Experimental procedure

This is the experimental procedure I came up with from my own research of websites on care and methods of successful hatching of brine shrimps. I visited many leisure websites to read up on how various brine shrimp hobbyists manage their brine shrimp and what conditions would best encourage the optimal hatching of brine shrimp.

Materials and apparatus

1. Artemia (Brine Shrimp) eggs
2. Music player
3. Hands lens
4. Round bottom trough
5. Air pump
6. 360g of sea salt
7. Water

Procedure

1. Place the trough in a semi-lit room
2. Pour 1000 ml of lukewarm tap water into the tank
3. Add in 20g of sea salt
4. Switch on the air pump
5. Place the music player directly above the mouth of the trough with its speaker directly over the water surface
6. Switch it on to rock music at the volume level of 80%
7. Add in half a tablespoon of Artemia (brine shrimp) eggs
8. Check the set-up with a hands lens every day to count the number of eggs that have hatched
9. Record on the piece of paper at what hour the eggs hatched
10. Repeat steps with pop, classical, metal, country and no (control) music