Brine Shrimp

[TheRock]

OK...they say you learn something new everyday...DUH !

I bought the San Francisco Bay Shrimpery to hatch and feed Brine shrimp
to my tank. $6 It never occurred to me that the damn shrimp were the size
of a speck of dust. oops !

I'm sure the corals didn't mind but I was intending on feeding my fish.

Anyone have any experience with raising these things until
they are the size that you get in the frozen cubes and is it even worth it
the trouble ?


Chris

[Comatose]

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:09:25 GMT, "TheRock" > wrote:

>OK...they say you learn something new everyday...DUH !
>
>I bought the San Francisco Bay Shrimpery to hatch and feed Brine shrimp
>to my tank. $6 It never occurred to me that the damn shrimp were the size
>of a speck of dust. oops !
>
>I'm sure the corals didn't mind but I was intending on feeding my fish.
>
>Anyone have any experience with raising these things until
>they are the size that you get in the frozen cubes and is it even worth it
>the trouble ?
>
>
>Chris
>
>
you have to watch sometimes cause breeding Brine shrimp can actually
cost more than to buy them, but your fish do eat them and even though
brine shrimp are highly nutritous for your fish, they should not be
their only food. Fish need a bigger variety of food, including flake,
pellets, etc.


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[Pszemol]

"TheRock" > wrote in message news:VK2Rf.2858$hc.1831@trndny03...
> [..] is it even worth it the trouble ?

I would say - no, it is not. Frozen are just fine.
Unless you have fish which eats only live foods.

[P. Salad]

I had a seahorse that would only eat live food for awhile - 2 hours of
driving a week for awhile there.

Eventually, frozen brine shrimp and the OCCASIONAL baby molly or live
brine shrimp worked out fine for both of us.

A friend of mine had a mandarin goby that ate frozen brine shrimp for a
long time too...

My point is, $1.99 for a pack of frozen is hard to argue with if your
fish will eat them.

[Don Geddis]

"P. Salad" > wrote on 14 Mar 2006 08:5:
> I had a seahorse that would only eat live food for awhile - 2 hours of
> driving a week for awhile there.
> Eventually, frozen brine shrimp and the OCCASIONAL baby molly or live
> brine shrimp worked out fine for both of us.
> A friend of mine had a mandarin goby that ate frozen brine shrimp for a
> long time too...

Brine shrimp offer poor nutrition. Seahorses should be fed mysis shrimp
instead.

> My point is, $1.99 for a pack of frozen is hard to argue with if your
> fish will eat them.

You're right that frozen is a whole lot easier than live food.

But you can get frozen mysis too. Much, much better than frozen brine shrimp
for the health of your fishes.

-- Don
__________________________________________________ _____________________________
Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly fine.

[miskairal]

I have read several times now that brine shrimp are low in protein.
Would we be better off to skip it all together and just use mysis
shrimp? I'm being lazy here but does anyone have a link handy to the
comparison of these?


Don Geddis wrote:
> "P. Salad" > wrote on 14 Mar 2006 08:5:
>
>>I had a seahorse that would only eat live food for awhile - 2 hours of
>>driving a week for awhile there.
>>Eventually, frozen brine shrimp and the OCCASIONAL baby molly or live
>>brine shrimp worked out fine for both of us.
>>A friend of mine had a mandarin goby that ate frozen brine shrimp for a
>>long time too...
>
>
> Brine shrimp offer poor nutrition. Seahorses should be fed mysis shrimp
> instead.
>
>
>>My point is, $1.99 for a pack of frozen is hard to argue with if your
>>fish will eat them.
>
>
> You're right that frozen is a whole lot easier than live food.
>
> But you can get frozen mysis too. Much, much better than frozen brine shrimp
> for the health of your fishes.
>
> -- Don
> __________________________________________________ _____________________________
> Don Geddis http://reef.geddis.org/
> With sufficient thrust, pigs fly fine.

[Elizabeth Davis]

If you are feeding frozen then mysis is the way to go. Brine shrimp is
good if fed within 12-24 hours within the hatch time. After that, thay
should be enriched with Selco or some other enrichment.
I do not have the specifics handy, but you an find more info at
Seahorse.org.
hope that helps,
Elizabeth