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frowell9
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2024
With the addition of a 2L soda bottle with its base removed the hatchery works perfectly as advertised. The kit I received included a line-crimp to pinch off air and water flow along the aquarium tubing, and a one way check-valve to protect the air pump from back flows. It's an easy to use and effective system, and the agitation and extra oxygen the bubbles this system adds radically increases the hatch rate of the eggs over other, dish type hatcheries, which cost the same or more as this type.The only drawback is that the three packets of eggs and salt that came with the kit have a nearly nil hatch rate after 36 hours so be prepared to use your own eggs and salt. DO NOT DEPEND ON THE EGGS THAT COME WITH THE KIT! Use your own. Do that and you will be pleased with your purchase.
Chula
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
This is a great idea but I had no luck getting the shrimp to hatch. I know people that have had great success.
Heather L.
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2023
I needed to hatch BBS every day for a few weeks for hatchling Axolotls. First, I did the bottle within a bottle setup. But that was a little problematic with recovering the BBS for feeding, as I was still getting egg shells in with the shrimp. I got this hatchery kit and things worked out great.I was able t get them hatching within 12 hours by putting a heat light next to the bottle. The water temp was around 80-85°F. That helped out a lot because I only had one hatchery running. I used two Arizona Iced Tea bottle capfulls of Kosher salt and a pinch of Epsom salt (I just happened to have it on hand) for 1 liter of water.I'd set up a new batch of eggs before I went to bed (around 2 am) and they'd be ready to feed between noon and 2 pm. Clean the nursery, do a couple of good feedings over the next several hours, and set up a new batch of eggs. I haven't used the egg mix packets that came with it, yet. I was working off a small SFB tube of eggs.
Courtney
Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2018
About four days after I had purchased this I created something that works just as well if not better for a fraction of the price I think that this product is pretty over-priced and I haven't yet gotten to fully test out the hatch mix but I personally won't be purchasing this again as the airline tubing is very small compared to easy to find Airline tubing that's pretty much everywhere so common Airline tubing. It is nice having it very stable but I made the same like I said for probably like $10 Overall.I also find it funny that it only comes with 3 liters worth of hatch mix, but requires A 2 liter bottle so it's only one and a half batches. Also you need to up the pH level in most tap water which I think that they would include some sort of Epsom salt or baking soda to do so in the mix.
Eleanore skepple
Reviewed in Canada on March 16, 2017
Can achieve the same thing with a bubble rock and air pump in a litre glass jar to hatch brine shrimp. This is a bit more convenient but not much for the price they ask. It may come with a dollar worth of plastic.... And a small tubing nothing major....
Hunter and Malibu's Mom
Reviewed in Canada on May 24, 2015
In the description and picture it looked like it came with everything you needed but it only came with a cheap plastic base and small rubber air hose. It was expensive for only providing aplastic base and rubber air hose, you have to provide your own container for the top which you have to cut the top off of a soda bottle, and you have to provide your own air pump. I feel the kit should come with everything especially for the cost of the product.
Moose
Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2015
Happy with product and service!
Chris S
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2013
So I have seen some very mixed reviews about this item and figured I would attempt to clear a few things up. With this kit you receive the stand, 3 packs of premixed bring shrimp, 3 feet of air tubing, and a set of instructions. You must supply a two liter soda bottle or something with the same thread as a two liter bottle, an air pump, check valve, brine shrimp net(or coffee filter) and a heat source. It is very simple to set up and only requires you to cut the bottom of the 2L bottle off and screw it in. From there mix the water with the premixed packs of shrimp. Your water needs to stay between 80-82 for optimal hatching, never exceed 85F as brine shrimp will die. In 48 hours you should have your first hatch.To get them out of the container disconnect the tubing from the check valve(keep the tubing above the water level so it doesn't drain) and take it to the sink as you will have to drain the water. Let it sit for about 20 minutes, this allows for the egg shells to separate from the shrimp and they will float on top. Place the filter in the sink then place the air tubing in the net. Before all the water drains from the 2L bottle remove it so you don't get the egg shells as this can kill your fish. Run some fresh water over the shrimp to remove and excess saltwater unless you are placing them in a saltwater tank then it doesn't matter. Let all the water drain out then feed them to the fish. If you are afraid you have to many you can place them back in saltwater and in the fridge, they will live up to 48 hours in there.Before using the container again rinse it out and make sure it isn't clogged with egg shells.After you go through the 3 packs just mix your own water and get eggs from some place like brineshrimdirect.
Jeff Sorensen
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2012
Buyers need to read the product description before giving this item a unfavorable review. This is exactly what I needed and it performs marvelously. So much so that I bought a second one so that I could run two batches at a time.This is *not* a complete system, it isn't meant to be; it is a critical component to a DIY hatchery. This is simply the base (and hose line). What did you expect for $12.00?!To have a complete system you need a small air pump (the works fine), a small lamp (I used a $15 halogen, flexible, desk lamp from Walmart), and water conditioner/dechlorinator ( is my favorite).You will also need a way to keep the water temperature between 80-82F. Colder and few, if any, will ever hatch. Warmer and you'll likely kill most of them. There's not much room for temperature fluctuations. My method is to create a water bath kept at 83F using a small aquarium heater () and water pump () to circulate the warm water.I then place the hatchery in the bath, fill everything up, double check all my temperatures and then follow the instructions on the little bag they give you. Then 24-30 hours later you have 200,000 brine shrimp swimming around. Collect them as instructed and feed them to your baby fish.BTW, if you're planning on doing this more than a few times, you're going to want to invest in a quality stock of bring shrimp eggs instead of using the little packets. Unfortunately Amazon doesn't sell this, but check your local store or check out Brine Shrimp Direct. Eggs might seem expensive at first, but remember an 8oz bottle is 227 grams; that's the equivalent of 100 of these packets (and with a higher hatch rate).This all might sound like a lot of trouble. But you ARE sitting here thinking of feeding your prized baby fish live shrimp. I think it is worth the effort.Enjoy!
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