Creating Your Own Brine Shrimp Incubator                        
Project date: 12/01/2004

Project: Creating a Brine Shrimp Incubator

Project Time Duration: approx. 1  1/2 hour

Personal Satisfaction: Not Bad, I can live with it
 
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So I got me these puffer fish, because they look cool and I wanted them.  Didn't look into what it takes to keep these fish alive.  Seems they need live food.  I was feeding the puffers cut up raw shrimp and they ate it for a day or so.  But now the one remaining puffer won't eat it.  There is a place that sells live brine shrimp but it is a pain in the ass to get there sometimes.  So thought I would try my hand at growing them myself.  This wasn't a planned project, so I am a little surprised at myself as how it went off without a whole lot of trouble.   Of course I don't have shrimp yet either.  Maybe there's my snag.
 
ITEMS NEEDED:
AIR TUBING
A KNIFE
A SMALL FISH TANK HEATER
A DIGITAL THERMOMETER
AIR PUMP
AQUARIUM SEALANT
AIR STONE
A SHRIMPERY ( Local Pet Store should have them)
 

 

Above you see the items needed

 

The shrimpery comes with a package of eggs as seen up and to the left.  You open the package and pour the contents into the housing and fill with hot water.  See picture above and right.  The instructions also say to keep the temperature between 80 and 82 degrees.  As well as aerate the housing.  So steps were needed to make this all happen.
 

I took the lid and drilled 3 holes in it for the air tubing, the thermometer, and the heater.  You can see the lid with the drilled holes to the above left.  The middle picture is of the tubing being run though the hole drilled for it.  The picture above and to the right is all of the components in their proper holes.  Later, once in place I'll seal the holes with aquarium sealer.
 

You fill up the container that came with the shrimpery with fresh water and place it in the hole in the middle of the lid.  The idea is that the shrimp once hatched will be attracted to the light and work their way up to the container. See picture above and left.  The last two pictures show the finished project.  The picture to the right shows where I had sealed the components to keep water from escaping and to keep the components in place.
 
 
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