AlgaeBarn Decapsulated Brine Shrimp Eggs
AlgaeBarn Decapsulated Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) Eggs make live food culture from home simple and convenient. Safer, more nutritious and completely free of pathogens, decapsulated eggs are always the best choice.
Brine shrimp (Artemia salina) live in ofttimes hostile environments such as salt lakes. They produce a special, resilient type of "resting" egg (i.e. cyst) that can tolerate desiccation and extreme temperature/salinity, only to hatch when conditions become more favorable. The overall toughness of a cyst comes primarily from its resilient covering (i.e. capsule).
While this covering works great for protecting and preserving Artemia cysts, it creates potential problems for those who use brine shrimp as a live aquarium food. For one, the young brine shrimp (i.e. nauplius) expends a considerable amount of its own stored energy just to hatch and break out of it; this means that the nauplius will itself be slightly less nutritious as feed. Capsule fragments are also hazardous if eaten. They are highly indigestible and so can cause intestinal blockages. Also, small-mouthed fishes (e.g. seahorses) have been known to choke on them. Even more, they are highly capable of harboring and transferring pathogens. Fortunately, through a process known as decapsulation, these issues can be eliminated and the benefits of live, newly hatched brine shrimp fully enjoyed. Decapsulation removes the cyst but leaves the resting embryo intact. It additionally sterilizes the outside surfaces of the cyst. Unhatched cysts (when fully decapsulated) are just as great a food as the nauplii! AlgaeBarn Decapsulated Brine Shrimp Eggs are indeed the among the most nutritious, inexpensive and easy-to-use live aquarium foods for a huge variety of fishes and corals.
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We take the worry out of buying Live Copepods, Phytoplankton, Inverts, and Captive Bred Fish online by going above and beyond to take care of our customers. That’s why we guarantee every order we ship will be 100% Alive On Arrival or we will replace it free of charge. Booya. We’ll even cover the shipping on the replacement no matter which service you choose. Double Booya.
About our policy: When your order arrives, be sure and inspect the contents to ensure everything is looking alive and well before you add them to your tank or put them in the fridge. We’ll give you 12 hours after delivery to make sure you are completely satisfied.
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If for any reason you decide something isn’t quite ultra grade, simply snap a photo of the unopened item(s) you would like replaced. Be sure to get the expiration date on the back label in the photo. After that, visit www.algaebarn.com/claims and submit the form. We’ll review the photo and have a replacement out to you faster than a six-line wrasse at feeding time.
Captive Bred Fish: We guarantee every Live Fish we ship to be 100% Alive On Arrival and we also offer a 7-day health guarantee on all Live Captive Bred Fish. In the event that your fish arrives DOA (Dead On Arrival), simply take a photo of the fish in the unopened bag/jar within 2 hours after delivery and visit www.algaebarn.com/claims to submit the form. If the fish is DOA, we will offer you a choice of either a full refund or a free replacement, including the shipping cost. If the fish expires from natural causes (this does not include being killed by tank mates, jumping out of the aquarium, being acclimated to the wrong environment, not being fed the recommended foods) within 7 days after delivery, just provide a picture of the expired fish and we will offer you a free replacement, however, you must pay for shipping, or a refund, less the shipping cost. We can offer this industry leading guarantee on all of our live fish because Captive Bred fish are generally healthier and hardier than their wild-caught counterparts!
Invertebrates: We guarantee every invertebrate (Invert) we ship to be 100% Alive On Arrival. In the event that your inverts arrive DOA, simply take photos of the DOA items within 2 hours of delivery and visit www.algaebarn.com/claims to submit the form. We will review the photos and issue store credit for any DOA Inverts!
Once your replacement order is processed, we’ll send you a brand new tracking number automatically. Thats it, pretty simple right?
So start giving your tank the love it deserves and order with confidence knowing that AlgaeBarn has your back.
finnianzsheehan (verified owner) –
I didn’t see much of an increase in fish size until I started feeding with this. I like to use a pipette and let the fish suck the eggs out of it. That makes sure they get most of it. The ones they miss end up being food for the CUC or end up hatching!