Artemia a.k.a Brine Shrimp or Sea Monkey

Why artemia?

As a beginner, i was wondering how am i going to feed the fries as the pellets and flakes are too big for them to consume. I make some research and heard from my friend about this artemia, which is so call as sea monkey(what a funny name). Artemia are consider one of the best food for the fries and it boost their growth well. As you can see on the below, this is the pictures of the young artemia( scientific name would be Nauplli Artemia) and the adults one. 

Nauplli Artemia ( 1st stage when the egg just hatched)

Fully grown Artemia - 4th stage

*It seems ugly but the nutritional level is extremely high. 

The nutritional level is good does not mean that u have to wait for the artemia has fully grown only be able to feed the fries. Based on the research, the older the artemia be fed, the less nutritional value will be.

The research shows that artemia are divided into 4 stages.

1st and 2nd stage are consider as free swimmer. They don't harm any fish until they comes to 3rd and 4th stage. They are categories as parasite for the environment as they competing the food chain with the fish.

Therefore, it is recommended that once the eggs has been hatch, it should be fed to the fries.

How to hatch?

You can easily D.I.Y by using:

Items required

1 empty bottle( at least 500 ml and above)

1 table spoon of salt ( if your package does not come with salt)

1 transparent tube ( long enough for connecting the air pump to the bottle)

Steps

1. Cut the bottle as shown as the picture above.

2. Make a hole on the cap of the bottle.

3. Slot the tube in the cap and add with 500 ml of water.

4. Put 1 table spoon of salt in the water. (if you feel that your water is under low PH, use your finger to pinch a little bit of soda into the water)

5. Put 1/4 tea spoon of eggs into the water and done! :)

*It requires at least 24 hours for the eggs to hatch. You will see a very small tiny "insects" swim around and they like lights. Make sure when u want to feed the fries, cover a black paper on the top to make sure all the Artemia goes down as they will go to where never there is lights and pluck out the air pump and start feeding.

P.S. If you worry that your plant will be affected with the salt water, make sure you use the fish net to filter the water before u put them for fries.

I personally try this for my very 1st time cause Sera does mix the portion of salt with the eggs.You can skip the 4th step if you buy this.

Please do not hesitate to give me any comments if there is any inquiry on it. Thanks for reading my blog and have fun trying out!