Should you Buy the Ziss Artemia Blender? - Pros, Cons, Setup and How to Hatch Brine Shrimp

[@BlakesAquatics]

Gday all, Hope you like this video, if you were wondering below are some links to where I got products mentioned in the video (no affiliation or sponsorship); Ziss Artemia Blender - www.natsfish.com/product/ziss-equipment/zh-2000-brine-shrimp-hatchery/ Brine Shrimp Eggs - blackwateraquariums.com.au/collections/live-food-cultures/products/brine-shrimp-eggs-tibet-red-eggs-92-93-hatch-rate Good luck hatching Brine!

[@GrnBltSniper]

you have a criminally underrated channel. your intro music is top notch

[@ReefMimic]

From my experience diy ends up costing more than a product you know works and is easily available. Once you take into account time+material+trail and error, it’s just cheaper to buy it already made. I love still love diy

[@EyezLikaFox̌]

Right? I alwats try to save $ and end up spending money on a diy, not being happy with it and then just buying it lol

[@thombaz]

Depends on how you DIY. If you do it a lot you can make usefull and pretty stuffs with minimal money. Artemia breeder is really one of the stuff that even a beginer can give a go. If he fails the only thing he need to pay for is the airpump that he can use with the store bought stuff too. Artemia eggs are really pricey but Its mostly up to your knowlege to hatch them properly and not the equipment.

[@FutureFoliageFF]

1L water bottle $1 CO2 end cap $3 Air line tubing $3 Tetra whisper $15 Brine shrimp Hatchery $45 plus you still need to buy an air pump

[@curtis4925]

I use a pump bottle with the pop top lid to drain the brine shrimp out, it cost me a few $ for the bottle and already had air line and pump and don’t need to heat it cause it sits in one of my tanks, way cheaper and works better for me because it’s 1 less heater I need to run plus I dont need a big setup

[@Charlie-be6fx]

Awesome review! It's good how you've sectioned it out as well makes it a lot easier to go back to different sections. Thankyou!

[@iamGrowing]

I have one that I just bought from aquariumcoop and it now comes with much taller and improved legs.

[@HRLY18]

I miss your 7k give away. Im new to the hobby and im new to ur channel! I love your vid mates! Keep up the good work

[@chriscarey5728]

great review! have been considering getting one of these. hopefully they take your advice & revise them with a taller stand to make the valve accessible for those of us with big hands.

[@seanperry3667]

Apparently the egress port is similar size to standard air line. So it is easy to extend it out as far as you like. Pop a valve on it and off you go.

[@beerprem]

Love my artemia blender the handle makes it easy to just hang in or on a tank without needing a heater.i ditched the airstone first go though its not much chop for brine shrimp.

[@FishmanEricRussell]

Hey Blake! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on brine. You know me and DIY lol

[@BlakesAquatics]

Absolutely 👍 the true king of diy 😄

[@ChristopherSmithNYC]

Mine is running right now! I like it.

[@BlakesAquatics]

same :D

[@filiplaskovski9993]

I highly recommend the jbl artemio set +1 hatching cone cones seem to better keep eggs in suspension

[@BlakesAquatics]

Ill look into it thanks

[@sleepytASMR]

How long can the brime shrimp stay in the hatchery after they've hatched?

[@BlakesAquatics]

3 or 4 days

[@EyezLikaFox̌]

Im looking for a kit that contains a light built in. Adding one always takes up extra room or looks awful. Is there such one on the market?

[@BlakesAquatics]

not that I am aware of, only way would be to buy a small 'betta tank' the type that is an all in one kit and use that for a hatchery

[@ErikWhyRock]

Just got one last month from Aquarium Co-Op, and I had to make a DIY stand.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

I think I may try this hatchery out, as my African cichlids are now breeding on the reg. Thanks mate great information👍🏻🙂

[@benininho]

Thank you Blake!

[@BlakesAquatics]

My pleasure!

[@matslintenbrink7131]

Good video Blake

[@Tatersalade]

I have tried several kinds of hatcheries and so far the Ziss is the best one. In Denmark, they cost around 67 AUD.

[@BlakesAquatics]

👀 thats not bad here they are $82.50 AUD Welcome back Taters good to see you.

[@rdred8693]

@@BlakesAquatics Insane. They're $45 in the US. Just ordered one b/c I want to feed my fish, and have some pet brine shrimp

[@rjv2395]

maybe mention what is your method for keeping hatched shrimp alive: refrigerate? keep in brine solution? what other suggestions do you have, tks

[@BlakesAquatics]

Hey, i just keep the hatched shrimp.going, i feed the whole thing in 2 or 3 days but if you didnt have much use for it you could get a small silicone ice cube mould and freeze some.

