Sea Monkeys

[Anonymous]

Anybody think of using these to feed their tanks? These are just brine shrimp, but they are raised to adulthood. And am I wrong, or don't they breed as well?

Could they be gut-loaded and maintained long enough to be of use?

 

[scooterr]

you can raise them. THey are commonly used to feed larval fish and sometimes reeftanks. They will need to be feed microalgea (nannochlopis occulata)which you can buy (dt's) or culture yourself. It's a lot of work. Brine shrimp are most nutrious as young. I raise them from cyts. I don't breed um. Just a little starter info.
HTH

 

[Ben1]

Joyce Wilkerson claims adult brine to be 500x better as adults in her book Clownfish.

 

[HARRISON]

Look back a few days and you'll see where we were talking about it. I hatch some almost everyday for the fish and corals. They are easy to raise but they are best when used within 48 hours.

 

[rayjay]

Well, that's good news. Could you share your method for raising brine shrimp to adult? I've been trying to find an easy way to raise them to adult for quite a few years now, as I can't buy them around here.
I find it to be very labour intensive, low yielding, and generally very frustrating to raise them, although I'm persistant and was sure someone would have an easy way somewhere along the line.
Perhaps you could peruse my methods at the moment and steer me in the easy direction.
Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
Rayjay on Raising Brine Shrimp

 

[esmithiii]

The newly hatched brine shrimp are far too small to be consumed by my fish, even my neon gobies. They are more for coral (as I understand it)

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[HARRISON]

I don't grow them to be adults yet. Maybe someday when I have more time. Ernie, be patient, they are eating them...

 

[Anonymous]

Folks,
I'm not talking about just plain old brine shrimp. I'm talking about the actual "Sea Monkeys" brand. I remember raising them when I was young, and I didn't need aeration, heating, anything. All I did was stir up the packets, and feed a pinch of the powdered food every once in a while, and I had LARGE adult brine shrimp.

Now, I have tried the brine shrimp out of a vial, and have had little success raising them past 48 hours. (then again, I haven't tried too hard either) I've also seen the recent posts. I am also interested in trying the in-tank method, Harrison.

I'm wondering what makes Sea Monkeys live to be adults and breed on their own, and if they can be "nutrified" and fed to the tank.

Anybody?

 

[Manofathousandpolyps]

Wait a gosh darn minute! You mean to tell me that Sea Monkeys are actually shrimp! Ill be back in a minute. I have to give my therapist a call.

 

[speck]

Wait a gosh darn minute! You mean to tell me that Sea Monkeys are actually shrimp! Ill be back in a minute. I have to give my therapist a call. <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote

HAHAHA LMAO

 

[HARRISON]

Don't know about the sea monkeys thing. But the brine need green water in order to live much past 48 hours...