Comments on: How To Raise Live Food For Your Aquarium Fish http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/how-to-raise-live-food-for-your-aquarium-fish/ Fish Care and Information Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:08:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mike Graham http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/how-to-raise-live-food-for-your-aquarium-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Mike Graham Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:54:56 +0000 http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/?p=62#comment-247 It is easy to raise Brine shrimp to full size and have them breeding. The trick is in the feeding - use live bakers yeast - the kind you keep in the fridge, and buy from the refrigerated section of bigger supermarkets or bread baking specialist shops. Hatch the Artemia normally and feed them with a live yeast suspension. To do this break off a small amount of yeast and put it in a test tube with some water. Shake it vigorously and then put in with the Brine Shrimps. The name of the game is that the Brine Shrimps should clear the water within 24 hours. Probably the best way to start is with small amounts and see what happens - and then over a day or so you get to find out what is needed. Obviously as the Artemia grow their appetite grows too, but it is easy to keep an eye on what it happening. Do not overfeed, and it helps to have an air line tube and diffuser in the pond. The Artemia grow fast in reasonable temperatures and are mating and breeding in about 6 to 8 weeks, and you will hear the pattering of baby antennae (joke). Don't forget to rinse the Artemia in fresh water before you put them in a freshwater aquarium. Good luck It is easy to raise Brine shrimp to full size and have them breeding. The trick is in the feeding – use live bakers yeast – the kind you keep in the fridge, and buy from the refrigerated section of bigger supermarkets or bread baking specialist shops. Hatch the Artemia normally and feed them with a live yeast suspension. To do this break off a small amount of yeast and put it in a test tube with some water. Shake it vigorously and then put in with the Brine Shrimps. The name of the game is that the Brine Shrimps should clear the water within 24 hours. Probably the best way to start is with small amounts and see what happens – and then over a day or so you get to find out what is needed. Obviously as the Artemia grow their appetite grows too, but it is easy to keep an eye on what it happening. Do not overfeed, and it helps to have an air line tube and diffuser in the pond. The Artemia grow fast in reasonable temperatures and are mating and breeding in about 6 to 8 weeks, and you will hear the pattering of baby antennae (joke).

Don’t forget to rinse the Artemia in fresh water before you put them in a freshwater aquarium.

Good luck

]]> By: Ajeet http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/how-to-raise-live-food-for-your-aquarium-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Ajeet Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:58:53 +0000 http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/?p=62#comment-27 Good article Connie. I have trouble locating live food in my area. I should probably cultivate my own. Good article Connie. I have trouble locating live food in my area. I should probably cultivate my own.

]]> By: Joseph R http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/how-to-raise-live-food-for-your-aquarium-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Joseph R Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:23:04 +0000 http://www.thehomeaquarium.com/?p=62#comment-26 Live food is definitely the best and it is so much cheaper to raise your own than it is to go buy it. I keep two small aquariums setup just for raising food. One is for brine shrimp and the other is for feeder fish Live food is definitely the best and it is so much cheaper to raise your own than it is to go buy it. I keep two small aquariums setup just for raising food. One is for brine shrimp and the other is for feeder fish

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