I got too many live brine shrimp that I don't know what to do with them!

Well, my girlfriend picked up some live brine shrimp on her way home tonight and they gave us way more than enough for 2 bucks.

After netting some it fed my fish and then some. I'm sure my shrimp got one or two also.

The questions is, what can I do with the rest of them? how do I keep them alive because there is more than enough for maybe 3 more feedings maybe even more and I want to feed those like every 3 days alternating between frozen/flakes and brine.

Can I just put them in like a tiny beta tank and they will survive for sometime?

Thanks!

 

You can use a 5 gallon bucket, then have a air stone running so there is a low amount of flow to help maintain dissolved oxygen levels in the water and keep food particles suspended. You will need to do a partial water replacement maybe once only because you don't plan on keeping them for an extended amount of time. Keep the salinity between 1.024-1.028. Water should be pre mixed aquarium grade marine salt. The pH should be between 7.5 and 8.0. The pH is likely to fall and can be adjusted upward with the addition of baking soda. Monitor the pH regularly. Temperature should be 68-79 degrees Fahrenheit. You will half to feed them and this is probably the most difficult part. Tank size and aeration play a role in distribution of feeding. Feed must be kept suspended in the water column in order to be utilized. They accept most food they can filter out of the water as long as it's not too big and doesn't dissolve in water.There is brine shrimp food available in pet stores, that contain micro-algae for the nauplii to eat. But there are quite a few cheaper alternatives that you can purchase in the regular grocery store. You can get yeast, wheat flour, soybean powder and egg yolk and the brine shrimp will happily eat this. It may be hard to know how much to feed them. The brine shrimp should be fed so the water transparency is about 25 cm. Do about two water changes a week at 20% each. When you clean the bottom of the bucket/tank for destritus do it at night and put a flash light at the top of the water. The brine shrimp are attracted to light and swim to the top. Hope this helps.

 

I prefer to use rigid air line tubing for aeration and motion.
I use salt water at 1.017 but by choice, not necessity as brine shrimp will live in a VERY wide range of salt level.
I make my salt water for brine and nanno using 10 parts sodium chloride water softener salt to one part epsom salt.
I like to keep the brine fed with a quality food like spirulina powder or Algamac Protein Plus powder mixed in a blender for two minutes before feeding it to the brine.
I clean out the containers as required, probably average a clean out about once a week.
I don't test for anything other than the s.g. when I mix it up. While this page is meant for culturing brine shrimp, you can use it for ideas on how to keep your extra brine.
RAISING BRINE SHRIMP

 

your better off just freezing them before they die and will be useless