Orders containing Brine Shrimp will be dispatched from Wed 17th March 2010.

Live Brine Shrimp

Live Adult Brine Shrimp are tiny reddish brown crustaceans that are approximately 3/16" - 1/4" in length, and are an ideal food source for finicky eaters such as seahorses, pipe-fish, mandarin fish and other dragonets.

Brine Shrimp are non-selective, filter feeding invertebrates, and consume algae, bacteria, diatoms, and microbes. To maintain long term, keep in a small aquarium or 5-gallon bucket by themselves with an air-driven sponge filter. Live Brine Shrimp should be fed liquid Phytoplankton or Brine Shrimp Food like Isochrysis when maintaining these animals for more than a few days. For short term storage, keeping them in the unopened bag (there is enough pure oxygen sealed in the bag for 3 days) and placing the bag in a 10ºc refrigerator works well.

At this temperature they will slow down their metabolism and require very little oxygen. Before feeding Adult Brine Shrimp it is recommended to enrich them with a quality feed which has high HUFA and other fatty acids, a few hours before feeding aquarium fish to increase their nutritional value.

Brine Shrimp are delivered in a sealed bag as shown above and can survive for up to 5 days if stored in the fridge.

Live Brine Shrimp are dispatched Tuesday's - Wednesday's - Thursday's only
If you require a bulk supply of Brine Shrimp from 40 bags plus please get in touch as we can pre order these for you and delivery them on the day you require.