Brine Shrimp Salt Concentration. In winter the organisms in it may need extra heat or light but once built up the community is essentially a self-sustaining entity. Brine shrimp Artemia sp are small crustaceans found in various saltwater lakes around the world.
Do not blacken the growing tank and do not place any divider in it. Proper pH is important in hatching brine shrimp. The less salt in the water the easier it is for brine shrimp to absorb enough water to burst through their protective shell.
Some are found in salt swamps just inland of the dunes at the seashore but never in the ocean itself because there are too many predators.
But specific gravity should be at least 1011 15ppt and can be as high as 1030 40ppt. Their gills aid them to deal with high salt content by. All contain some salt content ranging from seawater 29-35 to the Great Salt Lake 25-35 and they can tolerate up to a 50 salt concentration which is almost saturated. They are not found in oceans because there are too many predators.
