Using Fairy Shrimp Eggs

**leeruisheng** · 3rd Dec 2007, 16:33

Bought this fairy shrimp eggs from the recent MO.
Just open my satchet and saw that there are 3 packets. I think 2 of them are the fairy shrimp eggs but the 3rd packet has a label "food" on it. Is this 3rd packet food for the fairy shrimps? Can anyone help? Thanks alot.

**cwtan12** · 3rd Dec 2007, 17:15

Originally Posted by leeruisheng

Bought this fairy shrimp eggs from the recent MO.
Just open my satchet and saw that there are 3 packets. I think 2 of them are the fairy shrimp eggs but the 3rd packet has a label "food" on it. Is this 3rd packet food for the fairy shrimps? Can anyone help? Thanks alot.

I will ask the seller what that is. Can you take pics?

**leeruisheng** · 3rd Dec 2007, 20:36

Hi cwtan12,

Thanks alot. I think it's food for the fairy shrimps. Wondering is it a must to feed the fairies?

Instructions state that I should mix contents with 0.5litres of water but is it the whole contents?

Anyone tried them already? Any reviews?

**Cacatuoides** · 3rd Dec 2007, 22:31

Just added a spatula of the eggs into a container of tap water, lets see what happens tomorrow

**Cacatuoides** · 4th Dec 2007, 22:03

Update: Saw a bunch of white little shrimplets swimming arond this morning...still very small
need to stare hard in order to see them, i've mixed a little of the given food and pour it in...
wonder how many days they will survive..

Need to put in airstone??

**leeruisheng** · 4th Dec 2007, 22:28

Before feeding how are you going to separate the eggs and the shrimps?

**Cacatuoides** · 5th Dec 2007, 00:07

I'm too lazy, just left it as it is....i'm going to try raise the shrimps to adult stage
not intending to feed them to my fries as for now.....rather use back bbs

**Shadow** · 5th Dec 2007, 00:30

who knows maybe you manage to breed fairy shrimp

**cwtan12** · 5th Dec 2007, 08:54

Hi Chee Wei,
sorry bad communication for me... this is the food for use growing your fairy shrimp to big size, just mix water 0.5 liter and feed them small 2 time per day and must keep into a refrigerator after use, also the baby shrimp can live after hatching 3 days without food and no need for feed them if you can use be finished,

This is the reply from the seller. Hope it helps.

**cwtan12** · 5th Dec 2007, 10:56

Cacatoides,

This is what I was told but I have never tried it myself.

Unhatched eggs can be reused to hatch. Just dry them and add water again. You will see those unhatched eggs from 1st attempt hatch in 2nd attempt.

To breed them, you need mud or soil. You need adult fairy shrimps in the tank. After that, you will need to remove all the water and dry the soil. When the soil is completely dried, add water and you will see a new generation of fairy shrimps.

**leeruisheng** · 5th Dec 2007, 13:52

Hi Chee Wei,

Thanks alot for helping.

**Cacatuoides** · 5th Dec 2007, 18:01

Thanks Chee Wei, i'm interested to see the growing stages of the shrimp..
Not thinking of breed them since the eggs are readily available

Thanks for introducing this alternative to us!

**cwtan12** · 17th Dec 2007, 08:28

Any feedback about it? I cant test it myself as the eggs are not with me now.

**cyberkid2** · 8th Feb 2008, 01:04

hey guys...my eggs are not hatching, what should I do?

Here are some possible reasons:
1) I put the small glass tank used to hatch these eggs in the toilet,do they require sunlight to hatch?
2)I covered the top of the tank for fear that mosquitoes might breed in the tank. Do these eggs need an open atmosphere to hatch? please help me!

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