How to Hatch Brine Shrimp Eggs the Easiest Way!

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0:00 Coming up...
0:19 Why you should feed baby brine shrimp
1:22 Baby brine shrimp hatchery
4:49 How to hatch brine shrimp
8:09 How to harvest the baby brine shrimp
10:08 Feeding the baby brine shrimp to fish

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[RedRum]

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!!

[lmSheep]

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 :)

[trevorhodge]

My dad used to raise brine shrimp, he used a gallon jug, cut the bottom off, drilled a hole in the cap, which became the bottom then ran a little air hose through the cap and put an air stone on it. He had a wood box built lined with like 2" Styrofoam, he could put 4 jugs in it. Plus, he had a light fixture in it for heat. He used to raise marble angel fish, and fancy guppies were his fish of choice that he raised. That was back when I was like 8 to 10 years old, be 64 in about 5 weeks.

[graysonblake]

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!!

[kyleryan]

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.

[dalenadwodny]

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.

[sylus]

You got a gecko behind your Aquarium at 11:15 😂

[lachlanisaac]

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.

[maureenk-farmhousecharms]

Thank you for showing how easy a setup can be! Will definitely try this way!

[simtalkayak]

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.

[Krisk]

@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....

[thetruthserum]

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...

[monicamestas]

Super good video. Thx! One gal I saw said to add baking soda and use Himalayan salt. Clearly we don't need all that.

[DanCounihan]

Great video. I had an old air pump and have a 3D printer. So I just printed an attachment. Done. So much fun.

[theSkinnyStream]

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!

[ardavo]

Your videos are the best! So glad I’ve discovered them. Thank you! So informative and easy to understand.

[remydol]

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 😉👍

[olov]

lizard at 11:15.
I couldn't get a good hatch rate at room temp for mine, I had to heat mine

[jhnf_uk]

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!

[olmedoacosta]

I love your vids bro. Keep on doing this.
Thanks for teaching us!