shrimp.” Then I said, “well maybe just one more video.” Glad I did!!
I LOVE THIS GUYS SIMPLE WAY OF DOING THINGS. I WATCHED ANOTHER GUY THAT TALKED ABOUT HIS WATER BOTTLE FOR 5 MINUTES, AND NEVER GAVE A DIRECT AMOUNT OF WATER TO SALT RATIO. HE GAVE GRANNIES AMOUNTS. SOME OF THIS AND I FOUND THIS SCOOP. SO A SCOOP OF SALT. NOT SURE HOW MUCH WAS IN IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFO. I WISH I HAD STARTED MY FISH FUN A LOT YOUNGER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Hey, Still here. Amazing video as ALWAYS! Been busy with assignments and the rest of my family has now got covid. also - there was a gecko around 11:12 behind the tank. Great stuff.
@KeepinhFishSimple hey nice video! Just wanted to say if ppl don't want or have the equipment they really don't need the air pump. They will hatch out with just the salt/water/container... if you hatch them at room temperature it may take over 24 hours but they will hatch. And for ppl who only need small amounts it works since you get a continual hatch for a couple days....
one of my swordtails had about 30 babies last night. Made my own hatchery from an empty grape juice container, hot glue and some airline tubing. Thanks for the video!
Hi there. I'm watching from the Netherlands and we breed some fish to with brine shrimp But, i must give a little warning. We have here salt with iodine and that doesnt work to well with hatching brine shrimps. Look for sea salt without iodine 😉👍
Tip: Instead of using tap water, I use Nannochloropsis cultured marine green algae water to hatch with. That way the moment the BBS hatch, they instantly start gut loading with algae and growing. I use sea mix at 25 grams per liter to get 25 ppt salt water, microwave it, cool it, then inoculate with Nannochloropsis and place under grow lights with either a bubble tube or stir plate. Another tip is to transfer some of the hatched BBS to a dedicated Brine Shrimp grow out tank(s) that you keep adding Nannochloropsis and light to. If you let some grow to adults, then they will lay eggs, thus creating a large variety of sizes of BS to harvest and feed. This grow out tank can have Nannochloropsis and biofloc with a slow bubble airline; AKA your own Sea Monkey farm. Top up the tank with fresh water to keep the salinity stable. Sea Monkeys are pretty cool as feeder pets in their own right. Keep several cultures completely separated to prevent a crash, and your Nanno culture will last forever. Microwaving the Nanno water ensures no other algae or bacteria gets into your cultures. As your fry get larger, they appreciate having larger BS to consume as well...
Just a few points that might make your harvest that little bit better: 1: Try attaching a tiny air stone, to make the tumbling a little more gentle, whilst still keeping the current, it might boost your hatch rate a little. 2: Shine the torch at the top of the container to attract the harvest to the top, purge a few ml whilst the majority are at the top then, then harvest. you'll be getting rid of the waste and the capsules that you don't need, improving your water quality when you feed to your fry tanks. 3: Try feeding them for an additional day with yeast, they will grow and possibly be more attractive to your larger juvenile fish. :) Thank you for the videos. You are extremely inspirational.
I bred a whole host of livebearers many years ago and had a similar set-up for hatching baby brine shrimp to the one you've got here. Old plastic bottles with an airstone in the caps, inverted with the bottoms cut off. Not quite as big as the ones you use, though, and I had to find a way of suspending them inside the aquarium in order for the temperature to stay consistent. I did splash out a bit and use eggs that had had their shells dissolved, which meant no eggshells to contend with, but I also used the regular variety. I also used water from the tank to mix with, what was called, 'tonic salt', that my local aquarium shop sold quite cheaply for a bag that lasted me months, that meant the eggs would hatch in 24 hours, guaranteed. I would have 2 set up in order to keep a constant supply. I also experimented with a round, dish-like hatchery but the yield wasn't anywhere near as good. I don't know how many guppies, platies, swordtails, sailfin mollies and others I bred over the years. I'd often take my excess to the local aquarium shops and swap them for food and plants!
Awesome video. Ty for breaking down how you have yours setup and pointing out you don't need to go out and spend lots of money on fancy a setup to grow brine shrimp cuz for some it can be confusing and overwhelming when it's not. You're truly helping us to "Keep Fishing Simple" 😊👍
Wow Nick this was video was a God send, i've always Shied away from Brian shrimp hatchery's. but because of this video I'm going to try one. thanks again Nick have a great day!
