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| Topic Started: Feb 9 2009, 06:24:29 PM (806 Views) | |
| Post #1 Feb 9 2009, 06:24:29 PM | Suzy |
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Hi, Utah Marine Breeders! I know many of us are in need of feeder shrimps. I guess I should say I am in need of feeder shrimps! But, I thought a thread might be in order for us to discuss how we grow larger food for finicky fish. In seahorse aquaculture, we start with live food and "train" our fish to eat frozen. I have found it is easier at certain stages of the fishes life: juvenile seahorses are much easier to train to frozen than adults. But the difficult part is that the available frozen food is too large for very small juveniles to snick. And, the sooner I can train to frozen, the easier my life is. So, I have had a quest to find a way to grow my own feeder shrimps so I can feed them at smaller sizes. I really think some of these techniques may help others. Those with finicky fish who want live: dragonettes, mandarins, anthias, ect. The easiest of all shrimp to grow, IME, are brine shrimp. Artemia (Latin is italized!) are the easiest on the planet. You simply hatch the cysts and feed them for 2 weeks. At that point, they are adult size and begin reproducing live naupluii. If you do a google search on "easy Peasy Feeder Shrimp", artemia comes up! A continuous culture of brine shrimp is very low maintenance. Mysis shrimp are also very easy, IME. Trying to grow them in a separate culture is difficult, though. They are actually very difficult to raise if we do not keep in mind the basics: good water quality, good gas exchange and abundant nutrition. If you think about it, this describes most of our tanks! If we can make a spot somewhere in our tanks system where predators cannot get, mysis will thrive! I have them in my overflows, in my sump and in a special refugium I have made just for the purpose of growing them. I filled my nursery tanks with rubble. They are above ground level so siphoning the mysis is easy and convenient. The rubble seems to give an area for the mysis larvae to grow, and for the adults to spawn. I feed this area daily, because I have a large system that can tolerate the DOC (dissolved organic compounds that can elevate nutrient levels). If you would like to try to raise mysis, let me know. I have lots to share, now. I do know another easy peasy shrimp....Stay tuned! I |
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| Post #2 Feb 9 2009, 06:32:11 PM | Clint |
| Suzy have you ever used mosquito larvae? I have grown plenty of mosquito larvae in my day but never thought to feed them to my tank. Wilkerson wrote something about and I thought I might give it a try. I know it would only work for about 8 months of the year but there is not many things easier than putting a bucket of water outside. Of coarse it would be important to harvest them before they matured. |
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| Post #3 Feb 9 2009, 07:01:36 PM | Suzy |
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Of course! I hate getting bit and scratching but I hate lyme dzzzz even more! I have never tried to grow mosquito larvae but I have a specialized need for shrimp. Are they nutritious or do you gut load them? |
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| Post #4 Feb 9 2009, 07:28:30 PM | john hill |
| i would love to grow some shrimp are they ok with all the other pods in your refugium |
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| Post #5 Feb 10 2009, 08:31:45 AM | Clint |
| What kind of shrimp are you guys talking about? |
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| Post #6 Feb 10 2009, 11:19:20 AM | Josh W |
| What are you feeding the mysis? |
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| Post #7 Feb 14 2009, 04:36:19 PM | Suzy |
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i would love to grow some shrimp are they ok with all the other pods in your refugium? Mysis are easy to grow in a refugium, as long as there is enough food for everything. What kind of shrimp are you guys talking about? I was talking about all kinds! What are you feeding the mysis? I feed frozen rotifers, flake, dried cyclopeeze, what ever happens to be in my fridge and I need to get rid of. These are bottom dwelling scavengers and survive great on fish poop! So, does anyone need more info on artemia (brine shrimp) or mysis? |
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| Post #8 Feb 17 2009, 08:33:39 AM | Josh W |
| I would like some more info on mysis, more importantly, where can I get a culture to add to my refugium? |
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| Post #9 Feb 17 2009, 08:54:34 PM | BobC |
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I'm with Josh... especially once I get my 37 hex seahorse setup set up :$ I'm sure a nice "homegrown" mysis colony will come in handy! Soon, I promise (I'm working on it) |
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| Post #10 Feb 23 2009, 11:33:07 AM | Josh W |
Thank you again for the information. I would like to raise mysis in my refugium so could I get a start from you. Also when are you going to share your other easy peasy shrimp? |
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