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Post by fermentedhiker on Feb 14, 2015 13:23:36 GMT -5
Just curious if you guys know of a good place to order them? Amphipods aren't too bad to get, buy live mysis cultures seem rare and pricey.
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Post by Pokahpolice on Feb 15, 2015 5:32:50 GMT -5
Easy Aquarium just set up a live Mysis tank.
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Post by fermentedhiker on Feb 15, 2015 8:35:05 GMT -5
Easy Aquarium just set up a live Mysis tank. That's good to know. I have a Doctors appointment in Arundel in about a month which isn't too far from there. Seems like a detour is in order. |
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Post by jasonandsarah on Feb 15, 2015 8:46:00 GMT -5
Easy Aquarium just set up a live Mysis tank. That's good to know. I have a Doctors appointment in Arundel in about a month which isn't too far from there. Seems like a detour is in order. It's a great store anyways... they have tons of reefing stuff and beautiful freshwater set ups as well. Always worth the trip. Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards |
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Post by moulton712 on Feb 16, 2015 14:57:00 GMT -5
They set up a brine shrimp tank. $5 a scoop full. By a scoop full i mean I got a ton. It's a good snack. I drained then put new tank water in a container with some selcon, reef roids, garlic. Then waited 5 min and fed my tanks.
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Post by Pokahpolice on Feb 16, 2015 17:16:00 GMT -5
You're correct.Its a Brine shrimp tank...not Mysis.
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Post by fermentedhiker on Feb 16, 2015 17:28:04 GMT -5
Rats I was hoping to get some live mysis to seed and hopefully get a breeding population(although I'm not sure if that can be done effectively in our tanks) but live brine is good for feeding.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Feb 16, 2015 18:37:49 GMT -5
Rats I was hoping to get some live mysis to seed and hopefully get a breeding population(although I'm not sure if that can be done effectively in our tanks) but live brine is good for feeding. Aren't the mysis we feed from freshwater? Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards |
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Post by fermentedhiker on Feb 16, 2015 18:56:32 GMT -5
Rats I was hoping to get some live mysis to seed and hopefully get a breeding population(although I'm not sure if that can be done effectively in our tanks) but live brine is good for feeding. Aren't the mysis we feed from freshwater? Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards You know I just always assumed they were marine since I'd never run across them in decades of freshwater fish and invert keeping. I just looked it up and they are more of a brackish thing and so could be found in nearly fresh or full salt environments. But this article indicates culturing them at 1.022 www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/9/breeder |
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Post by spotfin on Feb 16, 2015 21:37:27 GMT -5
Rats I was hoping to get some live mysis to seed and hopefully get a breeding population(although I'm not sure if that can be done effectively in our tanks) but live brine is good for feeding. Aren't the mysis we feed from freshwater? Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards Depends on the species, and brand packaging. |
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Post by moulton712 on Feb 17, 2015 12:55:23 GMT -5
Pe mysis is fresh water.
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Post by Syntax on Feb 18, 2015 6:43:00 GMT -5
Harvested in Cananda I think?? |
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Post by gotareef on Feb 18, 2015 8:16:40 GMT -5
mysis is fw mysid is sw
the problem is they are very cannibalistic so a tank full is hard to keep....
be careful ordering Amphipods you can get a good deal but I have pics of about 20 parasitic isopods out of a couple bags I ordered last year....
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Post by fermentedhiker on Feb 18, 2015 13:31:50 GMT -5
mysis is fw mysid is sw the problem is they are very cannibalistic so a tank full is hard to keep.... be careful ordering Amphipods you can get a good deal but I have pics of about 20 parasitic isopods out of a couple bags I ordered last year.... What are the isopods parasitic on? Fish? If so I wonder how long their life cycle is. In other words if you inoculated a tank with pods contaminated with them would they die out in a month if no fish were in the system? |
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Post by gotareef on Feb 18, 2015 17:18:20 GMT -5
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