toms hatch n feed brineshrimp hatchery
any one have any experience with these ? any good or do they take up to much tank space?
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well after doing some research the item appears to take up a lot of real estate so homade unit seems to be the way to go. how about this ? is anyone hatching their own bbs ?
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I hatch my own daily. I tried a few ideas but have found that an inverted 2 liter soda bottle works best.
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+1 on the soda bottle. I bought a little plastic base from MD that has a check valve for air line tubing to bubble air in there and then I just run a $5 home depot clamp on lamp over it.
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Oh wow, talk about great timing of a post! I am running low on live mysis for my octopus hatchlings so yesterday dug around in my supplies to find a few packets of brine shrimp eggs. I also found the base that you place an inverted bottle in so I threw in the water, egg and salt packet, hooked up the air pump, and placed it all on my metal halide ballast (to keep the water warm). I have my doubts, though, that the eggs will hatch.... they've been laying around for about two years now and I think these things have a shelf life.
Regarding the auto hatcher/feeder, thanks for the reminder! I have one in the basement somewhere that I bought years ago (to use for seahorse fry) and never even opened the package. Time to find it, dust it off, and see if it's worth using. i think the reason I never used it was because I need to enrich the bbs before feeding them to my fry and the auto feeder allows them to go right into the tank as soon as they're hatched, right? Sue |
Mine hatch just fine without the light. I have read that they don't really need it.
Where have you been getting the live Mysids? |
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Sue |
I used the soda bottle method as well, never needed a light either...
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