Non Hatching BBS

[coralbandit]

Brine shrimp direct was the only place I would buy BBS eggs.
Many would tell me that while trying to raise fry that BBS were too big for first food.
Any that I was able to convince to try Brine Shrimp Direct changed their tune immediately after the first hatch.
For me being able to feed BBS as a first food was the total game changer in raising fry.

[steve b]

Talking Hatching brine shrimp..... Does anyone use plastic pop bottles? do you find the nice new plastic is clear but after a week they go opaque?

[brewmaster15]

Talking Hatching brine shrimp..... Does anyone use plastic pop bottles? do you find the nice new plastic is clear but after a week they go opaque?

Steve I have been using the same plastic soda bottle for years. They are still clear.


Theres so many kinds of plastic out there I wonder if your are not resistent to salt.. maybe something like soy based plastic?

[steve b]

Just added a 6% solution of acid to the BBS bottles and the white film dissolve in a mass of bubbles (calcium) so got nice clean bottles again.

[jwcarlson]

Steve, I had good hatches for awhile and then they started going to pot. I was simply rinsing my hatcher out aggressively with hot water. It was suggested to me that I wasn't cleaning the hatcher enough. So I started scrubbing it out with a nylon bottle brush and have not had a single issue since in over a year. There's some layer of crud that builds up. I never bleach or use any chemicals, just use a brush to clean/rinse well.

[brewmaster15]

Jacob I do similar.. after each batch I wipe real good with a paper towel.. you can feel the biofilm come off. Then I rinse with hot water and set it all up again.

[steve b]

When I wash the bottles out I don't feel slime but a roughness as the Calcium build up has stuck to the plastic. Always give it a good scrub with a plastic pad but this build up takes a lot of effort to get rid that's why I tried the acid, worked a dream.

[brewmaster15]

When I wash the bottles out I don't feel slime but a roughness as the Calcium build up has stuck to the plastic. Always give it a good scrub with a plastic pad but this build up takes a lot of effort to get rid that's why I tried the acid, worked a dream.

Calcium shouldnt be precipitating like that in 24 hours. Are you adding baking soda? Maybe too much?

[steve b]

Yes, 15ml Salt 5ml Epson salts 5ml Bicabonate of Soda. Gives me 8.3 Ph

[Charlyc11]

I found that when I used Instant Ocean Sea Salt I was getting a white film on the bottle and since I had two I would transfer some mild acid mix to the other when I switched bottles. But now I only use API aquarium salt with no issues it cleans very easily.

[brewmaster15]

I just use plain table salt and a maybe 1/4 tsp baking soda...

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