I love these "easiest way" videos. I have an infusoria kit started right now from that video and now I know how I'm going to provide brine shrimp too. Time to round up a few more supplies.
I have been hatching mine out every day for mi guppy fry and man what a difference it’s made to this last batch of fry . There bellies are always full and the growth rate is wiled in comparison
Great video mate. Have you got a link to the bottle caps you bought online? I cant seem to find them. Or what they are called as I may be searching in the wrong way.
Dude, just stumbled upon your videos and they are pretty educational! Keep it up, I will try and breed some Melanotaenia Papuae with the tips you give out.
Hey Nick love your vids, at the moment i have covid. In bed watching your vids. I also have a fish room in the house, i breed lots of expensive bettas, anyway thanks for your vids
great video! where did you find those bottle attachments? what are they called, i looked but dont see hem on ebay or amazon but im prob not wording it right, thank you
Just what I needed to see. I bought the San Fransisco kit but was wondering about how meticulous you need to be. Guys at my local aquarium club were saying what you did- just salt and water- no big deal- good to know!!!
Tip. If you're feeding fry that are hanging on the surface, catch the baby brine in a coffee filter, and put them in fresh water. This keeps them from dropping straight to the bottom of the tank when you squirt them in.
I have super soft (1 GH, 0 KH) tap water and found that salt alone was giving poor hatch rates, or rather the bbs would hatch and then die. I started adding 1/8 tsp baking soda per liter to bring up the pH/KH and started getting great bbs survival!
Hey Can You Do A Video On How To Make The Most Of A Single Fish Tank Money From Breeding Fish, Snails , And Shrimp I ( Like What fish Can You Breed In The Same Fish tank Together ) ECT ........
Try guppies , shrimp and bristlenose pleco’s. But... if you want to breed something in a large scale and want to make some money (do a spieces only tank) maybe you can try growing plants with fish 😁👍
hey mate love the videos just wondering if in the future youd be able to make a video on all those additives you can see around 8:00 like the melafix and seachem replenish, just wondering what you use them for etc. Thanks for all the tips!
Hi 👋I love your channel so much and I have some glowlight and silver tip tetras and I was wondering if you could do a video of how to easily breed one of those species😁😊😲😁
Same comment as someone else above . Great content, but can’t find the bottle top things on eBay or Amazon. Can you post a link or tell us what to search for. Cheers. Loving your vids.
I’ve been working on the same type of brine system for a year now. I switched to a 1/4” drainage valve because It was taking 5 minutes drain the brine through the 1/8” tubing. I am also using an air stone through the top. Less air, more turbulence.
Great video! I'm still figuring out the best system for my tiny fish room but so far I've had pretty good hatch rates on the baby brine shrimp. One question for you though what air pump are you using that's able to run that amount of tanks?
Use of a high volume air blower, 15 mm pipes and outlets off these with regulator valves make it possible to run huge numbers of appliances from a single blower. If you find pressure dropping or hard to regulate near the end of the system, add another blower to the other end and you will never run short of air again.
Cool content! I am wondering if it would make more sense if feeding larger fish to actually raise the BB shrimp into a much larger adult brine shrimp, such that one could use much less eggs per feeding, and gut load the shrimp with live Spirulina or other marine algae. It seems to make sense to feed Baby Brine shrimp to fry because of their small size, but seems to be less ideal for adults. I also wonder if turning off the tank's filter during the feeding cycle would allow the shrimp to stay suspended in the water column longer. I assume why many rinse their shrimp is to liberate to 30g/L salt before putting in their tank, with smaller nano tanks being affected more than larger ones. Daphnia magna also seem to be an excellent choice when combined with a live algae like chlorella or other freshwater strains.
For the brine shrimp bottles, have you tried painting the exterior black, and leave a few inches unpainted, (or some metric equivalent), so the brine shrimp naturally congregate to the bottom, unpainted part? You would also need a dark cap, (the cut off portion of the bottle would work), so they don't just go to the top light.
I think he forgets to mention that they need light to hatch so covering the bottle permanently is not an option but potentially a cover of some sort to use just priory to harvest could help
I just add fewer brine shrimp eggs. Nick recommended 2 tsp eggs in 500-600 mL saltwater. I hatch 1/8 tsp daily to feed my fish. I use half in the morning feed, store the bbs in a small container in the fridge, then feed the second half in the evening. Live bbs stay good in the fridge up to 24hrs. You can also get a mini ice cube tray and fill with leftovers. My fish love frozen bbs almost as much as live.
hahah the geck at 11:05
Do you mean the salamander behind the tank?
