Live fish foods (shrimp, worms etc.)

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  1. Linchpin

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    What I'd like to know, maybe you marine guys will know better, is how do I hatch brine shrimp and get them to grow easily.

    Any other live food advice would be nice. :sheep:

    I'd like to give my fish a wider range of food, I'm sure if you ate chicken every night of your life you'd get sick of it :)
     
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    Google is your friend. You'll find many links on how to hatch BBS. As for growing them, that's a different monster all together. Why grow them if they are more nutritious to your fish when just hatched? ;)

    BBS is quite easy to hatch. Just be sure to get your eggs from a reputable place. Ensure that you get them out of the freezer, try to avoid the eggs that's been standing in a vile on the counter. I've experienced a poor hatch rate from those.

    Cheers
    Dale
     
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    Linchpin

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    Thanks, didn't know they'd be better for the fish just after they hatched.

    Should the rest of my eggs be stored in the fridge or freezer?

    I've also just bought frozen blood worm, the fish seem to love it, esp my ghost fish and my betta
     
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    we landed a shipment of freeze dried foods a few weeks ago. Brineshrimp, mysis shrimp, blood worm, tubifex.... its really cool stuff! :D
     
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    Linchpin

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    So, how about some "samples" :)
     
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    try:

    Ultimate Aquatics
    187 Heugh road
    Walmer
    Port Elizabith

    they should have stock....
     
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    Linchpin

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    I get all my stuff from there, they're 2 blocks from where I work and 8 from where I live.

    So I'm actually buying from you, indirectly...
     
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    great man :)
     
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    any jhb shops ?
     
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    PetStop, PeterB, VIPets, Exotics.... ummmmmm.... those i can think of off the top of my head
     
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    ohh ok ! will be visiting all of them soon, t
     

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