How to Hatch Brine Shrimp Eggs the Easiest Way! 

hahah the geck at 11:05

Brine shrimp eggs are magnetic! You can always try running a magnet through it, it will pick up all the unhatched eggs and leave the shrimp :)

Thank you for showing how easy a setup can be! Will definitely try this way!

Your videos are the best! So glad I’ve discovered them. Thank you! So informative and easy to understand.

I've been having some troubles with bad hatch rates, I was putting in 2 tbsp of rock salt (equal to 8 tsp) so I tried the exact way you said (4tsp) and today I got an insane hatch rate of about 90%!! for the first time ever my harvest was pure liquid gold with all live shrimp and not mostly egg shells! I also stopped bothering with getting a certain temp and just put the lamp at a certain distance. thank you so much, babies are all well fed and happy now!!

Always learn something new - and entertaining too! Thanks for showing us your setup 🙂

I love your vids bro. Keep on doing this. Thanks for teaching us!

Subscribed! Really enjoying your content mate. Your straight to the point, informative, clearly spoken style of videos are really great.

Great video. U make it simple and affodable. Keep up the great work!

Great vid Nick! Gonna try this with my bbs eggs. Had them for a while now and haven't opened them yet lol. Have a good one and love this method! 👍

I love these "easiest way" videos. I have an infusoria kit started right now from that video and now I know how I'm going to provide brine shrimp too. Time to round up a few more supplies.

Kudos for you approaching things from a "hack" perspective. I see too many aquascaping channels advocating for the 20 different things people need to buy.

Thank you for the Information. This video actually made it wayyyy easier to understand than other videos thanks a lot 👍

Thank you I have to grow some, I really enjoyed this video. You make it look so easy!

Wow Nick this was video was a God send, i've always Shied away from Brian shrimp hatchery's. but because of this video I'm going to try one. thanks again Nick have a great day!

Awesome video nick! Thankyou for a very informative video 🙂. I will definitely try it out mate to feed to my rams.

Great video. I had an old air pump and have a 3D printer. So I just printed an attachment. Done. So much fun.

Also FANTASTIC! Thanks, Nick.

Thank you so much for the tips! Im gonna try it 😁

I bred a whole host of livebearers many years ago and had a similar set-up for hatching baby brine shrimp to the one you've got here. Old plastic bottles with an airstone in the caps, inverted with the bottoms cut off. Not quite as big as the ones you use, though, and I had to find a way of suspending them inside the aquarium in order for the temperature to stay consistent. I did splash out a bit and use eggs that had had their shells dissolved, which meant no eggshells to contend with, but I also used the regular variety. I also used water from the tank to mix with, what was called, 'tonic salt', that my local aquarium shop sold quite cheaply for a bag that lasted me months, that meant the eggs would hatch in 24 hours, guaranteed. I would have 2 set up in order to keep a constant supply. I also experimented with a round, dish-like hatchery but the yield wasn't anywhere near as good. I don't know how many guppies, platies, swordtails, sailfin mollies and others I bred over the years. I'd often take my excess to the local aquarium shops and swap them for food and plants!

im just about to give this a go, thanks for the info matey. cheers

Fabulous video. Thank you.

I LOVE THIS GUYS SIMPLE WAY OF DOING THINGS. I WATCHED ANOTHER GUY THAT TALKED ABOUT HIS WATER BOTTLE FOR 5 MINUTES, AND NEVER GAVE A DIRECT AMOUNT OF WATER TO SALT RATIO. HE GAVE GRANNIES AMOUNTS. SOME OF THIS AND I FOUND THIS SCOOP. SO A SCOOP OF SALT. NOT SURE HOW MUCH WAS IN IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INFO. I WISH I HAD STARTED MY FISH FUN A LOT YOUNGER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Hey, Still here. Amazing video as ALWAYS! Been busy with assignments and the rest of my family has now got covid. also - there was a gecko around 11:12 behind the tank. Great stuff.

Really enjoy watching your content

You got a gecko behind your Aquarium at 11:15 😂

so nice and simple :D thank u

Dude, just stumbled upon your videos and they are pretty educational! Keep it up, I will try and breed some Melanotaenia Papuae with the tips you give out.

