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Homer wrote:After some research i realized what your talking about i think is Brine Shrimp Eggs which need to be hatched out??? any way, if that is the case then thats what i've got on order atm, just gotta wait for it to come in which will hopefully be soon, although i'll be trying another shop later to see if they have it in stock...

Hey Homer

Check out this thread I made for hatching Brine Shrimp, there's a youtube video that shows you how to make it (it's very easy!)
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=16961&hilit=+brine+shrimp

ps you can buy Brine Shrimp eggs off ebay and some sellers supply some salt to add to the water

^ thanks, i saw that thread already so i'm definitely some what prepared to put that together... and as promised... here are some pics of the fry i caught this afternoon... i think there are total 9 saved so far, with more still to hatch???

Sorry for the bad pic quality

Homer that's exellent!

They're tiny! get a vid at some point if you can, I'd love to se them swimming round

hi,
yes, the english name for artemia is brine shrimp. do not wait too long buying it, cause they need about two days to hatch!
the pufferfish larvae will only take living food and nothing else. so you can give back the other food-stuff.
martin

Martin Hi. wrote:hi,
yes, the english name for artemia is brine shrimp. do not wait too long buying it, cause they need about two days to hatch!
the pufferfish larvae will only take living food and nothing else. so you can give back the other food-stuff.
martin

Hey Martin

Following that guide on youtube I provided you can hatch the BS eggs in 24hours (mine hatched in 22hrs BTW)

I bought a small bag of live brine shrimp 2 days ago and already there are tiny baby brine shrimp swimming round and lots of adults with what look like egg sacks stuck underneath them

puffertt77 wrote:

Martin Hi. wrote:hi,
yes, the english name for artemia is brine shrimp. do not wait too long buying it, cause they need about two days to hatch!
the pufferfish larvae will only take living food and nothing else. so you can give back the other food-stuff.
martin

Hey Martin

Following that guide on youtube I provided you can hatch the BS eggs in 24hours (mine hatched in 22hrs BTW)

Mine hatched in under 30, and I didn't need a hatchery - just a quarter-gallon tank and an airstone. It was pretty cool. I actually found the eggs at the pet store, and they were really cheap.

LilGreenPuffer wrote:

puffertt77 wrote:

Martin Hi. wrote:hi,
yes, the english name for artemia is brine shrimp. do not wait too long buying it, cause they need about two days to hatch!
the pufferfish larvae will only take living food and nothing else. so you can give back the other food-stuff.
martin

Hey Martin

Following that guide on youtube I provided you can hatch the BS eggs in 24hours (mine hatched in 22hrs BTW)

Mine hatched in under 30, and I didn't need a hatchery - just a quarter-gallon tank and an airstone. It was pretty cool. I actually found the eggs at the pet store, and they were really cheap.

Hey LGP

Did you just pour the eggs in the tank and leave them on the floor?

OOPS Double Post - Mods please delete

Another update... heres another pic taken this morning after a long day yesterday and last night of puffer fry fishing



And just for you puffertt77, heres a video of the Palembang fry i took this morning after doing a bit of puffer fry catching last night... as you can see there are a few more fry now (although as you will see they aren't very active like their Mum 'N' Dad )

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hi,
the egg sacks are very small now. looks like they could eat allready.
martin

Awwwww look at the cuteys! little specklets, Congrats

Martin Hi. wrote:hi,
the egg sacks are very small now. looks like they could eat allready.
martin

Really, that soon??? i thought i had at least 2 days from when i fished them out till feeding??? any way, good news is i already have a brine shrimp hatchery sorted out, bad news is that i have to wait at least 24 hours for them to hatch so i'm just HOPING they will be okay till i have their food ready tmr?

lilacamy931 wrote:Awwwww look at the cuteys! little specklets, Congrats

Thanks

Awww how cute.
Did you read Rockers thread about his Suvattis breeding??
Good Luck

^ Thanks, and yeah Myaj pointed it out to me a few pages back