All About Baby Brine Shrimp=BBS

What is BBS:
Baby brine Shrimp is among the best food that u can feed for ur fries aged around day 5 and above.

The Donts:
Longer intake of BBS can cause fries to get swim blander.This is due to the salt contain in the BBS which result diffulty in swimming when consume large intake of BBS in a time.


[1 month olds fries starting to have diffulty in swimming due to lorger usage of BBS]

The Do:
Feed BBS to ur betta fries from day 5 to the age of maximum 1 month olds.Then stop using BBs.Try find another source or food like Daphnia or maybe tubifex



[BBS eggs]


where u can get BBS around Selangor/KL (Malaysia):

1)Aqua Shop-around Presint 8,1st Floor ,Putrajaya
-Ask her that you want to buy Artemia
-Price at Rm 12 for 28g -1 bottle

2)Ikano Pet Store ,at 4th Floor if i not mistaken
-Brand of BBS:Ocean Nutrition
-Price at Rm 50 for 50g -1 packet

3)Alive Aquarium and Pets, Jalan Pasar
-Brand of BBS:Ocean Nutrition
-They might not display it but u have to ask for the shop owner
-Also sell Sera brand pre mixed packets (BBS mixed with salt more easier to use)

4)Betta4u.com (Bobby Chuah ),Melaka
-Brand of BBS:
-Sell in all size of packaging:
100g = Rm 30
20g = rm 6

[Taken from bobby website]
1 can(420g)= Rm90.++

[Taken from bobby website]
-Usually deliver Via posting (more convenient)


[Type of salt used to hatch BBS]

1-cooking salt
2-ocean salt( blue colour)
3-Aquarium salt(more cheaper can get rm 1.50 per kilo)

There are two type of BBS setup:

Setup 1


setup2



[How to hatch ur BBS]

STEP 1:

take 2 spoon of aquarium salt and put into the BBS set up

STEP 2:

Take one teaspoon of BBS (for 1 spawn )

STEP 3:
After Both Salt and BBS in the setup turn on the pump suis and wait for 24 hours

STEP 4:

Prepared coffee net and a container(yellow)

STEP 5:


When all the BBS hatched (U can check after 24 hours) use coffee net to filter the BBS

STEP 6:


Take only the BBS and dipped in into a fresh tap water

STEP 7:


[taken from bobby web]
Finally wait for the BBS going up the surface and suck it with a syringe