brine shrimp factory
from what i read on raising guppy fry (or any other fish fry for that matter). i gather the best source of protein for the little fellas is live baby brine shrimp. so off i popped down to my local pet shop and lo and behold, they had some in stock.
so, check this badboy out lol. its a coke bottle with the bottom cut off and screwed into the base with an air feed going in at the bottom to create a current in the water. there must be thousands of eggs in there as you can see the water just looks dirty brown but is in fact fully loaded with loads and loads of little eggs. now, obviously the name brine shrimp indicates that they are not a fresh water species at all, and you would be right in thinking that. before using the brine shrimp as food i need to sieve them out of the water and wash the salt off them (with correctly treated/aquarium water).
as always i look forward to the mass genocide that will ensue when i use live food. ;]
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Thats well cool!
How long will it take for the victims to hatch?
Stuart
Sea Fishing and Walking in the UK
24-36 hours. ie in a minute, or something.... mwhahaha... dave is upset cause i'm "breeding animals whose sole purpose in life is to be eaten"... awww ;]
Nice one!
So - do your baby fish like brine shrimp?
Stu
well, i dunno. cause i botched it up cause i did the first bit right then when it came to seperating them what i thought was a fine enough mesh, was not.
subsequently i murdered about 2000 shrimp as they all went "weeeee" down the plug hole (eek). i'm not gonna bother doing it again with these 8 guppies, not really worth hatching that many shrimp. one of the other females looks like shes about to drop so hopefully i'll be able to catch her just as she is about to do it and put her in the nursary until she is done.
then ill have another go at hatching...
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