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New feeder shrimp culture!
Topic Started: Sep 12 2008, 08:41:46 AM (120 Views)
Post #1 Sep 12 2008, 08:41:46 AM	Suzy
Hey, guys! I have been raising mysis shrimp as a food for fish for a while. So, a few weeks ago I am at The Aquarium and Rick shows me this bag of crapoola he had pulled out of a tank he was cleaning out. It was crawling with these totally funky little shrimps! They are white like a mysis, but swim like a brine shrimp. I know there are many species of shrimps we don't know about (in the hobby anyway) but I think I might might have stumbled onto a killer food! These little things are producing much faster than mysis, which I think is a major stumbling block to being able to raise some spp of MO. Talk about being in the right place at the right time? In the few years I have been trying to grow shrimp as food, none have reproduced fast enough to actually be useful. Ghost shrimp are easy to raise but grow painfully slow. Ditto little Hawaiian red shrimps. Mysis are better but still slow.....	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
Post #2 Sep 12 2008, 08:54:38 AM	Shane
grrr you girls keep tempting me to start more cultures	breeding stock Posts: 311 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: August 5, 2008
Post #3 Sep 13 2008, 12:32:50 PM	Amie
Hey Shane, you should start more cultures! Suzy, that's awesome! Is this the strange shrimp that you showed me in your long nano tank behind the baby seahorse tank? So how are you raising them? What are you feeding? And what is the tank setup? I've gotten fairly good at raising amphipods lately. The key seems to be lots of hiding places and lots of food. The more I feed, the more I have. The same seems to go with mysis for me, but with mysis, if I forget to feed them for a day or two, they completely disappear - they are definitely more difficult. They don't seem like scavengers like the amphipods - they want the food to drop out of the sky. I want to setup a tank with 2" squares of course filter pad type material hanging all over the tank and see if I can get tons of amphipods living in them. I think it would be an ideal setup for them. If I drop one of those on the bottom of the tank, I get 100's living in them. The only problem is that bristleworms want to crawl in them too. I think if I hang them, it will keep bristleworms out (hopefully).	stormy, stormy nights Posts: 2,362 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: June 29, 2008
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Post #4 Sep 13 2008, 03:14:39 PM	Suzy
It is just a small tank that I have water coming in from the main display. They seem to eat anything and everything! But, I thought they were all gone last time I looked. I moved a rock and they were all there.Then they started coming up out of the crapoola on the bottom and there were zillions! I am going to put them in a smaller set up so I cann get soe photos of them. They are funky! I am going to try to feed them something colorful so I can see if they are gut load able.	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
Post #5 Oct 9 2008, 01:16:12 PM	Amie
I found this thread over on the MOFIB Marketplace. Pods for Sale Suzy, didn't you mention at one point that you wanted to start a new kind of pods? I couldn't remember where to find the thread so I picked this one. If you know what you think would be good, I'd go in with you on a purchase from her.	stormy, stormy nights Posts: 2,362 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: June 29, 2008
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Post #6 Oct 9 2008, 03:31:20 PM	Suzy
That is Adelaide Rhodes and she is selling a mix of different species. I think the one I want is the least strong, so it would be out competed quickly in a mix. But, I will find our species....	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
Post #7 Oct 9 2008, 08:39:36 PM	Suzy
Hey, I am home from work and read that thread better. Check this out: "Tell me if you are looking for a specific bug, and if I don't have it or know who does, I can help you develop a viable alternative or offer advice on improving your existing live feed cultures." I forgot my logon to that site! Can you ask about the species Arcatia Tonsa? They are a calaniod species which stay in the water column their entire lifespan, and are smaller.	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
Post #8 Oct 9 2008, 08:40:34 PM	Suzy
Off topic, but I have always wanted to hear this woman speak. She is the smartest pod grower on the planet! I think she invented copepods......	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
Post #9 Oct 15 2008, 04:08:42 PM	Amie
Invented copepods?? Now that's an interesting idea. She has Arcatia Tonsa, do you want to order them?	stormy, stormy nights Posts: 2,362 Group: Admin Member #4 Joined: June 29, 2008
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Post #10 Oct 16 2008, 07:01:32 AM	Suzy
Yes! How much?	Seahorse Whisperer Posts: 3,047 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: June 28, 2008
"i was informed of some dolphin related testing going on up there" Too Funny!
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