Hobby brine shrimp hatching kit, hatchery, eggs and sieve
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$56.00
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The complete hatching kit includes the Hobby Artemia Breeder hatchery, a sachet of Artemix and a sieve, so you can produce the live brine shrimp that will feed your fry. The eggs, salt, sieves and hatching tank can also be ordered individually.
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The summary
- Which option: the complete kit to get started, individual items for refills.
- What you receive: the Artemia Breeder hatchery, the 195 g Artemix and a sieve.
- Hatching: in 24 to 36 h at 24 °C, in 470 ml of salt water.
- Connection: an aquarium air pump aerates the hatchery.
Hatchery, Artemix and sieve to feed your fry on live prey
The Hobby brine shrimp hatching kit includes the 470 ml Artemia Breeder hatchery, a 195 g sachet of Artemix and a sieve, so you can produce live food for fry. With around 15 g of Artemix, the nauplii hatch in 24 to 36 hours at 24 °C, with aeration from an air pump. One sachet covers a dozen hatchings.
This brine shrimp hatching kit brings together the three Hobby items that let you produce live food for your fry at home: the Artemia Breeder hatchery of 470 ml, a 195 g pack of Artemix that already mixes the eggs and the salt, and a sieve for harvesting the nauplii. These tiny crustaceans swim in front of your young fish, catch their attention and provide them with high-quality proteins and fats.
The Artemia Breeder is a transparent tank that sits on its base or attaches inside your aquarium, whose water keeps it at the right temperature. A diffuser connected to an air pump gently stirs the water, so the eggs do not settle in any dead corner. Once hatching is over, a built-in separator holds the empty shells at the surface, while the nauplii gather at the bottom.
🦐 Hatching, step by step
- Rinse the hatchery, then assemble the diffuser with the fittings supplied.
- Fill it with tap water up to the 470 ml mark and add about 15 g of Artemix, which corresponds to the dose of 16 g per 500 ml.
- Connect the pipe to an aquarium air pump, which you will need to provide separately: the JBL ProAir silent air pump in its 60 L/h version is more than enough for this volume.
- Leave the air running for 24 to 36 hours at 24 °C, or 30 to 40 hours at 20 °C.
- Then wedge the diffuser in place with its stop so that the bubbles pass through the separator; after 30 to 60 minutes, the shells will have floated up and you can switch off the pump.
- Draw the nauplii from the bottom with the syringe, pour them into the sieve, rinse them in fresh water, then feed them.
A 195 g sachet of Artemix therefore covers around a dozen 15 g hatches. As nauplii are fed fresh, it is better to restart the hatchery every day or every 2 days, in small quantities, than to produce a lot at once: this gives you a continuous supply while your fry grow enough to accept a dry food.
Rinse the nauplii before feeding
The hatching water is salty and full of empty shells. Never pour it into the fry tank: collect the nauplii in the sieve and rinse them in fresh water, which avoids introducing salt and debris where your young fish live.
Infusoria for larvae that are too small
Some larvae, such as those of gouramis or bettas, are still too small at hatching to swallow a nauplius. For these first days, Hobby Protogen infusoria can be given as granules or as a culture, until your fry accept brine shrimp. Liquizell and Mikrozell foods, offered alongside Protogen, then let you grow on some of the nauplii to follow the growth of your young fish.
Small adult fish, such as tetras or killifish, also hunt nauplii eagerly, and regular feeding over a few days encourages many species to spawn. Offer them within 12 hours of hatching, as they then lose part of their fat. If you rinse and dry the hatchery between two cultures, you limit bacteria and the next culture hatches better.
🧂 Items sold individually
The other formulas are there to refill the kit or to add to it. Artemix on its own replaces the sachet once it is empty. The artemia eggs, in a 20 ml or 150 ml tin, are used with artemia salt: in the hatchery, you add one level spoonful of salt, about 15 g, and one to two teaspoons of eggs. The set of 4 sieves sorts the artemia by size, and the hatching tank floats in the aquarium with no pump or electricity.
