Ocean Nutrition Artemia Cysts, also known as Brine Shrimp Eggs, have a hatching percentage of more than 90%. They will hatch into Artemia nauplii (baby brine shrimp) in 18 to 30 hours. Artemia nauplii are known to be the ideal live food for the first stages of many marine and freshwater tropical fish and for many invertebrates.
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Note: To hatch Artemia cysts you will need the eggs, sea salt, a hatching container, air supply, heating, light source and a thermometer. You Tube is a great source of information on how to hatch brine shrimp and use as a live food for your fish.
Brine Shrimp could be hatched and raised for use as live food for these groups of fish:
Nano Reef, Dwarf Cichlids, Angels, Angels - Pygmy Angels, Livebearers, Shrimps, Pipefish, Shrimps, Damsels, South-American Cichlids, Tetras, Seahorses, Rainbow Fish, Angels, Danios, Mandarins - Cardinals, Hawkfish, Victoria Cichlids, Cichlids, Soft Corals, Razorfish, Invertebrates, Mollies, Discus, Gobies, Barbs, Discus - Angels, Blennies, Barbs - Tetras - Rasboras, Surgeonfish, Seahorses - Razorfish, Mandarins, Hard Corals, Tanganyika Cichlids, Crustaceans, Anthias, Gobies - Blennies, Rasboras, Crabs, Cardinals, Shrimps - Crayfish - Crabs, Malawi Cichlids, Damsels - Anthias, Clownfish, Butterflyfish, Killifish, Crayfish, Guppies, Platies, Pygmy Angels, Swordtails
Hatching instructions: Use 25gr to 35gr (+/- 1 soupspoon) of salt per liter and add +/- 2gr of brine shrimp eggs per liter.
Use tap water and pour salt into the cone with air pump running. When using kitchen salt, it is best is to add +/- 3gr (1 teaspoon) of sodium-bicarbonate (backing soda). Make sure the water temperature is maintained between 26° - 29° during the incubation period. (Do not exceed 30°C, as improper temperature control is the main reason for a bad hatch). The air line should reach to the bottom of the hatching vessel to ensure vigorous and homogenous mixing. An air stone is not recommended.
Add the eggs to the hatching water and make sure air keeps eggs in suspension. Eggs will hatch into very tiny, nearly microscopic "Nauplii" (babies) in 18 to 30 hours.
You can harvest by removing the air tube and waiting two to five minutes for the orange nauplii to come to the bottom of the cone.
After 24 hours stop aeration and wait 10 minutes until nauplii settle to the bottom. Empty shells will float at the surface. Siphon the nauplii on a sieve, rinse carefully with tap water and feed to your animals.