[@rjv2395]

@@BlakesAquatics hi, tks for the reply. yeah you can do that. but I have been looking for other keeper's suggestions on how to keep the shrimp alive longer for later feeding and for enriching them for max nutrient content before feeding. seems this zist canister would be really good for this because you can control the aeration very well and feed the shrimp easilyy. Many salt and reef keepers recommend american marine selcon to enrich. the product info also says this is great for freshwater predators in moderation. so I have been using similar to feed the brine and then leed betta and paradise fry. any experience with that or other foods? I appreciate your vids and thank you for the contribution to the hobby. But a suggestion. some of your vids watch like you are just going through the paces. this zist vid is a good example. there are many vids with reviews on this product and 99% of them say the same. I have kept fish and had a fishroom since the late 80's, but always willing to learn something new. so I really appreciate presenters that go the extra to give me their experience on the tips and tricks they have come across. Like the segment where you explain that hanging the canister from a rack created better circulation and eliminated the dead zone in the corners. this one tip is worth more than most of the vid. there is also a tip from other channel where is uses a short piece of flexible airline hose inside the cap so that the rigid tube can flex better into the bottom. anyway, my point is that if you go to the trouble of making a vid, don't only cover the beginner points. go into the details that more experienced keepers might be interested in, (like material quality, salinity mix, pH, adding some baking soda or other pH up if necessary). sorry to rant on, again, really appreciate your effort and look forward to watching more, but would also like to get that in depth content that so many other channels just do not or can not give. tks again.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@rjv2395 betta and paradise fry are so small that youd be better off feeding day 1 bbs than 3 day old enriched bbs due to the size.

[@rjv2395]

@@BlakesAquatics first 2 wks I feed vinegar eels and egg yolk, then BBS with haikari first bites and others, haikari vibra bites is my staple with frozen BBS later. for adults, especially females, I make an custard egg/shrimp recipe that is good for egg production. looking for Bassleer Biofish Food but hard to get in a good size here.(taiwan). I am always looking for techniques to accelerate the growth after the 3 to 4 wk stage. tks again for the reply,

[@jimjones7821]

@@rjv2395 Interested in your custard egg/shrimp recipe. I am currently growing out some tilapia so that I can breed with them and harvest those eggs as soon as they are laid. I think fish eggs would be the highest level of protein that we could feed female fish to bring them into breeding condition - in fact it may be too rich and need to be fed sparingly.

[@EyezLikaFox̌]

How would you heat a small diy one? My fish room are in a basement and its around 65 degrees down there.

[@BlakesAquatics]

You can get nano preset heaters that are quite slime these days. Id start there

[@jwoodard621]

Hi there how do you raise brine shimp please i can do the hatchery but how to raise them thankyou so much uk😀

[@BlakesAquatics]

Ive never donecis but a simple aquarium would just have a sponge filter and heater, filled with saltwater

[@joseph92ryan]

Hey Blake, can you recommend anywhere to pick one of these up in Aus? Saw one today in store for $130....

[@BlakesAquatics]

Yeah prices are rough, i got mine from nats fish (online) i think about $80 each or so

[@DIYMick]

interesting product. The main thing I like about it is the lid which helps with evaporation. Looks great, well finished, the only downside really is the cost. It's a lot to pay considering a DIY alternative will cost you nothing

[@BlakesAquatics]

Good summary, definitely more of a luxury item

[@liquidrockaquatics3900]

True enough, but for myself, I needed one that is stable enough that I won’t knock it over accidentally.

[@mfstarboy8690]

A DYI project almost never costs nothing tbh.

[@sydmiller2973]

How much difference is there between live BB and frozen BB?

[@BlakesAquatics]

In theory nothing, just that the live will be moving around, its more expensive as well to buy frozen bb

[@elmee96]

There is way more nutrition in live bb

[@BlakesAquatics]

You may be thinking live baby brine vs frozen adult brine which is correct. You can also buy frozen baby brine though which is very expensive but the same nutritional value.

[@spencer5082]

7 teaspoons??? Wow that’s a lot of eggs. I’ve been debating getting this setup but there isn’t a chance I need that much for my five or six tanks. I thought you could put whatever you want in? Do you have to do the seven teaspoons per liter? Wow that’s a lot

[@DetectiveLopez.]

Is sea water safe,i live by the North Sea UK ,sounds a bit risky ?

[@BlakesAquatics]

To feed to freshwater fish it should be. Any pathogens would be unlikely to survive long in full freshwater

[@StevenBaltis-rp3mf]

Where did you buy it from mate? I'm in Australia.

[@BlakesAquatics]

I bought it from nats fish online mate

[@theshrimpcorner2467]

Nice upload

[@gd.ritter]

DIY option that's cheap and still nicer looking, you can get a 32oz Ball Jar for under $3 and get a sprouting stand for it which will hold it upside down and off the table. Drill a little hole in the lid for your air hose and you're good. The glass stays easy to clean, is tough against scratches, is nearly as cheap as a 2-liter soda bottle, and they make many sizes to suit how much you want to hatch at a time. (a 64oz , a 128oz). Bonus, go to a farmers' market in your town and I bet you can buy a jar of homemade jelly or sauce to enjoy and get the jar essentially for "free" with your purchase, or ask one of them to buy a single jar empty off them so you don't have to worry about getting a multi-pack of the size you want at the store.

