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Brine shrimp2007-11-24 23:10:22

I raise freshwater fry and fish and I wanted to feed them live brine shrimp to the adult and fry. Is there a hatchery where you can grow brine shrimp to feed both the adult and fry. You see I think I found one but I am not sure if you can feed the adult and also the fry.

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If it does not work for both adult and fry do you know another one that feeds both fry and adult. Thanks!

Answers:

I actuallly have one of those and I didn't find that it was very helpful. I raise bettas and they thrive on the brine shrimp (and it makes the colors BRILLIANT!) There's actually one that's round, and has a hole in the middle that is one of the BEST I've ever seen and used. (See link below)

They also have a great FAQ section.

Also, as long as you get the shrimp early, you can feed adults and fry at the same time. I love watching my Bettas dive for those teensy little shrimps. They LOVE them!

But if you're trying to feed them at the same time, the adults will gobble the shrimp and the fry might not eat. Also, adults should only have the shrimp for a treat, or if they need a color boost like bettas. For the fry, the newly hatched is best. Adults can eat the adult shrimp though. For adults, I'd stick with standard food, and just treat them with something live they can chase. =)

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The basic problem you will run into is that the adult fish will want adult brine shrimp while the fry can only handle newly hatched brine shrimp. It's not really easy to quickly grow brine shrimp to adults and you would never supply your adults with enough from even several of those hatcheries. Let's add one more twist, tank raised adult brine shrimp has very little nutritional value. I would suggest you hatch brine shrimp for your fry, but feed various frozen foods to your adults. What specifically to feed depends on what type of fish you are breeding.

MM