How Do You Hatch Brine Shrimp Eggs?
Many freshwater aquarium fish like live food as a treat. Occasional meals of live foods are essential for maintaining healthy fish. Live foods are also important for bringing tropical fish into breeding condition. Live foods are also essential to the successful rearing of baby fish. Brine shrimp makes a wonderful live food for small to medium sized freshwater fish. Newly hatched brine shrimp makes a wonderful first food for larger fry such as livebearers, or cichlids. It also makes a splendid 2nd food for smaller fry such as tetras once they have grown enough to be able to eat them. Brine shrimp eggs are stored dry, and can be hatched whenever you need them. Cut off the bottom of a 2 liter soda bottle. Drill a hole in the center of the soda bottle lid that is the size of your airline tubing. Push some aquarium tubing through the hole so that about a ½” of tubing will be INSIDE the bottle when the lid is on. Seal the tubing in place with a bit of aquarium cement. Tighten the lid of the