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

I first made my first brine shrimp hatchery I was unsatisfied with and then overspent on a San Fransisco Bay brine shrimp hatchery on Amazon which cost me like $70+, I still use it today, just very unpleased about the pricing.

[@BlakesAquatics]

That sounds like a deluxe hatchery, making wagyu brine over at your place 🤣

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Update: I didn't learn my lesson... bought another because the connection cracked where you'd insert a bottle. & @BlakesAquatics , No 🤣 it came with 3× 6g packs of premixed brineshrimp and salt and the 3d print bottom and is branded San Francisco Bay, also it was covid times still which definitely drove up the price. I did find some brine shrimp recently where the hatch rate is great and how quickly they hatch and quantity for the price which I would classify as wagyu brineshrimp in comparison to other artemia cysts I've had.

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

@@latedecember2805 I feed 7 sometimes 8 tanks and probably use about a teaspoon everynight, reuse the salt water until the light doesn't reach the bottom of the bottle properly, I use tap water and aquarium salt and I let my unhatched cysts/eggs tumble with the new cysts/eggs I toss in for the next day, just incase some of those eggs are viable and are able to hatch. Kinda experimenting even though I've got it going good. Ohhh, I also premix my salt water and have it in a dispensing jug just to have it easily accessible and don't have to mix salt and water and have it get to proper temperatures as it's already ready to go until the 5L jug runs out, then just refill. My problem I currently have is Hydra... feeding baby brine shrimp too often. Good luck with your 55 gallon!

[@yourgonajah1172]

Just received my order of brine shrimp eggs from blackwater aquariums. I'm using dechlorinated water how much salt per litre, should I add a bit baking soda? Cheers mate

[@BlakesAquatics]

There should be instructions on the can or website, otherwise 1 tbs per 4L of water i think it is

[@BlakesAquatics]

You can add a pinch but i dont bother

[@edstar81]

great review mate. Be good if it came in a smaller size too 😀

[@BlakesAquatics]

yeah that would be a great next generation to bring out for them.

[@kayhalliday2676]

Shame it doesnt come with it's own heater .In the winter my fishroom isnt consistently warm enough for maximum hatch

[@jfgad]

When you show us the second blender, there is no air line connected anymore. Why? Thanks.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Oh just to stop the brine moving around. Once i get an air flow that works i find it easier to pull the airline off than open and close the valve

[@jfgad]

@@BlakesAquatics OK, so you keep the air untill you are ready to use the shrimps. Thanks, it was a genuine questions. I'm using frozen brine and i'm looking into feeding live ones. Thanks for the video BTW.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@jfgad yeah sorry for the confusion, you turn the air off so they can swim towards the light source

[@kr0nic666]

Ahh one of the few times my weak baby hands may come in helpful :p

[@BlakesAquatics]

hahahahaha that is so funny!

[@mr_k4tz]

I’ve found this to be too big for just running 2 or 3 aquariums. I wish someone in Aus would start importing or 3D printing something similar to the Hobby Artemia Hatchery Dish. Looks like a perfect alternative for your average, non fish room owning, hobbyist.

[@BlakesAquatics]

It would be fairly easy to make, i could make the internal 'maze' part on my printer to fit a round container from kmart or something, spray the lid and outside black with a few coats of paint and bingo

[@nath9233]

I'll stick with the Coke bottles for now but thanks for the review 👍

[@ESF19791111]

GREAT VIDEO WITH A GOOD EXPLAINING ABOUT HOW TO HACH BRINE SHRIMP :) I DID A THUMB-UP ABOUT THE VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANEL :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thank you 🙏

[@maniniscapes1936]

Blake have you tried the HOBBY ARTEMIA Hatchery? Its the hatchery resumbling a UFO. 😂

[@BlakesAquatics]

No but i was interested in those, saw daniel keeping fish did a video on them a while ago

[@mfstarboy8690]

I had that hatchery but getting the bbs out is a disaster because that lid is very small, plus the water inside evaporates slightly faster than in bottle systems or closed lid system like this. Hope it helps. Hobby Artemia hatchery indeed.

[@samsar785]

Boss unless and untill the prices of Artemis eggs come down, there is no use of this expensive stuff.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Disagree. Way easier to clean and use for me. I have run the same 2x every day for years now so the price is a bit irrelevant when you use them that much.

[@ab4374]

Please don't hang this on the side of your tank you guys. I bought one yesterday, hung it on the side of a tank that was probably a bit small (60L) and it was fine until I went to bed. Got up 7 hours later to find the tank drained, killing about 50 month old goldfish fry. It's a LOT of weight to hang on the side of the tank, and if I hadn't been so busy & had thought about it more, I'd have waited and made a rail to hang it from. Hope someone can learn from my loss.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Correct, sorry for your loss but hanging it on a tank should be on the inside of the tank only. Added benefit of that is that the tank will heat the bbs as well