Growing GIANT Beavertail Fairy Shrimp!

Disclaimer - The importation of vernal pool cysts is prohibited in some countries. Please check your local customs policy before importing the eggs of various species.

I used to love growing these as a kid! I kept my last set alive for 3 months when I was 9. BUT, I stopped growing them because my older sister knocked that tank over, I was so proud of the work I put in to get them so big! so I cried while my sister told me to suck it up and that it wasn't that serious. She left to go play video games. To this day she says she never knocked them over. But I remember the trauma of seeing them on my mom's red rug and having to clean them up alone while I cried. I'm 27 and I live with my significant other now, so I think it's time I buy a new one to try again for nostalgia's sake.

A human sized sea monkey called a "sea ape" will forever haunt my nightmares.

It's so cool seeing you raising things other than sea monkeys!

This channel is starting to resemble a proper biology/aquarium science channel more and more with each passing video. Good job man, I hope you can keep branching out. I love the microscope and macro lens shots. You seem to enjoy it and take a lot of pride in it yourself, which is something I can strongly relate to. After all, after youthful vigor comes middle age refinement LOL. Enjoy your spring/summer in NZ!

I think the reason you might have had so few by the end is the fact that the instructions recommend a 10 gallon (38 L) tank if you want to end up with ~15 adults.

12:00 "I'm sure you guys can relate" OOOOH, THE BURN! Nice one!

Thanks John, I love seeing the alternative shrimp speciies. I saw someone who built a habitat, where he added water to hatch the shrimp and let it drie up in cycles.

I love that company. It's so cool to see them getting a shout out on YouTube. I had a tank of red tail fairy shrimp, triops, and a few other critters going for ten years from their stock.

I believe the bacterial bloom could be a consenquence of the lack of water change. I change my triop's water once every couple of days to prevent such things for occuring. Great video as always! :)

I love the fact that all these small shrimp species look just like an Anomalocaris

This is exactly what I've wondered about (for way too long, to be honest!) - whether or not there's a larger version of the beloved Sea-Monkey, & there basically is! However, to really illustrate how big the Beavertail is compared to the average Brine Shrimp, I would love to see them swimming around in a Micro-View Ocean Zoo. That would really drive home just how much bigger than Sea-Monkeys they truly are. Thanks for another informative, entertaining, professionally shot video. Awesome as always!

“I’m sure you guys can relate” 💀😂

Happy to see the other bacterial bloom comments... The beavertails are considered an Advanced hobbyist species. I bought a kit six months ago.. after killing the eggs without the detritus. Killed after hatching.. Lasted less than a week. Glad I watched this, before hatching the kit.. Overfeeding is the biggest problem, especially in a small tank. The water does not need to look foggy at all for there to be enough to eat. An added note: I added Seachem Stability... for the beneficial nitrifying bacteria, when raising brine shrimp. I think it was helpful!

You are one of my favorite Youtubers. Funny, knowledgeable, great at editing videos, and you always have something new to teach us. Thank you for being a creator. I hope you continue to make awesome content for us all to enjoy until the end of time!

As someone who is so afraid of bugs. I found this video very calming and sometimes traumatising

I love the variety videos that weave away from Sea Monkeys/Brine Shrimp. Learning more about these different varieties of mini aquatic creatures is so awesome!!

The way they swim is so delightful!!!!

I loved this video! I have raised several micro creatures from green water farms, it is so awesome. Extra fun when you get to build out the tank with stones, woods, and flora! I was surprised how broad the variety of vegetation are for vernal pools. So much micro life in fresh and salt water! Diatoms, rotifers, moina, daphnia, tubifex. Would love to see all the tiny creatures and habitats receive this same video treatment. Funny, I also use these exact containers for this purpose! Two of them fit perfectly on germination heat mat which I use to provide a bit more distributed heat. I clean them with hydrogen peroxide and water between uses and they stay nice and clear. The lid helps with evaporation and I run the air stone in from the front to keep the lid cracked. I use a hygger bubble curtain across the back to help with aeration and circulation. Would also be super awesome to see the many types of algae explored as well. They are beautiful, unique, and full of life too! There is also a great list of smallest fish on Wikipedia I have been wanting to explore that might be fun.

10:42 I agree, 2 inches is absolutely enormous