Second Hatchery running out.

Checked the Baby Brine Shrimp Hatery's this morning and the second one has pretty much stopped producing.

Luckily the first one that I re-setup last week is now in full production so it is time to re-setup the second one again.

Babies still growing

The babies keep on growing on a daily basis which is a great sign.

They are already getting too big to fit in the turkey baster easily and in the next few days I think they will be too big and I will need to start using the modified turkey baster that I cur a couple of cm off if the tip to make the opening bigger.

Babies growing well

The babies are growing well and eating enough as they all have pink bellies 😁

I also got around to refilling the first hatchery that I used as it has stopped producing and the second one is in full production at the moment. 

Babies doing really well

The babies are doing really well. They have grown noticeably and are very easy to see now.

The second hatchery is starting to produce loads of baby brine shrimp now so I am going to clean out the first one and refill it so that when the second one slows down the first one will be producing again.

Moved the babies

Had to move the babies from the shelves they were on into the kitchen as I have taken the shelves down to free up space on the lounge.

The babies seem to have doubled in size again over night.

Babies growing nicely

Checked on the babies yesterday and they are all growing nicely.

Lost a baby

I checked the babies this morning and unfortunately one of them has died. So I now have 5 healthy growing babies.

Baby brine shrimp hatchery in full production

Checked the hatchery today and the basket is full so it seems to have kicked off nicely

I fed the babies and I will leave them a couple of hours and then move them into the other tub and change the water in the current tub.

I am also going to start the second hatchery off tonight so that it should be in full production once the current one slows down.

I am resting the daphnia culture for a few days as it has been depleted alot over the last week.

Last baby born

The last baby was born yesterday and moved into the tub with its siblings.

I have cleaned out the tub that the eggs were in and put clean water in it to get to room temperature ready for a water change.

The Hobby hatchery started working last night so the babies are eating and growing nicely.

One more baby born

When I checked on the eggs this morning another baby had hatched.

This leaves one more to hatch.

I have moved the hatched baby into the tub with its siblings to keep them all together.

The babies that hatched yesterday have grown a lot compared to the newly hatched baby which is a good sign.

I have checked on the hatchery and there are not any hatched baby brine shrimp yet.

First babies born

Checked the egg this morning and we officially have 3 babies 🎉

I am just getting a seperate container ready to move them to.

I have setup the new tub and put some daphnia in the tub and moved the babies across to the new tub. When moving them it turned out that there are actually 4 hatched not 3.

The babies will feed off of their egg sacks so there should be enough time to hatch the baby brine shrimp before the babies are hungry.

I have filled the Hobby Baby Brine Shrimp hatchery to the water level with boiling water do disinfect the hatchery.

I am now waiting for the water to cool to about 90 degrees and I will then finish setting the hatchery up and add the baby brine shrimp to the hatchery.

Can see eyes now

Had a look at the eggs today and the eyes are now visible.

 

Embryos looking more like axolotls now

Took a look at he eggs this morning and they are looking more like axolotls now than they were yesterday. Especially as they pretty much looked like beans yesterday:

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