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
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
.JPG)
