I feed my fish once a week with BBS and after few months of observation I noticed that their colors become more vivid and they are more active. I also think that BBS is their favorite food among the 5 fish food i feed them.
Was waiting for this video I myself failed heaps at this and I believe I am confident to try again. I changed my name on here to site tanks and bonsai you and Adrian have helped me heaps with tanks I appreciate it so much 🤟
Dude I struggled for ages with hatching brine shrimp too but you've just got to experiment and see what works for you and your water. It can be frustrating but keep at it.
I’ve literally only been breeding fish for about 4 months but I love watching my hundreds of rainbow fry chasing the brine shrimp. I’ve tried growing the brine shrimp but they always seem to die after about a week
I have in the past built an artemia bath out of an old bath tub, add proper salt and make sure you have good aeration, feed them spirulina ( blitz the spirulina in water first before you add it to the bath) It is possible to grow them out. 🙂
I love hatching my own BBS, I do it in an upside down milk carton (plastic) and clip it onto the inside of my aquarium for the 26-27c temperature, it’s a kind of addiction, love the whole setting up and harvesting and all the fish love it no matter the size of their mouth!! 🙂
My Dad used to raise brine shrimp to feed the fish, he raised Angel fish, fancy guppies, did Gramlys (sp) for a little while. But I'm talking 50 years ago, I'm 63 now so a while ago, he's not around anymore. Now I'm trying to remember what salt he used and wonder where he got the brine shrimp eggs. I've been kicking around the idea of getting like a 55 gallon tank, Pet smart has a kit that is dirt cheap, can't get the wife on board though.
I occasionally hatch BBS when I don't have small fry and all my adult fish love the stuff! Okay, the suckermouth catfish would rather eat vegetarian but the tetras and cory's love it so much! My cherryshrimp like to eat anything. They smash this and anything else I feed them.
I hatch brine shrimp every day using two 'pop bottle' type hatcheries. I decapsulate the brine shrimp first and let them hatch for 36 hours. I have spare phyto that I add to the hatchery to give extra nutrition to the shrimp.
I am keen to know as well. I use the 454g cans of ocean nutrition eggs but don't know if they are the best. Although I have seen them used by Nick in a previous brine shrimp video he's done.
Tibetan Red eggs from Blackwater Aquariums online I believe are the best and biggest available in Australia. I have been using them for a while now with very good results.
Nah is not lazy but in some place is not easy to find this and especially the equipment that you use, we don’t have it , but I’m a breeder, am I failed? Nope, and I hope one day I’ll have those luxury equipment
What about the salt over and over with species that dont do good with salt? I realize water changes are needed but still i worry.. should I worry about that or is it ok?
Would depend on what specie of fish you are feeding to. I used to feed baby brine shrimp to my guppies and they did fine with the extra salt in the water. Other fish do not tolerate salt, as do most plants, so if you are raising in a planted tank or a tank with lots of floating plants, I’d be careful. Water changes more often will probably be very important, to prevent salt building up.
14:00 reminded me of today seeing an electric blue crayfish just going to town on another one's carcass in a pet shop. They were $35 a piece. Im like, $35 just ate $35 can i get a discount? Loo
Biofilm is the best food for shrimp - that slimey stuff that grows on surfaces in the aquarium. If you are asking about baby brine shrimp then it is phytoplankton and other single celled and microscopic critters in the water.
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I feed my fish once a week with BBS and after few months of observation I noticed that their colors become more vivid and they are more active. I also think that BBS is their favorite food among the 5 fish food i feed them.
Yayyy new upload the one thing that makes me smile :D
Thanks for all the advice man , bred corys and lots more with your advice.
Great informative video Nick. Thanks mate, thank your pal for the tutorial
Was waiting for this video I myself failed heaps at this and I believe I am confident to try again. I changed my name on here to site tanks and bonsai you and Adrian have helped me heaps with tanks I appreciate it so much 🤟
Dude I struggled for ages with hatching brine shrimp too but you've just got to experiment and see what works for you and your water. It can be frustrating but keep at it.
I’ve literally only been breeding fish for about 4 months but I love watching my hundreds of rainbow fry chasing the brine shrimp. I’ve tried growing the brine shrimp but they always seem to die after about a week
Completely normal. They're a salt water organism and don't typically live long
I have in the past built an artemia bath out of an old bath tub, add proper salt and make sure you have good aeration, feed them spirulina ( blitz the spirulina in water first before you add it to the bath) It is possible to grow them out. 🙂
Me too I can't grow them into adult stage they also die off after a week I try feed them Spirulina but no success what do we do?
There must be a secret that were yet to discover
So very cool to see that guy over at that other guy. 👍👌👏
5:38 “we were eating breakfast or something like that” 😉
Dean is such a clever guy
I love hatching my own BBS, I do it in an upside down milk carton (plastic) and clip it onto the inside of my aquarium for the 26-27c temperature, it’s a kind of addiction, love the whole setting up and harvesting and all the fish love it no matter the size of their mouth!! 🙂
INTERESTING :)
THANK YOU FOR SHARING :)
THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)
Wow. Great video for new learnings!
