How to Hatch Brine Shrimp Eggs Successfully

Do you want to hatch brine shrimp eggs for entertainment or just food from your carnivorous fish? Whatever the case, hatching brine shrimp eggs is easy and can be quite exciting! Children will also love these little pets, as they learn more about nature. Moreover, brine shrimp can take the place of dogs and cats if money is scarce or your child is allergic! Read on to learn how to hatch brine shrimp eggs.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Brine shrimp eggs
• Container or aquarium tank with a cover
• Distilled water
• Rock salt
• Air pump
• tubing
• Air stone (optional)
• Coffee filter (if you plan on feeding shrimp to fish)

1. In order to hatch brine shrimp eggs, fill the container or aquarium tank with the distilled water and stir in 1 table spoon of rock salt per 1/2 gallon of water. Keep the tank near light or else the brine shrimp eggs won't hatch. Keep the water temperature around 80 degrees F as well.

2. Hatch brine shrimp eggs faster with an air pump set up, so that the water and eggs are frequently stirred. Attach the tubing to the air pump and an air stone at the end of the tubing. You can also opt not to use the air stone.

3. Now you're ready to put those brine shrimp eggs in the tank to be hatched! If you regulate the heat and light, your brine shrimp eggs should hatch in 24 hours. If you want to feed other fish of yours these tasty brine shrimp treats, run the water filled with brine shrimp through the coffee filter. Then, you can store the shrimp in another tank for up to 24 hours for feeding.

Tips & Warnings

• You'll need to look closely to see if your brine shrimp hatch, since they're tiny!

[williamfjordan]

on 10/25/2009 nice tips on hatching sea monkeys... 5*

[poe9368]

on 10/25/2009 As an old tropical fish afficianado, I always bought brine shrimp to feed to my fish. I was never aware of this process. Thanks. Very informative and useful.