Right? I alwats try to save $ and end up spending money on a diy, not being happy with it and then just buying it lol

Depends on how you DIY. If you do it a lot you can make usefull and pretty stuffs with minimal money. Artemia breeder is really one of the stuff that even a beginer can give a go. If he fails the only thing he need to pay for is the airpump that he can use with the store bought stuff too. Artemia eggs are really pricey but Its mostly up to your knowlege to hatch them properly and not the equipment.

1L water bottle $1 CO2 end cap $3 Air line tubing $3 Tetra whisper $15 Brine shrimp Hatchery $45 plus you still need to buy an air pump

I use a pump bottle with the pop top lid to drain the brine shrimp out, it cost me a few $ for the bottle and already had air line and pump and don’t need to heat it cause it sits in one of my tanks, way cheaper and works better for me because it’s 1 less heater I need to run plus I dont need a big setup

My pleasure!

same :D

Apparently the egress port is similar size to standard air line. So it is easy to extend it out as far as you like. Pop a valve on it and off you go.

Absolutely 👍 the true king of diy 😄

Ill look into it thanks

hahahahaha that is so funny!

yeah that would be a great next generation to bring out for them.

👀 thats not bad here they are $82.50 AUD Welcome back Taters good to see you.

@@BlakesAquatics Insane. They're $45 in the US. Just ordered one b/c I want to feed my fish, and have some pet brine shrimp

Good summary, definitely more of a luxury item

True enough, but for myself, I needed one that is stable enough that I won’t knock it over accidentally.

A DYI project almost never costs nothing tbh.

Yeah prices are rough, i got mine from nats fish (online) i think about $80 each or so

You can get nano preset heaters that are quite slime these days. Id start there

not that I am aware of, only way would be to buy a small 'betta tank' the type that is an all in one kit and use that for a hatchery

Ive never donecis but a simple aquarium would just have a sponge filter and heater, filled with saltwater

Hey, i just keep the hatched shrimp.going, i feed the whole thing in 2 or 3 days but if you didnt have much use for it you could get a small silicone ice cube mould and freeze some.

@@BlakesAquatics hi, tks for the reply. yeah you can do that. but I have been looking for other keeper's suggestions on how to keep the shrimp alive longer for later feeding and for enriching them for max nutrient content before feeding. seems this zist canister would be really good for this because you can control the aeration very well and feed the shrimp easilyy. Many salt and reef keepers recommend american marine selcon to enrich. the product info also says this is great for freshwater predators in moderation. so I have been using similar to feed the brine and then leed betta and paradise fry. any experience with that or other foods? I appreciate your vids and thank you for the contribution to the hobby. But a suggestion. some of your vids watch like you are just going through the paces. this zist vid is a good example. there are many vids with reviews on this product and 99% of them say the same. I have kept fish and had a fishroom since the late 80's, but always willing to learn something new. so I really appreciate presenters that go the extra to give me their experience on the tips and tricks they have come across. Like the segment where you explain that hanging the canister from a rack created better circulation and eliminated the dead zone in the corners. this one tip is worth more than most of the vid. there is also a tip from other channel where is uses a short piece of flexible airline hose inside the cap so that the rigid tube can flex better into the bottom. anyway, my point is that if you go to the trouble of making a vid, don't only cover the beginner points. go into the details that more experienced keepers might be interested in, (like material quality, salinity mix, pH, adding some baking soda or other pH up if necessary). sorry to rant on, again, really appreciate your effort and look forward to watching more, but would also like to get that in depth content that so many other channels just do not or can not give. tks again.

@@rjv2395 betta and paradise fry are so small that youd be better off feeding day 1 bbs than 3 day old enriched bbs due to the size.

