Hobby ARTEMIA BREEDER, 21710 Manual

Overview

What's in the box

1. Artemia Breeder
2. Base
3. Bracket for aquarium installation
4. Cover
5. Cover opening
6. Air supply set
7. Dosing scoop for salt
8. Dosing scoop for artemia eggs
9. Feeding dropper

Introduction

These instructions for use are a part of the product. They contain important information and notes on how to set up and use the device. Artemia, or brine shrimp, are some of the most resilient and interesting life forms. Aquarists appreciate the high nutritional value for their fish, particularly fry and their colour development. Plus, the easy and continued supply of clean live food is quite important in breeding fry. Artemia have been around for over 100 million years and their natural habitat has a very high salinity level. Artemia are normally livebearing animals, they only produce dormant eggs when stressed. For example if the salinity in salt lakes rises due to increased evaporation of the water until they dry out. Here, nature took a very wise precaution to ensure the individual does not die out. The embryo is "dormant"'in the egg shell until rain falls to create saltwater again, the artemia wake, and a new cycle can start. The Artemia Breeder makes it easy to breed artemia nauplii. The special design of the Artemia Breeder ensures gentle turbulence of the artemia eggs and nauplii without allowing them to deposit in dead corners. The result is a high, optimal hatch rate.

Contents

• Artemia Breeder with cover and cover opening
• base
• bracket for aquarium installation
• accessory bag for the air supply set with hose adapter and couplers, PVC air tubes, aeration stone, air tube, rubber stopper, feeding dropper , dosing scoop for salt , dosing scoop for artemia eggs

The Artemia Breeder is intended for use with an aquarium air pump, not included. The aquarium air pump should always be above the water level when connected to the Artemia Breeder.

Assembly

Rinse the Artemia Breeder with water before first use. Then mount the aerator stone with accessories to the Artemia Breeder as shown.
The Artemia Breeder can either be installed in the aquarium with the base or with the aquarium bracket .

• Fill the Artemia Breeder with tap water to the mark (470 mi). Then add a level scoop artemia salt (approx. 15g) to the breeder. Depending on the amount of food required, add 1-2 small dosing scoops artemia eggs. 2
  dosing scoops make 0.5 g artemia eggs, or approx. 120,000 naupli. This information only applies to HOBBY artemia eggs.
• Connect the aquarium air pump (e.g. HOBBY Bubble Air 100).

At 24°C, the nauplii - what young artemia are called - will hatch after about 24—36 hours, at 20°C after 30-40 hours. Once the nauplii have hatched, secure the aerator stone with the rubber stopper so the litle air bubbles flow across the artemia egg separator.

Once the empty egg shells have deposited on the outer water surface after approx. 30-60 min, switch off the aquarium air pump. The reddish nauplii will setle to the bottom of the Artemia Breeder and can be removed with the food dropper through the cover opening to then feed.

Technical data

10.5 x 7.5 x 18.5 cm incl. base
Breeder volume: 470 ml

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