Brine shrimp

I've been looking at several distributor's websites looking at videos of hatching baby brine shrimp.

Oddly, none of them ever rinse the BBS before feeding them to their Angels. They just suck up the BBS into a syringe and squirt them into the Angel tank. This can't be right can it ?

Or doesn't the salt content of the water from the BBS hatchery matter ?

Or have i just been too cautious when i rinse the BBS before feeding ?

I sypon my brineshrimp into a brineshrimp sieve and then usualy rinse with a little fresh water but if I'm in a rush then I don't bother with the rinse, but I always rince any brineshrip that I have had in the fridge over night.
Lisa

In general, rinsing brine shrimp before feeding is a good habit to get into, and it's something that I do. That said, whilst for some species that like very soft, acidic water, eg tetras, rasboras etc. it's pretty well essential. I don't think it's critical for angels. What little salt you add will be dwarfed by the amount of water removed when doing water changes.

I've never bothered rinsing brine shrimp, the % of salt that will be added to the fry tank will be extremely low, and as Rob says, with all the water changes it'll not build up to any measureable degree. I'd be more concerned if you feel there's a lot of bacteria (old hatches) being added with the shrimp, maybe thats a better reason to rinse?

Thanks for your replies everybody.



If Lisa has a few minutes at the convention tomorrow then i might discuss this with her

There is a distinct possibility that i have been doing everything wrong