Brine shrimp? Easy peasy for a 6 year old.Did you know this? A question for all fish keepers and breeders.?

Question

I have been to loads of fish shops in search of live food for my breeding of betta splendens, but it seemed that they only stocked them on a very random basis.I replaced live food with boiled earthworm cut up very finely (it works great), but i went to all the hassle of finding or digging them up , scalding them with water , cutting them with a scissors and freezing them for later.... and being always told by my fiancee that I was disgusting. One day my 6 year old daughter returned from a toy shop down the road with "sea monkeys"? I never heard of them either, on close inspection they turned out to be brine shrimp that a child could harvest and keep them for a guaranteed 2 years, they multiply or breed or whatever readily.....I couldnt believe it, happy days, so its the toy shop for pet food and pet shop for pet toys ( i have dogs too).

Answer 1

brine shrimp are easy to hatch and make a great food for newly hatched fry but they don't make a good food for adult fish. newly hatche they are too small and if you raise the brine shrimp to adulthood they loose most of their nutritional value because the sea monkey food isn't;t very good i would suggest freeze dried and frozen bloodworms( They are not as gross as they sound they are just midge larvae that happen to be bright red in color) they are easy to use and can be used almost exclusively for feeding breeders.

Answer 2

Go back to pet shop, they sell millions of brine shrimp eggs ready to hatch for a couple dollars. they also have a frozen food section for frozen baby brine (much healthier than adult brine) and frozen blood worms( tiny little worms that betta love) buying brine shrimp labeled as sea monkeys costs more. A small vial with millions and millions of little eggs is so cheap, and you only need to hatch a 1/4 teaspoon or less at a time. very easy, very cheap. If you're feeling adventurous, get a pair of guppies, the betta will eat the babies as they are born.

Answer 3

I have absolutly no idea what your question is, and I have read the whole paragraph twice now.

However im going to take a guess and think that you are looking for brine shrimp, which you can buy from your pet store by the pint.

Answer 4

I have had sea monkeys. They arent that hard to take care of. They are brine shrimp, but i didnt feed them to my betta.I got him after my seamonkeys got knocked over. They are rather expensive, at around 10.00 a kit, but you can go to any online petshop and get them. Triops may work, too. I found them in walmart and they look the same as seamonkeys.