Decapsulated Brine Shrimp Eggs, any good?

[emartin]

Are decapsulated brine shrimp eggs any good for fry? Do they just sink, float at the top, or stay in the water column similar to Golden Pearls?

Or should I just stick with ONLY golden pearls? (I'm just a bit concerned with the insane amount of asthanxim (<---I know I killed that spelling...) for those fish that don't have that much orange/red/yellow colors...).

(I'm going to be setting up a lot of breeding tanks over the next couple of weeks so I want to be prepared).

~Ed

[zebra7]

Hello Ed, I usually hatch my own BBS, but with price's on the rise I decided to give Decap's a try. Fry do very well on it, and I haven't had any issue's using it. I also use Golden pearl's, along with frozen Cyclopeze for most of my fry. Foai, cyp's , Xeno's, Eretmodus, and all has been well on this diet. I put a teaspoon of Decap egg's in a cup of water for a few minute's, and then spoon it into my tank's when feeding, or use a turkey baster, either one work's well. Fry growth has been good with the Decap egg's, I'm happy with them.

[Longstocking]

I use it.. love it :)

I'm lazy to be honest... and don't want to hatch the stuff :lol: