How much brine shrimp eggs `do I need?

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Does anyone have a good estimate on how much brine shrimp eggs I need to "make" daily for about 2 dozen larva(that is if they all survive). I made a test batch last night and nearly all have hatched - I'm going to go buy more eggs from the store, but would like to approximate how much I need so that I can have them order more if necessary, but I also don't want to make so much that it goes to waste...

Also, I planned on having two jars, but would 2 day old brine shrimp still be alive and small enough for them if I made enough to last two days?
 
I'm rasing a lot more and 20g usually is enough for me for a month.
 
I think 20g lasted me 2-3 batches of babies, but they were under 30 in number. I reckon I may get through this 20g a lot quicker this time.

You need to experiment with different amounts. I tend to do everything by guessing so I'm not really much help when it comes to exact measurements.

The most nutritional baby brine shrimp are up to 8 hours old. They
will live about 2-3 days.

Mel
 
So would a teaspoon of eggs per batch be enough? I know I'll have to experiment with the amount, but I don't want to make way too many or worse too few for them...
 
Wow! I think a teaspoon of eggs is a huge amount for twelve larvae. I used only a quarter of a teaspoon and was able to make each hatch last for two days. Once they were gone I'd start a new batch and they'd begin hatching in plenty of time so my babies didn't go hungry (I had 17, btw) Just sayin' a teaspoon seems wasteful.
 
Your not getting tea spoon mixed up with table spoon are you? a quater of a tea spoon wouldn't be much at all.
 
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