@@thewalters694 He doesn't keep salamanders! You get lots of Geckos up in Brisbane but it's probably not a native gecko, but instead, an invasive Asian House Gecko!
@@dylansworldofyoutube9030 Those geckos upset me as they block the security cameras at night.
I thought It was a pleco in the tank, but it looked like it had legs so I had to double check, glad I wasn’t the only one
a very nice bug eater :D
Brine shrimp eggs are magnetic! You can always try running a magnet through it, it will pick up all the unhatched eggs and leave the shrimp :)
U fr?
wait fr ???
Okay but this is a life changing bit of knowledge
Most, regular brine shrimp eggs aren’t magnetic; however, there are commercially available "magnetic brine shrimp eggs" which are coated with a special magnetic material, allowing for easy separation of hatched brine shrimp from their shells using a magnetic separator, often called "Sep-Art" technology.
I've been having some troubles with bad hatch rates, I was putting in 2 tbsp of rock salt (equal to 8 tsp) so I tried the exact way you said (4tsp) and today I got an insane hatch rate of about 90%!! for the first time ever my harvest was pure liquid gold with all live shrimp and not mostly egg shells! I also stopped bothering with getting a certain temp and just put the lamp at a certain distance. thank you so much, babies are all well fed and happy now!!
probably a bit late but 1tbsp is equal to 3 tsp
You used less salt?
Brine shrimp prefer 25-30 ppt (Part Per Thousand) of salt. So this means 25-30 grams of salt per 1000mL (1 Liter). I find weighing gives the best results for consistency and various starting volumes / scaling up or down. A TDS meter can measure salinity in ppt. I like sea mix because it also has other elements like natural seawater does... If you expect transpiration, mark your starting volume and top off with fresh water to keep the salinity stable.
Kudos for you approaching things from a "hack" perspective. I see too many aquascaping channels advocating for the 20 different things people need to buy.
I needed a new air pump, tubing, pipettes, and I would have had to buy a bottled drink since I usually just have water or tea. A cheap brine shrimp hatchery kit from amazon included all of that for about the same price or cheaper than buying it all seperate, and it's a nice sturdy airtight cylinder instead of a soda bottle. I think it was worth the price but I definitely wouldn't spend 2x that on the co op brand hatchery or something.
Dude you’re the goat… After 2 times hatching brine shrimp, straining, washing them, etc… I was like “screw this, I’m giving up on brine shrimp.” Then I said, “well maybe just one more video.” Glad I did!!
I LOVE THIS GUYS SIMPLE WAY OF DOING THINGS. I WATCHED ANOTHER GUY THAT TALKED ABOUT HIS WATER BOTTLE FOR 5 MINUTES, AND NEVER GAVE A DIRECT AMOUNT OF WATER TO SALT RATIO. HE GAVE GRANNIES AMOUNTS. SOME OF THIS AND I FOUND THIS SCOOP. SO A SCOOP OF SALT. NOT SURE HOW MUCH WAS IN IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFO. I WISH I HAD STARTED MY FISH FUN A LOT YOUNGER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Hey, Still here. Amazing video as ALWAYS! Been busy with assignments and the rest of my family has now got covid. also - there was a gecko around 11:12 behind the tank. Great stuff.
i also noticed 😂
Thanks for watching again bro! Hope fam is ok
Super good video. Thx! One gal I saw said to add baking soda and use Himalayan salt. Clearly we don't need all that.
Takk!
You got a gecko behind your Aquarium at 11:15 😂
Thank you for showing how easy a setup can be! Will definitely try this way!
@KeepinhFishSimple hey nice video! Just wanted to say if ppl don't want or have the equipment they really don't need the air pump. They will hatch out with just the salt/water/container... if you hatch them at room temperature it may take over 24 hours but they will hatch. And for ppl who only need small amounts it works since you get a continual hatch for a couple days....
Great video. I had an old air pump and have a 3D printer. So I just printed an attachment. Done. So much fun.
one of my swordtails had about 30 babies last night. Made my own hatchery from an empty grape juice container, hot glue and some airline tubing. Thanks for the video!
Hi there.
