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tgray
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 01:44 PM
well i can't find live mussels anywhere close to me. Is there a verified source in San Antonio?
Thanks TimG
::pete::
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 01:54 PM
No HEB's?
tgray
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 01:58 PM
not in my area (Beeville) or Corpus
TimG
::pete::
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 02:02 PM
No seafood shops?
tgray
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 02:14 PM
So far all I've found if frozen/cooked, Two different shops told me due to security delays since 9-11 they wont order live shellfish.
TimG
GaryP
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 04:58 PM
The only place I have seen them are at the larger, high volume HEB's up here that have a large seafood dept.
mathias
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 05:25 PM
I thought you meant muscles I got those :)
tgray
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 08:20 PM
I used to have muscles, not anymore.
Let me rephrase this question, is there an HEB with live mussels near CB pets. Fin Addict, Aquatic Warehouse or Alamo Aquatics?
TimG
GaryP
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 08:41 PM
The HEB that I get them at is at Wurzbach and I-10. That's about halfway between Alamo and Aquatic Warehouse.

I would suspect that the HEB at 281 & 1604 would also have them. That's between CB and Aquatic Whse.
TruonkQ
Sun, 4th Sep 2005, 11:12 PM
The HEB close to finaddict stopped getting them in because they ended up throwing them away. The only HEB i know that has them is the one on broadway HEB's central market.
Alamo
Mon, 5th Sep 2005, 02:00 AM
I have gotten them from the HEB at I 10 and de Zevala before
tgray
Mon, 5th Sep 2005, 10:24 AM
Thanks again everyone, working on mapquest for my day off and some san antone aquatic shoppin!!
TimG
Time to learn Wurzbach. Also will check the one by CB pets while I'm there.
GaryP
Mon, 5th Sep 2005, 02:58 PM
Make sure they put the ice in an outside bag and not in the bag with the mussels. They need to stay on ice, but not melted ice water until you get them home. Expect to lose some on the way home.
tgray
Sat, 10th Sep 2005, 12:59 PM
Got my mussels at 281 and 1604, the HEB by CB pets also had mussels.
Thanks again for the info.
TimG
AlexKilpatrick
Sun, 11th Sep 2005, 10:04 AM
This is a dumb question, but what do you do with the mussels? Are they to go in your tank, or do you feed them to something?
tgray
Sun, 11th Sep 2005, 10:57 AM
I found out from some of the more experienced folks that this is an excellent food for copperbanded butterflies. Also I seem to remember an article in Tropical Fish Hobbiest from years and years ago about a man in asia (singapore?) that used clams and mussels to feed finicky eaters like butterflies. It works, within a minute of placing an opened mussel in my tank the CBB was tearing it up.
TimG