Feed Shrimp?

I dropped by my LFS. I was asking for life brine shrimp, but they
pointed me at a tank of live small shrimp at USD $0.29/piece.

It could make life interesting for the fish, and I don't see any harm in
adding them to the tank.

Any thoughts?

--Kurt

Sounds like ghost shrimp perhaps..Their life would be very short
indeed. Why not hatch out some brine shrimp. Its easy, interesting and
cheap to do. Get some eggs today you can probably be feeding live
brine tomorrow.

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 09:47:13 -0500, KurtG
wrote:


I dropped by my LFS. I was asking for life brine shrimp, but they
pointed me at a tank of live small shrimp at USD $0.29/piece.

It could make life interesting for the fish, and I don't see any harm in
adding them to the tank.

Any thoughts?

--Kurt

"KurtG" wrote in message ...
I dropped by my LFS. I was asking for life brine shrimp, but they
pointed me at a tank of live small shrimp at USD $0.29/piece.

It could make life interesting for the fish, and I don't see any harm in
adding them to the tank.

Any thoughts?

Beside general concerns with feeding with wild captured food items
I do not see anything wrong with feeding fish with them.

I would even keep a dozen of these in a refugium and treat them
as my plankton producers.

Brine shrimps, especialy not adults but just hatched ones, are
not food in a size range adult fish should eat - unless we are
talking about small fish like royal gramma :-)

KurtG wrote:

Any thoughts?

I've not seen small sal****er shrimp offered like this before, so I suspect
that, as Tristan suggests, they're ghost shrimp. These are freshwater animals
and won't live long in salt water. They make fine food for any fish that's
interested (small lions, groupers, triggers, etc.), but don't dump a bunch of
them in the tank, expecting the fish to be able to eat for a few days. You can
keep a few alive for a while in a goldfish bowl, if you decide to make a habit
of this.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Our local lfs who is marine fish only dealer handles the ghost shrimp.
They are kept in fresh water......small less than 1" and most are even
smaller. The will exist for a day or so in salt water, a bit longer in
brackish water, but are pushed mainly for food sources, not permanent
residents of a fuge or DT.

Pez is right with brine shrimp, most large fish wil not bother with
them, but they are fine for smaller fish.......but unless they are
containedin a special setup to rear them up to adult size they are all
just fresh food or snacks.

I have an (URL) somewhere for so called somekind of tiny SW shrimp
that a place is selling in Florida. I'll look for it and see if I can
find it. I forget what they called them, but they may be just a
renamed version of ghost shrimp.

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 16:28:33 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:

KurtG wrote:

Any thoughts?

I've not seen small sal****er shrimp offered like this before, so I suspect
that, as Tristan suggests, they're ghost shrimp. These are freshwater animals
and won't live long in salt water. They make fine food for any fish that's
interested (small lions, groupers, triggers, etc.), but don't dump a bunch of
them in the tank, expecting the fish to be able to eat for a few days. You can
keep a few alive for a while in a goldfish bowl, if you decide to make a habit
of this.

George Patterson
Forgive your enemies. But always remember who they are.

Tristan wrote:
Our local lfs who is marine fish only dealer handles the ghost shrimp.
They are kept in fresh water......small less than 1" and most are even
smaller. The will exist for a day or so in salt water, a bit longer in
brackish water, but are pushed mainly for food sources, not permanent
residents of a fuge or DT.

I'll check around too. We have a local shrimp fishing industry and a
state park with a 300 gallon aquarium with native species.

Of course, there is live bait shrimp but I wouldn't trust the tank it
comes out of. Maybe I can find a better supply.

I'm just thinking it would be good for the fish to have something to do
all day besides hang around and look cute. :-) Having some food hidden
in the rocks may be just the ticket.

My tang seems much happier on less food with my hanging seaweed shell.
He needs to work harder and a feeding lasts for 6-8 hours. He may
actually get more food because it doesn't end up in the skimmer.


Pez is right with brine shrimp, most large fish wil not bother with
them, but they are fine for smaller fish.......but unless they are
containedin a special setup to rear them up to adult size they are all
just fresh food or snacks.

My closest decent LFS is an hour away, so I haven't made the trip yet.
I'll check into it.

--Kurt

"KurtG" wrote in message ...
My tang seems much happier on less food with my hanging seaweed shell.
He needs to work harder and a feeding lasts for 6-8 hours. He may
actually get more food because it doesn't end up in the skimmer.

What seaweed shell are you talking about ? Interesting...

Pszemol wrote:
"KurtG" wrote in message
...
My tang seems much happier on less food with my hanging seaweed shell.
He needs to work harder and a feeding lasts for 6-8 hours. He may
actually get more food because it doesn't end up in the skimmer.

What seaweed shell are you talking about ? Interesting...

It's just a beach sand polished oyster shell I found on the beach. It's
oblong and about 6" long. I drilled a hole to suspend it via fishing
line, and use a rubber bad to attach seaweed. I hang it in the current,
so the tang can't just wolf it down like before. Tang was very
suspiciousness for a few days, but seems to enjoy the challenge now.

I originally did it hoping to attract the coral beauty by leaving it on
the bottom close to his cave, but one of the starfish would flop itself
over the top.

--Kurt

George Patterson wrote:
KurtG wrote:

Any thoughts?

I've not seen small sal****er shrimp offered like this before, so I
suspect that, as Tristan suggests, they're ghost shrimp.

Right. It sunk in this time on the second read. I'll check.

--Kurt