Customer Reviews

Brine Shrimp Hatchery Kit, 5.3 Lbs

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It is the base for a hatchery and some instructions on how to construct a hatchery. What you see in the photo is not what you get. You get the small black base, the tubing, the shrimp mix and some instructions. The cylinder you see attached to the base is a two liter coke bottle you provide. In addition you'll need an air pump, lighting and some way of keeping the water at 80 degrees (if you want to follow the instructions).

I'd read several articles on building a hatchery, but chose to buy this one instead because it appeared to have a solid plastic cylinder.

On the plus side having the air hose running out of the base so that it can double as a siphon is nice. Still the base, while solid, rattles around a lot once you start pumping air into it.

I have no opinion on the hatch mix yet except that much of it seems to end up on the sides of the bottle and it comes from China, so I am more than a little worried about what's actually in it.

This is something I could have done myself, at home, without buying it or paying any shipping. You basically use a 2 litter soda bottle, an air pump, and add water with shrimp eggs. If you order this, they provide a stand. FYI: I would get the same results without their stand and using a glass vase -vs- a plastic soda bottle.

The directions say to use water with over 8 PH, I used RO water and raised it to 9 PH. It said to keep the eggs between 80 and 82 DEG F, my heater was set at 81 DEG F and checked with a thermometer. It says the eggs will hatch in 24 to 36 hours, it has been 40 hours and only a few eggs have hatched. I would say less than .5% have hatched. People are getting better results with a cheep Sea Monkey kit.