Recent content by Rod Buehler

Louis, Yes, in the future we hope to have other species and or blends. But it will be a while yet. Before we put anything on the market that says it has XX month shelve life, we will test it for XX months. We also need to be sure that it stands up to the concentration process. We like to stand...

oops, the second part of that reply was directed at steve

No, Im not saying that at all. Shipping the product is fine. We send out all of our product in 1.5" styros with icepacs. Most of the mail order houses also use styros. If the weather is cool, a 2 day shippment will not kill the product that is not shippend in styros. Our distributors and many...

If it is hot outside, yes, it shoud be shipped with icepacks and a styro. Most good MO companies will ship in styros and ice if/when needed. It will be ok for a day or 3 if the waether is cool. If you leave it out of the frige for an hour or even a day will not cause harm if its not a common...

Dgin. If kept in the refridge, it will retain its nutritional valeu for 6 months, if left on the shelf, it will lose all nutrition after a few days. I would NOT buy anything that is left on the shelf. If you see a store that has our product on the shelf instead of the fridge, Id look for a new...

here is a nice article about feeding clams. http://www.dtplankton.com/new_page_1.htm

Thanks Frank! Unfortunatley, I dont have any that are paired off ATM. I have had pretty good luck with my banggai pairing up on their own, chasing the oddballs through the slots on a cubicle system. Out of the 10+ that I have sold as what I thought were pairs, I have only heard of 2 people that...

Thanks Frank! Unfortunatley, I dont have any that are paired off ATM. I have had pretty good luck with my banggai pairing up on their own, chasing the oddballs through the slots on a cubicle system. Out of the 10+ that I have sold as what I thought were pairs, I have only heard of 2 people that...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by davelin315: <STRONG>IMO, all urchins are like vultures. They are primarily scavengers, but will take an easy meal if they find it. That means that juicy little polyps that are easy prey will...

If you are talking about the bagged "live sand" that sits on a shelf. I dont think much plankton will survive the shelf life

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by danmhippo: <STRONG> Cukes don't eat sand faunas??? Sorry to break out the news to you, but they do if they get a chance at it.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I was under the impression that the...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by davelin315: <STRONG> I may have been told wrong, but I've always been told that xenia require a lot of iodine and that they release a lot of crap into the water, and these two quotes seem to...

Yes, they wil eat bristle worms.

I agree that many bleached corals will recover. Corals with tissue loss is usually a different story.