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I have had my Brine Shrimp eggs in a small 2gallon for 2 1/2 days now and they still didt hatch.

First I got my 2 gallon(which i think is too wide because my air pump isint curculating all the egg) filled it with water(duh) and put about 1 table spoon of table sea salt(finshed all sea salt) and I just put them in and they still havent hatched,(i dont have a heater)

So what have you guys been doing???And what should i do?


10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

Were the eggs "fresh" and did you buy them from a trusty place? 1 T.spoon for 2 gal is quite low on the salt. Hardly brine. Usually you put 1 T.spoon to a cup of water. Quite a difference. Furthermore, a 2 gal container is quite large. I remember doing them in a small jar or a glass.

Please refer to the instructions of your egg package to know how you should proceed.

Sponge

I was reading that buying them in a glass jar isint too good
is this true?

10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

I was not talking about the container they are sold in but rather the container you are breeding them. There is no problem growing them in a jar or a glass. I don't think that a 1mm long being is quite conscious of the size of its "ocean". Concentrate on the right salt/water ratio, not the size of the container.

Sponge

You can breed them in a plastic 2 litre bottle & add an air stone. You can use sea water or normal water with alot of sea salt. They usually hatch between 36 & 48 hours.



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thats my setup.

10gallon: 8neons 5gallon: 1betta
1oto
2platys

Question 1. What temperature are you trying to hatch them at?

Generally they like it warm. 80°F or thereabouts.

Question 2. Are you using a salt mix such as that for a marine aquarium? If so, you should be fine, but you need a higher concentration of salt than standard marine. At least twice marine strength is recommended (around 70 parts per thousand). Natural seawater contains 35 grams of sea salt per litre - you're looking at around 70 grams per litre as a suitable concentration for Brine Shrimp.

I'd also try putting a tiny pinch of baker's yeast in the culture. Sometimes this assists in hatching. An old trick that dates from the days when aquarists made their brine shrimp hatcheries in the tool shed


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