I'm watching from the Netherlands and we breed some fish to with brine shrimp
But, i must give a little warning.
We have here salt with iodine and that doesnt work to well with hatching brine shrimps.
Look for sea salt without iodine 😉👍
Standard table salt is the same way in America, in case anyone sees this.
Your videos are the best! So glad I’ve discovered them. Thank you! So informative and easy to understand.
Tip: Instead of using tap water, I use Nannochloropsis cultured marine green algae water to hatch with. That way the moment the BBS hatch, they instantly start gut loading with algae and growing. I use sea mix at 25 grams per liter to get 25 ppt salt water, microwave it, cool it, then inoculate with Nannochloropsis and place under grow lights with either a bubble tube or stir plate. Another tip is to transfer some of the hatched BBS to a dedicated Brine Shrimp grow out tank(s) that you keep adding Nannochloropsis and light to. If you let some grow to adults, then they will lay eggs, thus creating a large variety of sizes of BS to harvest and feed. This grow out tank can have Nannochloropsis and biofloc with a slow bubble airline; AKA your own Sea Monkey farm. Top up the tank with fresh water to keep the salinity stable. Sea Monkeys are pretty cool as feeder pets in their own right. Keep several cultures completely separated to prevent a crash, and your Nanno culture will last forever. Microwaving the Nanno water ensures no other algae or bacteria gets into your cultures. As your fry get larger, they appreciate having larger BS to consume as well...
I love your vids bro. Keep on doing this.
Thanks for teaching us!
You’re cute you’re smart you love fish innovative that right there spells perfection so adorable
Just a few points that might make your harvest that little bit better:
1: Try attaching a tiny air stone, to make the tumbling a little more gentle, whilst still keeping the current, it might boost your hatch rate a little.
2: Shine the torch at the top of the container to attract the harvest to the top, purge a few ml whilst the majority are at the top then, then harvest. you'll be getting rid of the waste and the capsules that you don't need, improving your water quality when you feed to your fry tanks.
3: Try feeding them for an additional day with yeast, they will grow and possibly be more attractive to your larger juvenile fish. :)
Thank you for the videos. You are extremely inspirational.
^ I hatch in Nannochloropsis culture for point 3 (gut loading and BBS fuel)
I bred a whole host of livebearers many years ago and had a similar set-up for hatching baby brine shrimp to the one you've got here. Old plastic bottles with an airstone in the caps, inverted with the bottoms cut off. Not quite as big as the ones you use, though, and I had to find a way of suspending them inside the aquarium in order for the temperature to stay consistent. I did splash out a bit and use eggs that had had their shells dissolved, which meant no eggshells to contend with, but I also used the regular variety. I also used water from the tank to mix with, what was called, 'tonic salt', that my local aquarium shop sold quite cheaply for a bag that lasted me months, that meant the eggs would hatch in 24 hours, guaranteed. I would have 2 set up in order to keep a constant supply. I also experimented with a round, dish-like hatchery but the yield wasn't anywhere near as good. I don't know how many guppies, platies, swordtails, sailfin mollies and others I bred over the years. I'd often take my excess to the local aquarium shops and swap them for food and plants!
Awesome video. Ty for breaking down how you have yours setup and pointing out you don't need to go out and spend lots of money on fancy a setup to grow brine shrimp cuz for some it can be confusing and overwhelming when it's not. You're truly helping us to "Keep Fishing Simple" 😊👍
I get it keep fish simple
Wow Nick this was video was a God send, i've always Shied away from Brian shrimp hatchery's. but because of this video I'm going to try one. thanks again Nick have a great day!
I love these "easiest way" videos. I have an infusoria kit started right now from that video and now I know how I'm going to provide brine shrimp too. Time to round up a few more supplies.
Always learn something new - and entertaining too! Thanks for showing us your setup 🙂
You don't need to ask for a subscribe YOU EARNED IT! Thank you for such great info/tutorial!
Great video. U make it simple and affodable. Keep up the great work!
OMG YOU HAVE A GEKKO TO!!!!!!!! THATS SO COOL!!!!!!! 11:17 SEC
Everyone else over complicated it !! Thank you !!!!!! Now I get it 😂
Hey would you mind sharing the eBay link for those bottle lids please 👍🏼👍🏼
did you find them???? im stuck!
