Thanks George.

I agree, I've read everywhere that brine isn't very nutritious, it just
seems to add the "live" to feeding. It's also a pain in the ... compared to
other types of feeding. I'm willing to use it to get new livestock to eat
and even to keep the fish, ever so often, working for food. (It's also a bit
entertaining for a few feeding moments.)

So I'll leave it at that for the brine question. I'll work this anthias
eating struggle until it's either eating like it should or the hermits have
found a use for the fish.... oh that was bad I know..

Thanks for the help. Any other coaxing ideas are appreciated.

B


"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:

Speaking of hatching brine... should I put them in another aquarium to
grow larger before feeding them?

Couple of problems with that. First, what will you feed the brine shrimp
to make them grow larger? Second, I've been told that they really need
higher salinity than typical marine tanks if you want to raise them.

The kicker for me is the fact that my latest book ("The Conscientious
Aquarist") says that your fish can't stay alive on brine shrimp. It's to
be used only as a transition food to get them started eating stuff like
ground clam and shrimp.

I would buy doses of live brine from an LFS and mix it with "real" food. I
would quit feeding live brine as soon as it starts eating something else.

As I said, Fenner says they eat a "fine, meaty" diet. I'll leave it to
people like Wayne to further define that, but my guess is that some shrimp
pulverized in a blender is a good candidate.

George Patterson
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your slightly older self.