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garfieldnfish · 03-21-2005, 04:10 PM

Nice info Leafgoblin, you are helping me out here as well. I just hatched some brine shrimp and want a few of them to grow up and get a culture going. I am using a 2.5 gal pet carrier with saltwater and an airstone. I also added a clay flower pot and some slate rocks and a fake plant to get them in the mood. I have absolutely no idea if this experiment will work but I'm willing to try. I have several zebra plecos and L174's and they are carnivores. I know they eat brine shrimp in the frozen form but I'm sure they would prefer to hunt them down. I did a little research on Yahoo and I learned that you can use Spirulina flakes, place them in a closely knit cloth and tie off with a rubber band. Place this Spirulina ball in some salt water (separate dish). When feeding the shrimp, squeeze the ball and use an eye dropper to get some of the water and feed it to the brine shrimp. I also bought PhytoPlex food for coral, tubeworms, clams and salt water filter feeders. I would think they eat that too. Any helpful hint would be appreciated. This is new for me.
How often do you have to change the water ? At the price the salt cost me I do not want to change it more then I absolutely have to.

03-21-2005, 04:10 PM	#3
garfieldnfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 661	Re: brine shrimp Nice info Leafgoblin, you are helping me out here as well. I just hatched some brine shrimp and want a few of them to grow up and get a culture going. I am using a 2.5 gal pet carrier with saltwater and an airstone. I also added a clay flower pot and some slate rocks and a fake plant to get them in the mood. I have absolutely no idea if this experiment will work but I'm willing to try. I have several zebra plecos and L174's and they are carnivores. I know they eat brine shrimp in the frozen form but I'm sure they would prefer to hunt them down. I did a little research on Yahoo and I learned that you can use Spirulina flakes, place them in a closely knit cloth and tie off with a rubber band. Place this Spirulina ball in some salt water (separate dish). When feeding the shrimp, squeeze the ball and use an eye dropper to get some of the water and feed it to the brine shrimp. I also bought PhytoPlex food for coral, tubeworms, clams and salt water filter feeders. I would think they eat that too. Any helpful hint would be appreciated. This is new for me. How often do you have to change the water ? At the price the salt cost me I do not want to change it more then I absolutely have to.