Great, I just bought a ziss blender hatchery $45 US dollars last week. Ahhh timing is everything thanks nick.
a link to the bottle cap splitter would be nice
This
CO2 bottle caps has worked for me
Great vid Nick! Gonna try this with my bbs eggs. Had them for a while now and haven't opened them yet lol. Have a good one and love this method! 👍
I have been hatching mine out every day for mi guppy fry and man what a difference it’s made to this last batch of fry . There bellies are always full and the growth rate is wiled in comparison
lizard at 11:15.
I couldn't get a good hatch rate at room temp for mine, I had to heat mine
I think he said his fish room stays at 25-26 C, which is considerably warmer than most peoples’ room temp! I need a heater to harvest in 24 hrs, too.
Also FANTASTIC! Thanks, Nick.
Reminds me I need to start hatching brine shrimp again lol
Great video, i would be a little concerned about saying table salt, because of the iodine, but other than that i learned a bunch.
Great video mate. Have you got a link to the bottle caps you bought online? I cant seem to find them. Or what they are called as I may be searching in the wrong way.
Dude, just stumbled upon your videos and they are pretty educational! Keep it up, I will try and breed some Melanotaenia Papuae with the tips you give out.
Leaving a comment to support you Chanel ✌️
"I'm colour blind" 😂😂😂 every single video!!!
Hey Nick love your vids, at the moment i have covid. In bed watching your vids. I also have a fish room in the house, i breed lots of expensive bettas, anyway thanks for your vids
This is awesome. Having a hard time finding the cap on eBay with the two ports
same! no idea what its called
Same, watching 👀 ✌️
CO2 bottle caps!
Great video, thanks. Would you have a link to the screw cap with the two ports please?
AWESOME PRESENTATION
im just about to give this a go, thanks for the info matey. cheers
Could you give us the link for the double bottle cap please :(
great video! where did you find those bottle attachments? what are they called, i looked but dont see hem on ebay or amazon but im prob not wording it right, thank you
Excellent job
I feed mine to big fish too. Like healthy appetizers!
Just what I needed to see. I bought the San Fransisco kit but was wondering about how meticulous you need to be. Guys at my local aquarium club were saying what you did- just salt and water- no big deal- good to know!!!
Where did you get the bottle caps with two outlets ?
im looking too :(
@@skyefrew7750 I didn't get an answer about the bottle caps, some UA-cam people do answer questions
@@jeffb5785 i found them and ordered i put a link up but cant see my comment i put up yesterday
so maybe it got removed
@@skyefrew7750 Thank you for your response, maybe that little rascal is afraid we will buy them all.
Subscribed! Really enjoying your content mate.
Your straight to the point, informative, clearly spoken style of videos are really great.
Tip. If you're feeding fry that are hanging on the surface, catch the baby brine in a coffee filter, and put them in fresh water. This keeps them from dropping straight to the bottom of the tank when you squirt them in.
Thank you for the Information. This video actually made it wayyyy easier to understand than other videos thanks a lot 👍
Fabulous video. Thank you.
Hey Can You Do A Video On How To Breed Discus Fish
How about a link for those double end bottle caps?
Thank you I have to grow some, I really enjoyed this video. You make it look so easy!
you can use a neodim magnet for separate shells from brineshrimps
I have super soft (1 GH, 0 KH) tap water and found that salt alone was giving poor hatch rates, or rather the bbs would hatch and then die. I started adding 1/8 tsp baking soda per liter to bring up the pH/KH and started getting great bbs survival!
Hey what about the temp requirement. Its pretty cold where i am. Do i need a heater ot tank lamp at certaon distance
Hey Can You Do A Video On How To Make The Most Of A Single Fish Tank Money From Breeding Fish, Snails , And Shrimp I ( Like What fish Can You Breed In The Same Fish tank Together ) ECT ........
That's a good idea.
Great idea
Guppies and cherry shrimp are a great combo for breeding together!
@@tsl_nightrider3326 cherry shrimp will not successfully breed in a guppy tank because the guppies will most definitely eat the baby shrimp
Try guppies , shrimp and bristlenose pleco’s.
But... if you want to breed something in a large scale and want to make some money (do a spieces only tank) maybe you can try growing plants with fish 😁👍
Another great video lesson. Please share the name of the background music.
Hey Dud Great video very useful for hobbyists..how many hrs lighting needed to hatch the BBS eggs..request response asap
Kin I have a shout out watching from the Philippines
Can you put up the link up for the bottle cap
hey mate love the videos just wondering if in the future youd be able to make a video on all those additives you can see around 8:00 like the melafix and seachem replenish, just wondering what you use them for etc. Thanks for all the tips!
