Question: Brine shrimp quandary net breeder

[fish4all]

I have 9 hatchlings 1/2" and less.

I have them in a net breeder in a 20 gallon tank, in the next breeder so I can feed them and keep track of them.
I tried giving them live SFB brine shrimp and they all went right through the net before they could be eaten. I feed them hydrated decapsulated eggs now and they eat fine when the eggs drop right in front of them using a small pipette.

They eat well and are growing, I can see it in the bellies of the albinos and I can see full bellies on the others.

I want to feed live but I have no clue how to accomplish this without moving them to a much smaller tank. Are the regular BBS large enough not to fall through the net?

 

[fish4all]

I think I may need to ask one question I haven't read about or simlpy don't recall.

What size container does one keep the hatchling in to feed them until they get big enough to move to the 20 gallon?

 

[rachel1]

If you're only raising nine, you can keep them in a shoebox sized food storage container with room to spare for now. Just do daily water changes, and you may need to separate them by size as they get bigger. I kept mine in the 64oz Glad brand deep dish containers. At 1/2", I had about 10 per container, at 1" I had 5 per container, and by the time I sold them at 3" I was keeping two per container. I just split them as they started to look crowded, using size to decide which ones to match into a group. I would hold off on the 20gal until they reach a couple inches.

 

[fish4all]

Thank you, I will transfer then into a smaller container that doesn't allow the live food to escape. I may use 2 because 2 of the hatchlings have grown faster.