🌱 In aquaponics
Breeding your own fish lets you replenish the stock of an aquaponic system without buying more, especially with prolific species such as guppies, platies or tilapia. Nauplii give the fry a solid start during their first weeks. The guide to raising tilapia in aquaponics details the temperature, volume and feeding this fish needs.
Technical specifications
The complete kit
- Hatching tray
- Artemia Breeder, 470 mlOn its stand or fixed inside the aquarium
- Hatching tray dimensions
- 10.5 x 7.5 x 18.5 cm
- Artemix
- 195 g, eggs and saltAbout 15 g per hatch
- Sieve
- 85 x 78 mm, 120 µm mesh
- Hatchery accessories
- Diffuser, pipes, pipette, 2 spoons
- Hatching at 24 °C
- 24 to 36 h
- Hatching at 20 °C
- 30 to 40 h
- Salinity
- 32 g of salt per litre
Individual items
- Artemia eggs
- Tub of 20 or 150 ml0.5 g of eggs yields around 120,000 nauplii
- Salt for artemia
- 195 g for 6 L of water
- Set of 4 sieves
- 4 mesh sizes
- Hatching tank
- Floating, no electricity neededSieve, separator, spoon and pipette supplied
4 further specifications are available in the detailed view.
In the box
- Complete kit: 1 Artemia Breeder hatchery of 470 ml, with base, stand, diffuser, pipes, pipette and 2 measuring spoons
- Complete kit: 1 195 g sachet of Artemix
- Complete kit: 1 brine shrimp sieve
- Single-unit options: 1 item, depending on the option chosen
Doses, durations and dimensions taken on 09/10/2026 and 12/10/2026 from the Hobby instructions for use.
Manufacturer and product safety
- Manufacturer
- Dohse Aquaristik GmbH & Co. KG
- Postal address
- Otto-Hahn-Str. 9, 53501 Grafschaft-Gelsdorf, Allemagne
- Contact
- info@dohse-aquaristik.de
- Website
- www.hobby-aquaristik.com
Information provided under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety.
Which formula for your fry?
The complete starter kit, and individual items for refilling or topping up.
Kit or single item?
Answer three questions, and the table highlights the formula that suits you.
| Recommended Complete kitYour choice | Hatching tray onlyYour choice | Hatching tankYour choice | Eggs 20 mlYour choice | Eggs 150 mlYour choice | ArtemixYour choice | SaltYour choice | eggs and sieveYour choice | 4 sievesYour choice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use | |||||||||
| Role | Hatchery, Artemix and sieve all together | Air-only hatchery | Hatching without electricity | Eggs only, small size | Eggs only, large size | Eggs and salt mixed | Hatching salt | Harvesting and rinsing | Sorting by size |
| For | Getting started with an air pump | Complete your setup | Getting started without an air pump | A trial run or the hatching tank | Regular breeding | Refilling the kit | Supporting the eggs on their own | Every harvest | A carefully monitored breeding stock |
| Price | $56.00 | $41.00 | $30.00 | $13.00 | $61.00 | $12.00 | $6.00 | $8.00 | $17.00 |
Complete kitRecommended
Use
RoleHatchery, Artemix and sieve all together
ForGetting started with an air pump
Hatching tray only
Use
RoleAir-only hatchery
ForComplete your setup
Hatching tank
Use
RoleHatching without electricity
ForGetting started without an air pump
Eggs 20 ml
Use
RoleEggs only, small size
ForA trial run or the hatching tank
Eggs 150 ml
Use
RoleEggs only, large size
ForRegular breeding
Artemix
Use
RoleEggs and salt mixed
ForRefilling the kit
Salt
Use
RoleHatching salt
ForSupporting the eggs on their own
eggs and sieve
Use
RoleHarvesting and rinsing
ForEvery harvest
4 sieves
Use
RoleSorting by size
ForA carefully monitored breeding stock
Durations and doses taken on 12/10/2026 from the Hobby instructions for the Artemia Breeder.
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