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scumonkey

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Here is a no hassle step by step guide to hatching your own brine shrimp eggs.
You can make your own version of this hatchery device but, living in Manhattan, it
would cost me more to make (the way I'd want), than to just go ahead and buy it.
I bought mine at http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/Hatchery-Dish-p183.html
(comes with a 1.75oz jar of grade A brine shrimp eggs -about 100 hatches).
This hatching dish is from Hong Kong and is made up of four parts:

The dish itself, (notice the concentric rings)
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A plastic separation ring gate:
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The lid (with light hole in center):
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And finally a mesh bottom collection cup:
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The first step is to fill the dish with tank water up to the incised line on the
inside wall.
Then drop in the gate ring and collection cup:
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Next get the best quality brine shrimp eggs you can find.
Grade A gives a better yield. Quality does make a differance!
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(i go through a coffee can like this about once a year)

Next gently pour in the eggs around the outside ring of water:
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Place the lid back on:
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Now it's time to wait:
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After about 12 - 24 hours the eggs will hatch and the shrimp will swim to the light at the center
over the cup:
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Lift out collection cup and let the water drain, Shrimp ready to feed to tank (look at that yield)!
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All the egg shells are left behind!:
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Clean with warm water and start again- too easy!
 

scumonkey

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Very nice Thanks for sharing. does it require air tube? coz I want to hatch my own too.
NO AIRLINE TUBING!

I just talked to Tim at Brine shrimp direct.....He told me the Hatchery dishes
were inbound from Europe at the moment and, they should be restocked in
about two weeks:wink1:

MR member Paul B made his own Hatchery.....if you can't wait and want to DIY, here is a pic of his handy work.
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kenske

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You beat me to it!!

I started using the brine hatchery dish a few years back , when I was breeding bettas. Hands down, the hatchery is the best. It will also continue to hatch more BS for a couple days without me having to add more eggs. It makes life so much easier . Easy to hatch, easy to feed. No airline/stone to deal with.

Two weeks ago, i was thinking of starting a thread for this great product, But now Scumonkey beat me to it.
 

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