sea monkeys

[hunt]

i couldnt get brine shrimp for my fang blenny from my lfs so im going to get sea monkeys from the store. Instead of using the little packets, can i just put the eggs in the little tank filled with regular salt water from my tank? OR should i just stick with the directions

 

[speg]

I'd probably stick to the directions...doesn't the instructions say table salt?

 

[meowzer]

HEY...where can you get Sea Monkeys??? LOL....I remember when I was young I would order them out of comic books

ahhhhh the memories

 

[bang guy]

Full strength saltwater will work just fine.
For just slightly more than a pack of 100 Sea Monkeys you can get 10,000 Artemia eggs in a vial.

 

[saxman]

DON'T just dump the eggs into your DT. the shells of the cysts will get everywhere, and BS hatchwater is NASTY stuff.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by saxman
http:///forum/post/3280633
DON'T just dump the eggs into your DT. the shells of the cysts will get everywhere, and BS hatchwater is NASTY stuff.
yeah, that's 100% true.

 

[hunt]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3280613
HEY...where can you get Sea Monkeys??? LOL....I remember when I was young I would order them out of comic books

ahhhhh the memories
Toys r us,

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3280632
Full strength saltwater will work just fine.
For just slightly more than a pack of 100 Sea Monkeys you can get 10,000 Artemia eggs in a vial.
i know but i want to get my fang blenny eating asap, im not sure how long it will last on just the limited amount of pods in my tank and i figure it will be quiker to buy the sea moneys rather than ordering online(cant find anywhere that sells them near me)
Originally Posted by Speg
http:///forum/post/3280611
I'd probably stick to the directions...doesn't the instructions say table salt?
it comes with salt. When i got them before, for fun, i think it said that the water was more salty than ocean water. And it comes with salt mixture stuff i think

 

[bang guy]

Artemia will hatch just fine with Salinity anywhere in the range of 20ppm up to 100ppm. Used tank water is perfect.

 

[hunt]

i followed the directions and the things hatched then died. I just oardered some brine shrimp eggs in the mail so hopfully my blenny can hold on till I get those

 

[hunt]

im supprised, the eggs arrive overnight with ups ground shipping. Anyways, Im using the 1g for a hatching tank for the brine. How long after the shrimp hatch should i try to feed the blenny?

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3283111
im supprised, the eggs arrive overnight with ups ground shipping. Anyways, Im using the 1g for a hatching tank for the brine. How long after the shrimp hatch should i try to feed the blenny?
They should be fed as soon as they stop parachuting - the egg case falls off.

 

[saxman]

the BBS are nutritious for 24 hrs. after that, they have used up their yolk sacs and have grown a mouth. you can feed them with spirulina, beta glucan, finely powdered fish food, selcon, etc.

 

[hunt]

How long after they hatch should i feed them? Would it be ok to feed them the food that came with the sea monkeys? How often should they be fed? Im guessing this is a yes but should i feed them before feeding to the fish? Would it be pssible for the shrimp to breed in the DT if they somehow didnt get eatin, just curious?
Also, I fed the fish today and my fang blenny ate them. So now i can try to wean him onto prepaired food. But if i cant, would a grouper mess with it? The 75g is full of pods.

 

[bang guy]

As Saxman mentioned baby brine shrimp do not eat for their first day after hatching. The sooner you present them as food to your fish the more nutritious they are. After a day, the only nutritional value will be what the Artemia have in their gut.

 

[hunt]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3283376
As Saxman mentioned baby brine shrimp do not eat for their first day after hatching. The sooner you present them as food to your fish the more nutritious they are. After a day, the only nutritional value will be what the Artemia have in their gut.
I know this but i not really feeding them for nutrition but to get my blenny to eat mysis shrimp

 

[hunt]

Can saltwater fish get swim bladder disease from brine shrimp? ive only heard about goldfish, betafish, ect. having this problem