Bryan wrote:

Speaking of hatching brine... should I put them in another aquarium to grow
larger before feeding them?

Couple of problems with that. First, what will you feed the brine shrimp to make
them grow larger? Second, I've been told that they really need higher salinity
than typical marine tanks if you want to raise them.

The kicker for me is the fact that my latest book ("The Conscientious Aquarist")
says that your fish can't stay alive on brine shrimp. It's to be used only as a
transition food to get them started eating stuff like ground clam and shrimp.

I would buy doses of live brine from an LFS and mix it with "real" food. I would
quit feeding live brine as soon as it starts eating something else.

As I said, Fenner says they eat a "fine, meaty" diet. I'll leave it to people
like Wayne to further define that, but my guess is that some shrimp pulverized
in a blender is a good candidate.

George Patterson
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