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The brine shrimp (hatched) is a suitable feed for many smaller fish/fry etc.
This is Royal Grade (90%) hatch, but please note this is under optimal conditions, and results are variable.
Goods supplied in original packaging, in date and sealed unless stated above.
If the goods are not in original packaging (for example our bagged bulk range) then the image used may be for illustration of product type only, as all batches may have slight variation in colour, size etc.
Features:
Shelf life: 12 months.
Storage: for long result store cysts in a dry place below +5C to +15C.
Nutrients: protein > 60%, fat >24%, ash <4,4%, moisture <4,5%.
Baby brine shrimp, or Artemia nauplii, are a fish breeder's staple for a majority of species. Baby brine shrimp is a superb food source for many fry, being riddled with protein, carotenoids and B vitamins. Several factors need to be considered when hatching Artemia eggs. Temperature plays a huge role, with 25°C/77°F consistently showing to be optimal for success. Salinity of water should be very high and a specific gravity of 1.030 should be aimed for at 25°C.
Water needs to be both hard and alkaline, with a pH of 9.0 favourable. Anything below 8.0 has a big impact on hatching and success rates.
The most common flaw is failing to provide a light source. Inside the Artemia egg is a chemical called trehalose which is triggered by a light source to turn into glycerol. This is a hygroscopic chemical and draws water through the membrane and into the Artemia itself, starting the hatching process.
Some Artemia have been known to hatch in the dark, but these exceptions not fully understood, and do not represent successful hatches. Adding an artificial light source to San Francisco brine shrimp is known to increase hatches by 50% or more.
To successfully produce Artemia from eggs, a volume of water needs to be vigorously aerated for movement with the eggs in it. These will hatch in the conditions as stated in around 18 hours, although a second smaller hatch can also occur afterwards.
Let's start with the fact that the eggs of Artemia are a living organism, therefore it can respond in its own way to temperature changes during its transportation. Even if you received it at the post office, and then accidentally forgot in your car even for a day (and in the car with the windows closed it was hot and stuffy in summer or cold in winter), this fact can greatly affect
the hatching percentage of artemia. You and only you are fully responsible for your actions for the percentage of hatching artemia. There are more than 20 facts that can affect the hatching percentage: water quality, hatcher quality, lighting, quality of artemia itself, aeration at hatching, water temperature, salt quality and even elementary hatcher cleanliness and much more. And if the package says - hatching 95% - it does not mean that you should get exactly 95%. This indicates the maximum possible hatching under a variety of conditions. If something does not work out for you, then write to us, and we will be happy to answer, we will help you with advice. But we can not help you if you give us a bad feedback first, and then ask for advice. As for the delivery of goods, here too often there are misunderstandings. We apologize in advance for the work of the postal services, but, unfortunately, we can not in any way affect the quality of their work. Postal services, although they indicate the time of delivery, but very often it does not coincide with reality.
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