Live brine shrimp, juvenile ghost shrimp, or mysid shrimp

[jabol]

Anyone?

Thanks!

 

[basiab]

live

I hatch my own brine shrimp. If you want I can send you a packet of eggs with instructions on hatching which is very simple. Or I can hatch a batch for you.

 

[Domboski]

I can have small grass shrimp for you early next week. I wont have live mysis until early July. LMK

Dom

 

[Domboski]

Witold, Are you trying to feed the dragon face pipefish I see on the home page? If so, grass and ghost shrimp are going to be useless. You need live mysis or tigger pod sized foods. Enriched adult brine will work for the short-term too. If you are in a rush, I suggest you order live mysis from Paul Sachs ASAP at http://www.aquaculturestore.com/swinverts.html.

 

[jabol]

Thanks for this info. You are right - I am trying to provide a variety of food to the dragon face. Actually the fish currently feeds on various pods in my system as well as tigger pods. I may order live mysis too.

Witold, Are you trying to feed the dragon face pipefish I see on the home page? If so, grass and ghost shrimp are going to be useless. You need live mysis or tigger pod sized foods. Enriched adult brine will work for the short-term too. If you are in a rush, I suggest you order live mysis from Paul Sachs ASAP at http://www.aquaculturestore.com/swinverts.html.

 

[Domboski]

Thanks for this info. You are right - I am trying to provide a variety of food to the dragon face. Actually the fish currently feeds on various pods in my system as well as tigger pods. I may order live mysis too.

Gotcha. I'll get you some egg-carrying grass shrimp. Their fry will offer nutritional food for your dragon face. If you don't have cleaner shrimp or peppermint shrimp you could also add them to the tank (in pairs) as their fry will continuously offer food for the dragon face as well.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Gotcha. I'll get you some egg-carrying grass shrimp. Their fry will offer nutritional food for your dragon face. If you don't have cleaner shrimp or peppermint shrimp you could also add them to the tank (in pairs) as their fry will continuously offer food for the dragon face as well.

hey dom. me too. i got a dragon face pipefish from one of the mr member here. i think she ate all the mysis from the last batch. how do you choose male/female pairs of peppermints or cleaners?

 

[Domboski]

hey dom. me too. i got a dragon face pipefish from one of the mr member here. i think she ate all the mysis from the last batch. how do you choose male/female pairs of peppermints or cleaners?

You don't have to sex them. Any two will make a pair (hermaphroditic). Dragon Face's are pretty tough to keep. You need a large well established tank with pods and/or supplement frequently. Addling live shrimp that will spawn regularly helps big time.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

You don't have to sex them. Any two will make a pair (hermaphroditic). Dragon Face's are pretty tough to keep. You need a large well established tank with pods and/or supplement frequently. Addling live shrimp that will spawn regularly helps big time.

will go out and get some pairs of peppermints and perhaps some sexy shrimps. always want some of those.
but do save some grass shrimps (or any other shrimps you can get your hand on) for me also.
being the lone fish in a 55 gal. fuge connected to 270 gal.system should be good enough. don't you think?

 

[Domboski]

I still wouldn't rely on the system to produce enough live foods on its own. Certainly the frequency at which you need to supplement is not as urgent as someone with a smaller system.

If you added a bunch of breeding shrimp you could get away with occasional supplementation.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

I still wouldn't rely on the system to produce enough live foods on its own. Certainly the frequency at which you need to supplement is not as urgent as someone with a smaller system.

If you added a bunch of breeding shrimp you could get away with occasional supplementation.

gotcha....will do..