If google doesn't help you understand what those are, he won't either
How do you keep it warm though? Mines in tge basement and without element its around 21 degrees
Really enjoy watching your content
1:48 I miss her again
Hi 👋I love your channel so much and I have some glowlight and silver tip tetras and I was wondering if you could do a video of how to easily breed one of those species😁😊😲😁
Great video on how to hatch brine shrimp, I'm having trouble finding the bottle cap could you please let me know the exact name for it please.
Great video mr Nick! U a good boy! 🥰🐶
Table salt is that we use in cooking pls answer 🙏🏻
At 11:16 you can see a lizard hiding in your fish room
just when i need it 👌
Hi great video. One question how do you collect the brine shrimp when you are using a bottle method you talked about. I mean the protein shake bottle.
How would one go about finding that double line cap you use?
Where did u buy the bottle lids
So you don't need to use a heater and iodized salt works?
Super content, love it!
Greeting from Poland
G'Day Nick, what ML size pipettes do you use?
Same comment as someone else above . Great content, but can’t find the bottle top things on eBay or Amazon. Can you post a link or tell us what to search for. Cheers. Loving your vids.
Thank You..
I’ve been working on the same type of brine system for a year now. I switched to a 1/4” drainage valve because It was taking 5 minutes drain the brine through the 1/8” tubing. I am also using an air stone through the top. Less air, more turbulence.
Hello please what is the cap you are using for the bottle? I have no idea where to find the one he is using!!!
Great video! I'm still figuring out the best system for my tiny fish room but so far I've had pretty good hatch rates on the baby brine shrimp. One question for you though what air pump are you using that's able to run that amount of tanks?
Use of a high volume air blower, 15 mm pipes and outlets off these with regulator valves make it possible to run huge numbers of appliances from a single blower. If you find pressure dropping or hard to regulate near the end of the system, add another blower to the other end and you will never run short of air again.
Thank you very much
Cool content! I am wondering if it would make more sense if feeding larger fish to actually raise the BB shrimp into a much larger adult brine shrimp, such that one could use much less eggs per feeding, and gut load the shrimp with live Spirulina or other marine algae. It seems to make sense to feed Baby Brine shrimp to fry because of their small size, but seems to be less ideal for adults. I also wonder if turning off the tank's filter during the feeding cycle would allow the shrimp to stay suspended in the water column longer. I assume why many rinse their shrimp is to liberate to 30g/L salt before putting in their tank, with smaller nano tanks being affected more than larger ones. Daphnia magna also seem to be an excellent choice when combined with a live algae like chlorella or other freshwater strains.
For the brine shrimp bottles, have you tried painting the exterior black, and leave a few inches unpainted, (or some metric equivalent), so the brine shrimp naturally congregate to the bottom, unpainted part? You would also need a dark cap, (the cut off portion of the bottle would work), so they don't just go to the top light.
I think he forgets to mention that they need light to hatch so covering the bottle permanently is not an option but potentially a cover of some sort to use just priory to harvest could help
Great informative video.....my question is - what / how to hatch small batches effectively ? I have nano tanks with relatively few fish
I think you can freeze them if you have extra. I’ve seen other fish keepers do that.
ua-cam.com/video/UsVJi1M4j38/v-deo.html I use this method
I just add fewer brine shrimp eggs. Nick recommended 2 tsp eggs in 500-600 mL saltwater. I hatch 1/8 tsp daily to feed my fish. I use half in the morning feed, store the bbs in a small container in the fridge, then feed the second half in the evening. Live bbs stay good in the fridge up to 24hrs. You can also get a mini ice cube tray and fill with leftovers. My fish love frozen bbs almost as much as live.
It would be great if you would add links to buy exactly what your using please. Thanks Lori
At what age can you reintroduce the angelfish fry back to parent’s tank??
If I use a container like you said, how do I get the liquid gold out from the bottom?
Thank you so much for the tips! Im gonna try it 😁
Where to buy all this gear to build the bottle hatchery i cant find any in sweden do u heve name on this stuff or a link pleace
Do you have a link where to buy the eggs no shops near me have them
Nice. What do you use on the end of your main airline system to avoid over pressure?
Awesome video nick! Thankyou for a very informative video 🙂. I will definitely try it out mate to feed to my rams.