Shrimp Scampi Recipe

Brine shrimp is one type of aquatic crustaceans whose ancestors can be traced back about five million years ago living in the Mediterranean. It is also known for its name as Artemia. It is described as a primitive arthropod with a segmented body connected to appendages that are shaped like broad leaf. Its body has a head, a thorax and an abdomen. Ganglia, the brine shrimp’s local nervous system, instead of the brain, are in charge of controlling the bodily functions such as digestion and reproduction. The brine shrimp also has two types of eyes: the median eye and the compound eyes. The compound eyes are built up on elastic stalks and are known to be the most important visual sense appendage for adult shrimp. The median eye on the other hand is located in the center of the head and is the only functional nauplius organ until the shrimp reaches adult age. Brine shrimp can live in water with very high salinity, which serves as their protection from perceived predators.

Some people become really curious and interested in brine shrimp that they wanted to create a brine shrimp hatchery so that they can culture and take care of such shrimp. Anyone who thinks that saltwater is fine and going to a place where saltwater is present may come to a point of thinking of involving himself with a new hobby. He wants a hobby that include saltwater. And at some point they would want to acquire a hatchery. So if you’re an enthusiast, it would not be complicated to build your own place for the brine shrimp.

Instructions:

To be able to make your personal brine shrimp hatchery, you will need to keep in mind that the purpose of creating such thing is to build a place where the newly hatched brine shrimp or smaller shrimp can be fed. Here’s a list of the things and the tools that you will need: a 1 1/2 liter plastic bottle with a cap, a one-way valve, air pump, a knife and any sharp object. Now that the things that you need have been enumerated, the following are the steps that you can follow to construct the hatchery. First step is to remove the base from the bottom of the plastic bottle using a knife. Next is to cut a hole in the top of the bottle using any sharp object. Make sure that the punched hole is smaller than the valve to avoid the liquid from leaking. Place the valve into the hole in the cap and then fill in the bottle with tap water. Then prepare a saltwater by mixing one tablespoon marine to every one liter of water and pour in the mixture into the bottle. Once the saltwater and the tap water had combined, you can now put shrimp eggs into the bottle. It is not recommended to put in too many eggs. The next step is to screw the lid and attach the valve to the air pump. Now, it’s time to turn the air pump on and wait till the eggs hatch. The eggs will hatch within twenty-four hours.