hey
You can buy brine shrimp in australia.
Were abouts in australia are you? I can probarbly send you some eggs via post...and maybe some frozen foods for when the hoped-for-babies are older. (black worms, mysis shrimp ect.) Or if you didn't want to fuss of hatching brine shrimp...i could probarbly do some frozen for you.
I could even maybe send you a micro worm culture. (i use these for my babies for the first week or so)
I don't think it would cost too much for them + having them posted.
The system i'm using (for the first time) i have gathered using all the info i can.
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When i want to breed my axies, i put the pair in a tub (or tank) with large gravle (or small river pebbles) and some real floating plants (or plastic upright plants).
Once they have spawned, i remove the eggs (i use a pair of nail scissors for thoses that are too hard), including the gravle and/or plants they are stuck to.
Put them in a smallish tank. Have it so that the eggs would loosly cover the bottom of the tank (if you can't, just guess). Make sure there is plenty of airation for the eggs (with little water flow mind)
When the young hatch i remove the old eggs and any gravle/pebbles. If any are having trouble hatching (still in the eggs a few hours after the rest have finished) i very carefuly nick the egg with nail scissors.
24 hours after the last has hatched, i put the food in (microworms or newly hatched brine shrimp). They should imediatly start eating (mine did!)
At a week old (or when the tank gets too crowded) i seperate mine into containers (small clear lunchboxes are great). I lined the containers up and ran an air line down the back of them. from that i ran an airstone for each container.
During this whole process do heaps of water changes. I also vacume and 'muck' from the bottom using a length of airline.
As the babies get bigger, so does the food. It's amazing what they can eat!
When they are looking too crowded for the containers, seperate them one again! and again when the grow more!
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I can probarbly suply you with most things you will need if you can't find them...depending on were you are.
Hope this helps
Jessica