Feeding fry Baby Brine Shrimp (BBS / Artemia)

Yes Brine Shrimps =)

one of the best food to feed any fry

it is also widely used in aquaculture

instead of the easy culturing microworms

bbs is more suitable for betta fries =D

because the newly hatched bbs has a higher nutritional value

rather than the all time favourite microworms

true....true...microworms are a life saver when bbs is not around

but feeding fry with only microworms makes them grow pretty slow =/

the first time I spawned my bettas I fed them microworms 

Yeah I know they love it and they crave for it =3

but it takes them about nearly 4-5 months to reach a young adult size =(

veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerryyyyy slow

in my opinion its best to feed the fry bbs since its highly nutritional =D

ofcourse u can feed them microworms

but only when you are waiting for your bbs to hatch 

there is actually a lot of ways to hatch bbs but I'll just explain to you how I do it =D

The Set uP

                             1. Air pump

                             2. Air line tubing

                             3. a 2-litre bottle / or something that can hold up 2-litre

                             4. Aquarium salt or any salt ( I use normal kitchen salt =D)

                             5. Brine shrimp eggs (ofcourse.....)

The..Placing it Together =D

I just do it like this

^just an example

1. pour 2 litre of plain water

2. add about 2 tablespoon of salt

3. ade a teaspoon of bbs eggs

4.  place the air line tubing n start =D

then just wait 24 hour

badabing badabom DONE

to make sure its done

just turn off the Air pump n wait for the eggs to settle

then you will see this crawling n moving on the bottom

 ^those are delicious bbs =D

congratulations!you have newly hatched baby brine shrimps

The Harvesting

after jumping around in excitement that your bbs is hatched

preparee~...

                               1. Air line tubing

                               2. Syringe

                               3. Coffee filter or a brine shrimp net

                                        

ok now use a syringe and an air line tubing to do this

(^its easier =3)

^ attach the air line to the nozzle of the syringe

^the supplies =3

the light is used to attract the bbs...observe

^dun worry if you thibk thats a little >< coz its only 1-litre n I used

a pinch of bbs eggs coz I currently have only one spawn so I dont need that many

then suck all the orange swimming bbs =D

*careful do not suck the bbs eggs

your fry might get swim bladder disease if consume it in large amount

after sucking all that orangy moving thingy =3

pour it over a coffee filtre to drain the salt water

^nyummmy =D

than place the bbs into a cup with aged water which will be safe for the fry

the viola your food is ready to be served =D

syringe this delicious meal n drop it in the fry tank 

make sure you do it drop by drop

you dont want the fragile fry to get hurt =)

now there you go

fry will be all full with adorable orange bellies XD

^fat rounded orangy fries =D