@@BlakesAquatics first 2 wks I feed vinegar eels and egg yolk, then BBS with haikari first bites and others, haikari vibra bites is my staple with frozen BBS later. for adults, especially females, I make an custard egg/shrimp recipe that is good for egg production. looking for Bassleer Biofish Food but hard to get in a good size here.(taiwan). I am always looking for techniques to accelerate the growth after the 3 to 4 wk stage. tks again for the reply,

@@rjv2395 Interested in your custard egg/shrimp recipe. I am currently growing out some tilapia so that I can breed with them and harvest those eggs as soon as they are laid. I think fish eggs would be the highest level of protein that we could feed female fish to bring them into breeding condition - in fact it may be too rich and need to be fed sparingly.

3 or 4 days

That sounds like a deluxe hatchery, making wagyu brine over at your place 🤣

I bought a cheap hanging hatchery off amazon and adjusted it a bit. I use distilled water and sea salt. I only have one 55 gallon tank with baby guppies So I don't need a lot of shrimp I hatch small batches every couple of days . I also made my own dyi co2 generator out of soda bottles, gelatin and yeast. The plants I ordered had scuds in them. Now my tank has tiny weird shrimp that live in the gravel. I had to search google for what these things were. Now I have to dismantle the tank and clean everything filter included to get rid of them so they don't eat all my live plants. I am also having a problem with Diatoms to I bought fresh water shrimp for tank cleaners. They seem to be doing okay but the diatoms are taking over, I guess I am going to have to use distilled water for the tank also. It just so happens that I make my own hooch ( mead ) so I already have a distillery. I just wasn't ready to distill 55 gallons of water. this is going to take a while.

Update: I didn't learn my lesson... bought another because the connection cracked where you'd insert a bottle. & @BlakesAquatics , No 🤣 it came with 3× 6g packs of premixed brineshrimp and salt and the 3d print bottom and is branded San Francisco Bay, also it was covid times still which definitely drove up the price. I did find some brine shrimp recently where the hatch rate is great and how quickly they hatch and quantity for the price which I would classify as wagyu brineshrimp in comparison to other artemia cysts I've had.

@@latedecember2805 I feed 7 sometimes 8 tanks and probably use about a teaspoon everynight, reuse the salt water until the light doesn't reach the bottom of the bottle properly, I use tap water and aquarium salt and I let my unhatched cysts/eggs tumble with the new cysts/eggs I toss in for the next day, just incase some of those eggs are viable and are able to hatch. Kinda experimenting even though I've got it going good. Ohhh, I also premix my salt water and have it in a dispensing jug just to have it easily accessible and don't have to mix salt and water and have it get to proper temperatures as it's already ready to go until the 5L jug runs out, then just refill. My problem I currently have is Hydra... feeding baby brine shrimp too often. Good luck with your 55 gallon!

Thank you 🙏

I bought it from nats fish online mate

It would be fairly easy to make, i could make the internal 'maze' part on my printer to fit a round container from kmart or something, spray the lid and outside black with a few coats of paint and bingo

There should be instructions on the can or website, otherwise 1 tbs per 4L of water i think it is

You can add a pinch but i dont bother

In theory nothing, just that the live will be moving around, its more expensive as well to buy frozen bb

There is way more nutrition in live bb

You may be thinking live baby brine vs frozen adult brine which is correct. You can also buy frozen baby brine though which is very expensive but the same nutritional value.

Oh just to stop the brine moving around. Once i get an air flow that works i find it easier to pull the airline off than open and close the valve

@@BlakesAquatics OK, so you keep the air untill you are ready to use the shrimps. Thanks, it was a genuine questions. I'm using frozen brine and i'm looking into feeding live ones. Thanks for the video BTW.

@@jfgad yeah sorry for the confusion, you turn the air off so they can swim towards the light source

No but i was interested in those, saw daniel keeping fish did a video on them a while ago

I had that hatchery but getting the bbs out is a disaster because that lid is very small, plus the water inside evaporates slightly faster than in bottle systems or closed lid system like this. Hope it helps. Hobby Artemia hatchery indeed.

Correct, sorry for your loss but hanging it on a tank should be on the inside of the tank only. Added benefit of that is that the tank will heat the bbs as well

Disagree. Way easier to clean and use for me. I have run the same 2x every day for years now so the price is a bit irrelevant when you use them that much.