Grow your own Brine Shrimp for Baby Fish & Reef Tanks. Hatch your own fish food or use as an educational tool. Includes base and 3 packets of Hatch Mix™. Add soda bottle, air pump and water. Not intended to raise shrimp to adult size. Read more.
Grow your own Brine Shrimp for Baby Fish & Reef Tanks. Hatch your own fish food or use as an educational tool. Includes base and 3 packets of Hatch Mix™. Add soda bottle, air pump and water. Not intended to raise shrimp to adult size.
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An inexpensive and easy to maintain system to hatch your own baby brine shrimp over and over again. The jerky swimming motions of freshly hatched baby brine shrimp are known to trigger the feeding instinct of fish fry. Freshly hatched baby brine shrimp still contain their yolk sac and as such form a food rich in marine derived fatty acids.
Hatchery Base, 3 Hatch Mix™ packets (sodium chloride, magnesium sulfate, brine shrimp eggs), 3 Ft. air line.
| Ingredient | Amount | MIN/MAX |
|---|---|---|
| Crude Protein | 55.0% | MIN |
| Crude Fat | 18.0% | MIN |
| Crude Fiber | 5.0% | MAX |
| Moisture | 9.0% | MAX |
Into a container add 1 quart (1 liter) of water & hatch mix, plug in air pump to start aeration. Keep temperatures between 80-82 degrees F (26-28 degrees C), maintain a pH of 8.0 or above and eggs should hatch in 24-36 hours. After eggs hatch turn off aeration, direct a light source at the bottom, wait 5-10 minutes for shells to float to top and baby shrimp to swim to bottom. Remove airline at pump end. Keeping above water surface, slowly lower airline and siphon water into fine net. Rinse shrimp under fresh water and feed to fish.
Feed often, but only what can be consumed in three minutes. Remove any uneaten food. Never overfeed.
Keep frozen. Microwaving or thawing in hot water is not recommended, as this breaks down the nutrients contained in frozen fish food.