Great video mr Nick! U a good boy! 🥰🐶

AWESOME PRESENTATION

Excellent job

@KeepinhFishSimple hey nice video! Just wanted to say if ppl don't want or have the equipment they really don't need the air pump. They will hatch out with just the salt/water/container... if you hatch them at room temperature it may take over 24 hours but they will hatch. And for ppl who only need small amounts it works since you get a continual hatch for a couple days....

Just a few points that might make your harvest that little bit better: 1: Try attaching a tiny air stone, to make the tumbling a little more gentle, whilst still keeping the current, it might boost your hatch rate a little. 2: Shine the torch at the top of the container to attract the harvest to the top, purge a few ml whilst the majority are at the top then, then harvest. you'll be getting rid of the waste and the capsules that you don't need, improving your water quality when you feed to your fry tanks. 3: Try feeding them for an additional day with yeast, they will grow and possibly be more attractive to your larger juvenile fish. :) Thank you for the videos. You are extremely inspirational.

Great, I just bought a ziss blender hatchery $45 US dollars last week. Ahhh timing is everything thanks nick.

Awesome video 👍🙏

Everyone else over complicated it !! Thank you !!!!!! Now I get it 😂

Awesome video. Ty for breaking down how you have yours setup and pointing out you don't need to go out and spend lots of money on fancy a setup to grow brine shrimp cuz for some it can be confusing and overwhelming when it's not. You're truly helping us to "Keep Fishing Simple" 😊👍

thanks for the help man

one of my swordtails had about 30 babies last night. Made my own hatchery from an empty grape juice container, hot glue and some airline tubing. Thanks for the video!

just when i need it 👌

Leaving a comment to support you Chanel ✌️

Thank you very much

Super content, love it! Greeting from Poland

You don't need to ask for a subscribe YOU EARNED IT! Thank you for such great info/tutorial!

Hi great video. One question how do you collect the brine shrimp when you are using a bottle method you talked about. I mean the protein shake bottle.

Thank You..

hey mate love the videos just wondering if in the future youd be able to make a video on all those additives you can see around 8:00 like the melafix and seachem replenish, just wondering what you use them for etc. Thanks for all the tips!

Reminds me I need to start hatching brine shrimp again lol

I have super soft (1 GH, 0 KH) tap water and found that salt alone was giving poor hatch rates, or rather the bbs would hatch and then die. I started adding 1/8 tsp baking soda per liter to bring up the pH/KH and started getting great bbs survival!

Great video, thanks. Would you have a link to the screw cap with the two ports please?

Hi 👋I love your channel so much and I have some glowlight and silver tip tetras and I was wondering if you could do a video of how to easily breed one of those species😁😊😲😁

Great video! I'm still figuring out the best system for my tiny fish room but so far I've had pretty good hatch rates on the baby brine shrimp. One question for you though what air pump are you using that's able to run that amount of tanks?

Hey Nick love your vids, at the moment i have covid. In bed watching your vids. I also have a fish room in the house, i breed lots of expensive bettas, anyway thanks for your vids

I’ve been working on the same type of brine system for a year now. I switched to a 1/4” drainage valve because It was taking 5 minutes drain the brine through the 1/8” tubing. I am also using an air stone through the top. Less air, more turbulence.

Nice. What do you use on the end of your main airline system to avoid over pressure?

I feed mine to big fish too. Like healthy appetizers!

Tip. If you're feeding fry that are hanging on the surface, catch the baby brine in a coffee filter, and put them in fresh water. This keeps them from dropping straight to the bottom of the tank when you squirt them in.

Great video mate. Have you got a link to the bottle caps you bought online? I cant seem to find them. Or what they are called as I may be searching in the wrong way.

I have been hatching mine out every day for mi guppy fry and man what a difference it’s made to this last batch of fry . There bellies are always full and the growth rate is wiled in comparison

Great video nic my friend 👍👍👍💪

you can use a neodim magnet for separate shells from brineshrimps

Hi there. I'm watching from the Netherlands and we breed some fish to with brine shrimp But, i must give a little warning. We have here salt with iodine and that doesnt work to well with hatching brine shrimps. Look for sea salt without iodine 😉👍

Hey would you mind sharing the eBay link for those bottle lids please 👍🏼👍🏼

Hey Can You Do A Video On How To Make The Most Of A Single Fish Tank Money From Breeding Fish, Snails , And Shrimp I ( Like What fish Can You Breed In The Same Fish tank Together ) ECT ........

