Live Foods

Yes you can go to the pet store and purchase a brine shrimp hatchery but it is very easy to make your own. You can make your own brine shrimp hatchery from a few simple items that you probably already have around your house. - [Details]

Dinoflagellates are incredibly easy to grow at home, requiring as little care as a houseplant, except that these "plants" produce bright blue light when shaken at night. - [Details]

If you are working or want to go away for one day, and you have fry who need Brine Shrimp. Then this is the solution. This cost you not more then $ 5,00 or so. The Do It Yourself Brine shrimp Feeder. - [Details]

Artemia: Decapsulation, Hatching, Feeding, On-Growing and Enrichment. Covers the techniques involved in decapsulating (increases the hatching rate), hatching, feeding, on growing and enrichment of artemia or brine shrimp. - [Details]

There are literally dozens of different do-it-yourself brine shrimp hatchery models out there (I provide links to some of these at the end of this article). Notwithstanding how many times this road has been trod, I too have designed my own brine shrimp hatchery, which I'll share with you here. I have two models, actually. I like the first more than the second because it is easier to set up and to harvest shrimp, but building it requires a little more effort and $. The second model is very similar to others' models and is cheaper and simpler to make. However, set up is a little bothersome at times. - [Details]

Peter Z's Fishline - (Photo Diagram) - [Details]

To collect nauplii, shut airline valve and disconnect hose from pump. Shine a lamp on the bottom of the hatchery and wait until egg shells have floated and nauplii have gathered at the bottom. Then, move the air hose below water level and open the valve to drain nauplii through a brine shrimp net. Afterwards, close the valve, loop the hose over the top, reconnect to the pump, and open the valve again to resume aeration. - [Details]

The Krib - (Text File) - [Details]

If you decide to breed the fishies, you will need food for the babies. Regular betta food will not do - the fry are too small. Microworms are best for the first food – starting from day 2 to day 5. After that you need to feed them Baby Brine Shrimp (BBS) - [Details]