Great video
👍🏻😎 You and Dean are my fish breeding go to's.
Love the Video bro great eplanation for how BBs benifits your beeding
My Dad used to raise brine shrimp to feed the fish, he raised Angel fish, fancy guppies, did Gramlys (sp) for a little while. But I'm talking 50 years ago, I'm 63 now so a while ago, he's not around anymore. Now I'm trying to remember what salt he used and wonder where he got the brine shrimp eggs. I've been kicking around the idea of getting like a 55 gallon tank, Pet smart has a kit that is dirt cheap, can't get the wife on board though.
Goodlooking bro I needed this is crashed one of my cultures idk what happen I may have fried them so imma try without a heater
Great video ❤
Thank you!!
I occasionally hatch BBS when I don't have small fry and all my adult fish love the stuff! Okay, the suckermouth catfish would rather eat vegetarian but the tetras and cory's love it so much! My cherryshrimp like to eat anything. They smash this and anything else I feed them.
@14:50 i never tried feeding bbs to Neo Caridina. Will try that soon!!
I saw Dean at the arium shop in Issiqua once, it was a strange experience seeing someone I know from the internet in person.
I hatch brine shrimp every day using two 'pop bottle' type hatcheries. I decapsulate the brine shrimp first and let them hatch for 36 hours. I have spare phyto that I add to the hatchery to give extra nutrition to the shrimp.
I would hatch BBs more but they are crazy expensive in Nz so i save my eggs for special occasions
@ 9:47 Lukes Goldies has tasted freshly hatched brine Shrimp!!!
Shoulda tried it 😂
One coffee scoop is 30ml. 15 ml = 1 tablespoon. So you are using 2 tablespoons of salt😊
Surely all coffee scoops are of a different size so how can you say that it was 30ml?
Liquid gold!
Looks like scrambled eggs 😋
What brine shrimp eggs do you recommend in Australia?
Does anyone know what size of filter/mesh to separate bbs to shells? Like what he have at 6:56?
Can not find the brineshimp sieve on amazon. Pity you did not leave a link.
Awesome
G'day Nick, which brand of brine shrimp eggs available in Australia would you recommend?
I am keen to know as well. I use the 454g cans of ocean nutrition eggs but don't know if they are the best. Although I have seen them used by Nick in a previous brine shrimp video he's done.
Tibetan Red eggs from Blackwater Aquariums online I believe are the best and biggest available in Australia. I have been using them for a while now with very good results.
@@trentwallace7292 Thanks for the tip! Just looked at their website and they seem pretty good so I will give them a try.
What species of catfish were those in the first tank that Dean fed?
I would say an Aspidoras species for sure
Nah is not lazy but in some place is not easy to find this and especially the equipment that you use, we don’t have it , but I’m a breeder, am I failed? Nope, and I hope one day I’ll have those luxury equipment
What about the salt over and over with species that dont do good with salt? I realize water changes are needed but still i worry.. should I worry about that or is it ok?
Would depend on what specie of fish you are feeding to. I used to feed baby brine shrimp to my guppies and they did fine with the extra salt in the water. Other fish do not tolerate salt, as do most plants, so if you are raising in a planted tank or a tank with lots of floating plants, I’d be careful. Water changes more often will probably be very important, to prevent salt building up.
14:00 reminded me of today seeing an electric blue crayfish just going to town on another one's carcass in a pet shop. They were $35 a piece. Im like, $35 just ate $35 can i get a discount? Loo
Can you dump a ton of baby brine in a tank of adult Cichlids
Yes you can and they will most likely munch it down. Most larger and 'vegetarian' fish I have had will gobble bbs but my male apisto refuses!
What is the best food for shrimp
Biofilm is the best food for shrimp - that slimey stuff that grows on surfaces in the aquarium. If you are asking about baby brine shrimp then it is phytoplankton and other single celled and microscopic critters in the water.
@@shaunneal9981 what if I don’t have biofilm
I cant grow my baby brine into adults it always fails how do i do it after they've hatched ? i want adult brine
Crushed alegea wafers
Teaspoon 5ml
Tablespoons 10ml
Dessertspoon 15ml
In Aus a tablespoon is 15ml and a teaspoon is 5mls.
Does anyone ever de-capsulate their brine shrimp eggs before they put them in a hatcher?
Yup every day. I find it is so much easier than dealing with egg shells and unhatched eggs.
The babies are higher in fat. The adults are higher in protein.
Whenever I feed adult brine shrimp I imagine them as the fish equivalent of salty fries!
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Another great video, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
I saw Dean at the arium shop in Issiqua once, it was a strange experience seeing someone I know from the internet in person.