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I used to just hatch them in a jar. The trick was trying to siphon out the hatched shrimp without the eggs. This hatcher causes the hatched shrimp to move away from the eggs and it also has a litlle net to lift them out.
 
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i looked into a few designs on how to make one and basically the easiest way to seperate them is to cut the bottom off of a 2 liter, have them hatch in there and have a valve on the cap of the bottle so when you are ready to harvest them you squirt a turkey baster of distilled water into it causing the shells to float and the brine to stay near the bottom and you open the valve and cut it off before getting to the shells
 
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would you say the hatcher was effective at separating shrimps from egg shells? When you used it in a jar, was it a filled with salt water? then you just dip your net in and scoop out the baby brine? No aeration of any kind? No egg shells? sounds like a miracle device.

Is it possible to just load it up, and drop it into the main tank, and slowly feed the fish like Lee's intank breeder?
 

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Two separate ways to hatch. One is the hatchery I am selling. You put saltwater and eggs in. There is a mesh scoop in the middle. When the shrimp hatch they go to the middle and you scoop them out with no shells.
Using a jar I also put in saltwater and eggs. When they hatch I use a turkey baster to siphon them out. Ususally there is a bunch in one end based on the lighting so that is where I put the baster in. But you do end up with shells also.
In both cases there is no aeration and it works. The hatcher can not work with aeration . The jar could and probably you would get a higher hatch rate.
As I understand it feeding the eggs to fish is not good. However you can buy decapsulated eggs that can be either hatched or fed directly but they need refrigeration to keep. Brine shrimp are not the most nutritious food but the fish like it because it is live and moves so it is a nice treat for them.
 
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