Any Interest in a Live Food Group Order

[Europhyllia]

I've been unable to locate saltwater ghost shrimp locally but since my seahorses are rejecting the ABS I am still considering getting some.
Apparently these saltwater ghost shrimp can live in a reef tank indefinitely (unlike freshwater ghost shrimp which died within a short time in saltwater) and are detritus/algae eaters.
They have other stuff as well. Check it out:
http://www.livebrineshrimp.com

[Kristy]

We actually have been looking for some too. I'll check out the link and get back to you.

[Europhyllia]

Yeah I wish one of the local LFS would carry the saltwater variety. That would be even more convenient :)

If it does end up as a goup order I'd meet up at Brooks City Base of course (don't expect for people to drive to LaVernia for shrimp)

[Kristy]

Ok, I was a little confused by the website, but I think I've got it figured out now. We would order a "buffet pack" of saltwater shrimp and then divide them up among us?

Did you see the Caribbean pipefish, by the way? And those "Dead Man's Fingers" macro are kind of cool too.

[Jarob]

Those are the same pipefish I can catch locally here it looks like. If ever interested I can do that sometime, I enjoy "hunting" for them. They are pretty abundant in the bay just infront of the school living in the sea grass. A lot of those macro algae are here too.

[Mike]

Commercial - 250 Count, In Gallon, Product Price: $37.50 ($0.15 each), Shipping: Next-Day via FedEx nationwide and Ground for the Southeast. Click on "Live Ship Info" above for details

How about a commercial pack? How many were you wanting? I am not sure what we would do with 125 shrimp...

[Europhyllia]

yes I was looking at the regular big packs of 100 or 250
I emailed them to ask how many could be housed long term in a 10g tank. I have a better idea of how many I want then. Even if I just feed 10-20 per week, if I can keep the rest alive and well in a 10g tank I am okay with buying a bunch.

[jpond83]

i got some peppermints from the coast a few months ago and they are breeding in my tank. I have seen tiny ones in there from time to time. maybe a easy way to feed fish?

[Europhyllia]

Maybe depending on how fast they grow and how reliably they breed. Lucky you! :)
I need something smallish so the little shore shrimp seemed perfect

[jpond83]

Sorry to get off topic: another easy thing i use to do is mollies. they can be acclimated to saltwater. I use to keep 2 males and 6 females in my sump. they had live birth every couple of days and pumped the babies up to the main display for food. i do not know how beneficial they are but my sweetlips loved them

[Europhyllia]

I saw that when Ace had his mollies. So cute. From what I understand for the seahorses they mostly use shrimpish things. Not sure how easy it would be to enrich baby mollies.

[Europhyllia]

Good News:
one of the local LFS may be able to get these. We're checking on availability and pricing right now. Stay tuned :)

(that way we can all try them in smaller quantities so we don't get stuck with 100 shrimp nobody wants to eat!)

[BSJF]

That's a cool site.

[Kristy]

Great, we always prefer to support our LFS. Let me know if you hear back on how many can we keep in a 10g so we have some idea how many to get. We already know that our fish will eat them.

[roscozman]

I don't want to upset any sponsors, but why don't you culture you own baby brine shrimp? It is such an easy process and you cal also find the eggs at our local stores.

[Kristy]

Ross, we need the bigger shrimp, not the brine. These would be more like "shore shrimp" or like the "ghost shrimp."

[Europhyllia]

yep. I am already culturing baby brine. It's easy peasy. I use it for the gorgonians. The baby brine hatch within 24 hours. I am using the decapsulated eggs so it's really a no mess super easy thing. In fact I just use an air stone in a Pilsner glass for it! :)

Reidi seahorses don't care for baby brine though. In fact I just learned they don't even care much for adult brine shrimp but are supposed to really like the bigger shrimp like these saltwater ghost shrimp. :)