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  • DIY - Green water and baby brine for breeding

    I am trying to improve my breeding efforts by using green water and baby brine shrimp and I have some questions.

    1) Green Water - Can someone direct me to more information about how / when this is used. I also need "do it yourself" instructions for making this.

    2) Baby brine shrimp - Is there a simple way to create a continually regenerated supply of these? Alternatively, is there a way to keep these alive in a tank without having a seperate tank dedicated for this purpose.

    Thanks.
    Jarrod - Houston, Texas
    150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
    17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
    5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
    3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

  • #2
    green water is used to feed ultra small babies or fry that need to eat constantly. for green water, take a jar fill it 3 quarters of the way. set it on your back porch for a day, then bring it in and put it in the window sill. after about 2 days you will see little things swimming in it, voila! "green water"
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    • #3
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      If you want to raise brine shrimp, you need saltwater phytoplankton and not just freshwater greenwater. In the article on brine shrimp above I list 2 methods... Method # 2 is more suited for your purpose.

      Personally, if your goal is to harvest BABY brine shrimp & not adults, then IMO its simpler to just hatch them out from cysts.

      Good Luck!
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      • #4
        I found a kit at the LFS which uses an invertated 2 liter soda bottle.

        If I already have a goldfish bowl and an extra air pump can I hatch them using that? It seems like the shape of that bottle is rather important.

        The kit makes a TON of baby brine from a pre-mixed packet. I only want a small portion to divide up between my tanks each day.
        Jarrod - Houston, Texas
        150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
        17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
        5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
        3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

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        • #5
          greenwater is just water with a lot of tiny plants growing in it.
          take some old aquarium water (high in nitrates) or some dechlorinated water with a tablespoon of any plant fertilizer and add a starter culture. Then place it where it gets lots of light.

          I use infusoria (tiny critters) to feed my baby bettas the first couple of weeks because they are higher in proteen.



          after the first 10 days I feed fresh hatched baby brine shrimp



          How much to hatch depends on how often and how many fry you have to feed. My setup will feed 600 - 1000 fry twice a day.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by PhishPhreek View Post
            greenwater is just water with a lot of tiny plants growing in it.
            take some old aquarium water (high in nitrates) or some dechlorinated water with a tablespoon of any plant fertilizer and add a starter culture. Then place it where it gets lots of light.

            I use infusoria (tiny critters) to feed my baby bettas the first couple of weeks because they are higher in proteen.



            after the first 10 days I feed fresh hatched baby brine shrimp



            How much to hatch depends on how often and how many fry you have to feed. My setup will feed 600 - 1000 fry twice a day.
            Phreek - How critical is temperature for this? If I keep this in the house I don't think my wife will like it.
            Jarrod - Houston, Texas
            150 gallon - my African cichlid monster tank (I know it isn't a big as yours)
            17 gallon - Threadfin rainbows and corys lightly planted
            5 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder
            3 gallon - planted red cherry shrimp breeder

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