A journal of an attempt to raise Seahorse Babies

[howdy20012002]

reference the brine shrimp did u decapsulize them before hatching them? or how does that work.
if you didn't, how did u get rid of the shell afterwords?
my fear is that the seahorses with choke on the stupid shell
thanks
Neal

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FA023


That's the link cc_bruno sent me about deencapsulating brine shrimp eggs. Worked well for me.

HTH,

Anthony

[michika]

When you hatch brine shrimp you can purchase decapsulated brine shimp or capsulated. When you use capsulated ones, you avoid getting the shells by only draining to a certain point.

If you want I can send you a video link about brine shrimp.

[woodcarver]

Howdy, You dont need decapsulated eggs ,too expensive anyway. If you use the pop bottle method ,when you turn off the air ,the shells float to the top and the shrimp can be drained into a sieve through bottom . It is very easy .It works a treat !! I will try to find a link that shows the set up .............Dave

[howdy20012002]

cool thanks everyone for the advice
if you could find that link it would be great
thanks again
Neal

[woodcarver]

Photo of brine shrimp hatchery.

[woodcarver]

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/..._Hatchery.html
Howdy ,This link is a complete photo journal, of setting up a simple hatchery.
If the link does notwork for you just google in' Brine shrimp hatchery' and you will get dozens of sites .
This one is in aquarticles .com.....................Dave

[howdy20012002]

Well, 5 more bodies.
I was finally able to count. 15 left
but at least most of them are looking strong.
still happy with the results
I am going to start another batch of brine shrimp and I will try feeding them tomorrow.
Wish me luck
They are definitely getting bigger. Much easier to see their features now
Neal

[woodcarver]

Howdy ,Can you seeif they are taking any shrimp ?
...................Dave

[howdy20012002]

i haven't been adding the shrimp yet
tomorrow I am going to try
Neal