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Old 11-10-2006, 06:36 PM
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Howdy, You dont need decapsulated eggs ,too expensive anyway. If you use the pop bottle method ,when you turn off the air ,the shells float to the top and the shrimp can be drained into a sieve through bottom . It is very easy .It works a treat !! I will try to find a link that shows the set up .............Dave
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cool thanks everyone for the advice
if you could find that link it would be great
thanks again
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Photo of brine shrimp hatchery.

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http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/..._Hatchery.html
Howdy ,This link is a complete photo journal, of setting up a simple hatchery.
If the link does notwork for you just google in' Brine shrimp hatchery' and you will get dozens of sites .
This one is in aquarticles .com.....................Dave
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Old 11-12-2006, 04:41 AM
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Well, 5 more bodies.
I was finally able to count. 15 left
but at least most of them are looking strong.
still happy with the results
I am going to start another batch of brine shrimp and I will try feeding them tomorrow.
Wish me luck
They are definitely getting bigger. Much easier to see their features now
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Howdy ,Can you seeif they are taking any shrimp ?
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i haven't been adding the shrimp yet
tomorrow I am going to try
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If you follow the Talkingreef Podcast, there is a instructional video on brine shrimp. I'm sorry I was't able to find the link!
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Old 11-15-2006, 02:41 PM
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I thought things were going smooth a couple of days ago. I had no deaths for that day.
However, there has been a couple of major setbacks yesterday and today.
yesterday, the brine shrimp that I had attempted to hatch didn't hatch so I had no fresh hatched brine shrimp to feed them. I lost 5 yesterday.
And over last night, the airpump vibrated itself off the table and the air hose came out of the bowl.
I lost another 4 this morning.
I now have 2 left.
The good news, the male looks like he is ready to pop again and I think there is going to be alot more this time as he is getting really big.
So, I am going take this as a learning experience and move on with the next batch.
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I would say 16 days was a good effort . Make sure you brine shrimp eggs are from a reliable source. You should have no problem hatching them .I used to have two bottles on the go which gave me a continuous supply.
Two teaspoons of sea salt per bottle ,good aeration. I stood the bottles in a small tank with a heater in to ensure correct temp and got at least 80 %-90% hatch rate.
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