View Full Version : how can i raise small egg babies?


fishkid6692
Feb 18th, 2008, 12:39am
my hummelincki just layed her eggs i think and i know it's very hard but is there anyway to try to raise the babies? there a small egg species. what can i do to give the babies the best chance to survive? should i put certain food in the tank? any advice at all will help! really anything would help.

dwhatley
Feb 19th, 2008, 01:56am
Mucktopus provided this link to an earlier request:

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=107841&postcount=16

fishkid6692
Feb 19th, 2008, 12:22pm
thanks but where can i buy artemia? and some super small crabs?

dwhatley
Feb 20th, 2008, 12:32am
artemia are brine shrimp and you can get the eggs almost anywhere but they are often stale and don't hatch well if you buy them from a pet store. I have found a great hatcher and supplier of high hatch rate eggs:

http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/equip-shrimp-hatchery-c115.html

The hatcher is by far the easiest and most reliable I have ever used.