growing daphnea/brine shrimp

mutznutz

Does anyone know how to start a colony of brine shrimp etc.Would love to grow my own .. save me buying them .. but even just cos im interested not so much for saving money ..

Cameron Poe

Brine shrimp are very easy to hatch. I use this method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sNx9zTOnQ

I recommend using decapsulated eggs, far less messy than dealing with shells. If you want to grow them on you'll need to make up a larger batch of brine water and feed them in a separate container.

I can't help you with daphnia.

fungun

I kept daphnia for years....bought a starter batch in a shop for €1, chucked them in a bin of water out the back and had a supply for years!!! Would need to protect them a little if we got a winter like the previous 2 but apart from that no work at all.
The only issue is getting them out in a clean and efficient manner in order to feed them to the fish

mutznutz

fungun wrote: »

I kept daphnia for years....bought a starter batch in a shop for €1, chucked them in a bin of water out the back and had a supply for years!!! Would need to protect them a little if we got a winter like the previous 2 but apart from that no work at all.
The only issue is getting them out in a clean and efficient manner in order to feed them to the fish

where did you buy that starter kit ..love to get my hands on one

mutznutz

Cameron Poe wrote: »

Brine shrimp are very easy to hatch. I use this method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8sNx9zTOnQ

I recommend using decapsulated eggs, far less messy than dealing with shells. If you want to grow them on you'll need to make up a larger batch of brine water and feed them in a separate container.

I can't help you with daphnia.

where can you get the decapsulated eggs .. and will they continue to breed themselves ... what do you feed them

Cameron Poe

Most decent shops should have them.

They won't breed for you. You can buy liquid food for them in shops.

mutznutz

much appreciated advice .. thank you:D

fungun

mutznutz wrote: »

where did you buy that starter kit ..love to get my hands on one

i got mine in the orchard but it was one of the guys who worked there had got them in. They kept some out the back at that time....so when i had an accident at one point (*someone* emptied that dirty old bin out :mad: ) they just gave me more from their stash for free. Only thing was they didnt have any of the cool ones that looked like little racing cars :pac:

anyway, juat ask, get a chap who is interested enough and he can prob get them for you. Should be cheap

mutznutz

fungun wrote: »

i got mine in the orchard but it was one of the guys who worked there had got them in. They kept some out the back at that time....so when i had an accident at one point (*someone* emptied that dirty old bin out :mad: ) they just gave me more from their stash for free. Only thing was they didnt have any of the cool ones that looked like little racing cars :pac:

anyway, juat ask, get a chap who is interested enough and he can prob get them for you. Should be cheap

thanks a mill .. legendary

fungun

like i say though, i ended up with a fairly manky bin full of them. didnt want that water in my tank so the transfer of them ended up being a real problem.