Raising Brine Shrimp

[traveler911]

I have a setup to hatch brine shrimp using a modified 2 liter bottle.

They hatch fine, but have yet to be able to raise to adult hood.

I tried using KENT microvert food

What else should I be tring?

[JoeMack]

are you using an air stone to add oxygen to the bottle?

[Megalodon]

I found ammonia eventually killed my brine shrimp unless I did water changes.

[traveler911]

well oxygen tubing, but not a stone.

[rayjay]

The first link is my page on brine shrimp and the rest are commercial pages with a lot of info.
RAISING BRINE SHRIMP
BRINE SHRIMP FAQ's
BRINE SHRIMP DIRECT FAQ's
SAN FRANCISCO BAY BRAND FAQ's
GROWING OUT OF BABY BRINE
CARE OF ADULT BRINE

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[traveler911]

okay please help me out here... I'm a bit confused with the adult stage.

I hatch in a 2 liter bottle.
Can I keep them in there and raise to adult hood there? I read about using a 10 gallon tank and formica and well I just didn't get it.
Will the 2 liter bottle idea work clear to adulthood?

[rayjay]

You can use a 2 litre bottle if you don't wan't much in the way of quantities of brine shrimp. Too many in the container and the extra's, and sometimes all of the brine will die.
Pictures on my site show 5 gallon bottles with what I consider appropriate stocking levels. I would like to go much denser, but when I do, I crash the culture.
If you read those links above, you shouldn't really need much in the way of other questions answered. Each page may have some differences but that's only where differences don't matter too much. (ie s.g. where normally most will use anything from 1.018 to 1.030, you can go a LOT higher than that and it will work.)
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[traveler911]

Thanks for all of the help.

Kent