At 11:16 you can see a lizard hiding in your fish room

lol the random lizard lol great vid man

Hey Dud Great video very useful for hobbyists..how many hrs lighting needed to hatch the BBS eggs..request response asap

This is awesome. Having a hard time finding the cap on eBay with the two ports

Great video, i would be a little concerned about saying table salt, because of the iodine, but other than that i learned a bunch.

For the brine shrimp bottles, have you tried painting the exterior black, and leave a few inches unpainted, (or some metric equivalent), so the brine shrimp naturally congregate to the bottom, unpainted part? You would also need a dark cap, (the cut off portion of the bottle would work), so they don't just go to the top light.

Hey Can You Do A Video On How To Breed Discus Fish

It would be great if you would add links to buy exactly what your using please. Thanks Lori

nice video

Nice job - I just ordered a hatchery from amazon - could you do a product review on different systems?

very informative video, I'm a little concern about put salt water with brine shrimp direct inside the tank as I use some nano 20-30L tanks all with a lot of cherry shrimp, they seems friendly live together with some baby fish, but I'm afraid that if I put salt water brine shrimp everyday into my nano tanks, the fresh water probably gonna to change to light salt water, is salt safe for cherry shrimps?

Just what I needed to see. I bought the San Fransisco kit but was wondering about how meticulous you need to be. Guys at my local aquarium club were saying what you did- just salt and water- no big deal- good to know!!!

Thanks for sharing, I only have 4 tanks. Will the brine shrimp eggs last for a year in the fridge? Your system looks pretty easy for beginners like me. Can they be raised in cold water or should it be room temperature?

Same comment as someone else above . Great content, but can’t find the bottle top things on eBay or Amazon. Can you post a link or tell us what to search for. Cheers. Loving your vids.

nice video! I'm trying to hatch brine shrimp these days, do you think its possible to grow a fish in all stages with only this food? I want to have Rachovi killifish but I'm a little bit concerned about live food

Yow bro do you have tips on breeding rams? Like parameters or technique’s to get them to spawn.ive been wanting to breed them but no luck yet

OMG YOU HAVE A GEKKO TO!!!!!!!! THATS SO COOL!!!!!!! 11:17 SEC

Would you comment on the effect of the salt, in the brine shrimp egg hatching, and how it relates to the health, or possible death, of the fry?

I’ve got it all down But how to harvest them and how do I know when their hatched ? I don’t get that part but it’s only been 24 hours we will see. Thank you for the videos I trust and believe in everything you say and do

Hey what about the temp requirement. Its pretty cold where i am. Do i need a heater ot tank lamp at certaon distance

What do you do with brine shrimp that wont get fed in the course of 2 days? Do you freeze them?

Could you give us the link for the double bottle cap please :(

Hi i really like this video but are you able to add the items needed for the bottle in the description? Im just starting to look into breeding. Also how long after hatching is the brine good for in room temp?

that lizard at the end though lol

Another great video lesson. Please share the name of the background music.

Just a quick question. After hatching, how long do they live?

Kin I have a shout out watching from the Philippines

G'Day Nick, what ML size pipettes do you use?

Do you HAVE to cut the top off? Could you just puncture a small hole to release the pressure / allow suction out the bottom?

Great informative video.....my question is - what / how to hatch small batches effectively ? I have nano tanks with relatively few fish

It's my first time. I'm using a top fin 5gal betta tank with an air stone. Will this work?

NOW I CAN HATCH BABY BRINE SHRIMP!!!!!!

What is the brand of brine shrimp eggs that you’re using? Thank you.

So you don't need to use a heater and iodized salt works?

Hi I just get the brine shrimp for my betta I do as you do but none of them hatch and it 36 hour wait already. Do you have any suggestions? Is temperature involve as Melbourne is about 9 degree

Great video thanks for the info. Would there be any benefit to having a permanent brine shrimp tank. Thinking having access to adult brine shrimp would be great for larger fish. Thoughts?