What I'm doing here is just showing how I do it.
Things you will need. Baby brine shrimp (bbs) eggs. An air pump, water and salt.
There are 2 different ways I do this. First is the hanging bottle.
first on the left is a complete diy. It’s a Gatorade bottle that I drill 2 holes big enough to get a pair of air lines into the bottle. Glue these in with aquarium silicone. The second one I bought a cap off of eBay that has 2 outlets that except air line tubing.
must be a lot of people doing this that someone is manufacturing these
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So now fill the bottle to about an inch from the top. Add a half teaspoon of salt and your bbs eggs. The amount of eggs will be for the amount of fish or fry you are feeding. If you’ve got many fry (like hundreds) you can use larger bottles and add more eggs. The egg adding you will have to figure out till you get enough. Most times you get too many. Now you attach your air line. You will need a volume adjuster
You don’t want the air too strong. Just enough to move the eggs. Next is a light. You can either hang under your room light or point a light at the bottle.
With these bottles the light needs to be pointed towards the bottom. The bbs will swim to the light and the egg shells will float to the top. So when you open the other valve and the water coming out should be full of bbs. The eggs take 18-24 hours to hatch. You will be able to see them swimming in the bottle.
Next is the easiest way to make bbs. This is good for most people who just have a few fish to feed (under a hundred fry). This way uses just a Tupperware floating on the top of the tank. Some clips to keep it from moving.
This is a 6”x6”x2” deep Tupperware. Add water an air line a half teaspoon of salt and a small amount of eggs. This will hatch eggs in 18-24hrs too. Eggs will continue hatching for up to 72 hrs. Bbs will swim to light and I use a pipet to remove them. Before feeding I rinse in tap water with very fine nets. This is optional. I fed right out of the Tupperware for a long time with no problems. It was suggested to rinse on the discus forums. To remove the salt off the brime shrimp. The bbs stay alive after the rinsing and if refrigerated will live for 24hrs. Eggs can be bought off of amazon. Here is a pic of the eggs I’m using and the spoon I use
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Hope this helps those wanting to start hatching bbs.
Coming back here to add a video of my Tupperware bbs hatchery. I’m now making bbs.
You can see the bbs swimming on top of the shells. Very easy to pull these out with a pipet.
Things you will need. Baby brine shrimp (bbs) eggs. An air pump, water and salt.
There are 2 different ways I do this. First is the hanging bottle.
first on the left is a complete diy. It’s a Gatorade bottle that I drill 2 holes big enough to get a pair of air lines into the bottle. Glue these in with aquarium silicone. The second one I bought a cap off of eBay that has 2 outlets that except air line tubing.
must be a lot of people doing this that someone is manufacturing these
.So now fill the bottle to about an inch from the top. Add a half teaspoon of salt and your bbs eggs. The amount of eggs will be for the amount of fish or fry you are feeding. If you’ve got many fry (like hundreds) you can use larger bottles and add more eggs. The egg adding you will have to figure out till you get enough. Most times you get too many. Now you attach your air line. You will need a volume adjuster
You don’t want the air too strong. Just enough to move the eggs. Next is a light. You can either hang under your room light or point a light at the bottle.
With these bottles the light needs to be pointed towards the bottom. The bbs will swim to the light and the egg shells will float to the top. So when you open the other valve and the water coming out should be full of bbs. The eggs take 18-24 hours to hatch. You will be able to see them swimming in the bottle.
Next is the easiest way to make bbs. This is good for most people who just have a few fish to feed (under a hundred fry). This way uses just a Tupperware floating on the top of the tank. Some clips to keep it from moving.
This is a 6”x6”x2” deep Tupperware. Add water an air line a half teaspoon of salt and a small amount of eggs. This will hatch eggs in 18-24hrs too. Eggs will continue hatching for up to 72 hrs. Bbs will swim to light and I use a pipet to remove them. Before feeding I rinse in tap water with very fine nets. This is optional. I fed right out of the Tupperware for a long time with no problems. It was suggested to rinse on the discus forums. To remove the salt off the brime shrimp. The bbs stay alive after the rinsing and if refrigerated will live for 24hrs. Eggs can be bought off of amazon. Here is a pic of the eggs I’m using and the spoon I use
.
Hope this helps those wanting to start hatching bbs.
Coming back here to add a video of my Tupperware bbs hatchery. I’m now making bbs
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