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Hatching Apparatus
1.Fairy Shrimp 30,000 eggs
2.Fairy Shrimp Food 20g.
3.A Filter bag
4.A water Treatment
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This guide provides only the basic information based on the fairy shrimps and clam shrimps species in Arizona desert. Some parts may vary by the species.
Preparation
- A clean jar or tank. Square container is good to take photo and video.
- If the container was used before, clean up with bleach and dry completely.
- Any material contains algae may reduce the hatching rate significantly. As low as 0%.
- An aquarium air pump is required if you want to raise more than 20 fairy shrimps per gallon.
- A pack of dry yeast.
- Rinsed and dried compost or potting soil.
Hatching
- Put the eggs into the container and fill up.
- Use drinkable water for best result. Distilled water and reverse osmosis water is recommended.
- Do not use any kind of chemical conditioners and any water contains algae.
- Dry eggs float on the surface of water. Filling up in many steps will increase hatching rate.
- Let the container receive enough light.
- Sunlight is the best option of higher hatching rate. Let the eggs receive sunlight as long as possible in the temperature range.
- Only 1 hour of sunlight improve hatching rate, and higher than 12 hours of lamp use.
- Use 100W brightness lamp if sunlight is not provided. Keep on the light all day time and closer to the container. First hatching appears later than sunlight option.
- Keep the water temperature in range
- Most of Triops, fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, and daphnia hatch between 68�F and 84�F (20�C and 29�C)
- Winter fairy shrimps (cold water fairy shrimps) hatch between 50�F and 62�F (10�C and 17�C)
- The temperature ranges showing the good range, it's not the minimum and maximum.
- Usually, first hatch appears in 8 hours under sunlight and most of them hatch out in 24 hours.
- Winter fairy shrimps take longer and slower than other fairy shrimps.
- Daphnia take 3 to 5 days to hatch.
- They are around 0.2mm to 0.4mm when just hatched out.
- Use flash light in dark to confirm the hatching, they will gather to the front of light.
Remember the most important conditions,
-��Do not use any water contains algae.
-��Dry eggs float on the surface of water. Fill up water in many steps.
-��Let the eggs receive enough light. Sunlight is the best.
Maintanence
-� Keep the water water temperature in the lower range after hatching.
-� Reduce light to prevent overheating and algae overgrowth.
-� Rinsed compost can be used as a good source of buffer and mineral.
- Much higher survival rate and healthier than bare water and sands.
- Reduce the risks come from overfeeding.
- Add 1 teaspoon of rinsed compost per gallon.
- Leaves are good too, but only after those are decompossed.
- Feed shrimps with yeast daily. (Based on 20 fairy shrimps in 1 gallon jar)
- Mix well 1/32 teaspoon of yeast to 1 tablespoon of water and pour into the container. Once a day.
- Feed them twice a day when the fairy shrimps reached 7mm (1/4 inch).
- Do not feed again if the water is still hazy.
- Changing water is not recommended because that breaks the balance in water. But if have to;
- Clean up the sides first and wait abour 5 mintues.
- Drain out only the upper side and do not touch the bottom. All new eggs sink to the bottom.
- Using a 1/2 inch rubber hose is recommended.
- Fill up with fresh water and do not feed until water become perfectly clear.
- After changing water, a very few of new food can cause horrible result.
- Feeding after 3 days from water change is recommended. Start with a small amount.
- Clean up only the algae on the walls with tooth brush for better view.
- Algae at the bottom provide food for the shrimps.
- Hairy algae is harmful to the shrimps. Remove as much as possible.
Harvest
-� All eggs are layed on the bottom of the container.
- Move all of the live shrimps to another tank.
- Drain out the water with a 1/2 rubber hose, as much as possible.
- Pour all of the water and stuffs on the net or kitchen sieve and wash well. Those are debris.
- Filter the water again with coffee filter or a piece of flat cloth, and wash well again.
- Dry the eggs on the filter under sunlight. More dry, better hatching rate.
- If the eggs are dry, then those are Ready-to-Hatch.
- Keep the eggs in refrigerator or freezer for longer storage.
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