Anyone raise live mysis shrimp???
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jeff@zina.com
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Mysis are hard because big mysis eat little mysis. You need to separate by size, which means a lot of containers dedicated to raising them.
There's a good article over on Seahorse.org: http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/mysisCulturing.shtml
Jeff
There's a good article over on Seahorse.org: http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/mysisCulturing.shtml
Jeff
Aqua_DHMO_Tech
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I was under the impression that the shrimps that appear similar to mysis in our tank are actually called MYSID shrimp? Is this correct?
jeff@zina.com
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Greenbean explained it best:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11518834&postcount=4
Jeff
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11518834&postcount=4
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andrewkw
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Mysis like PE Mysis are freshwater and larger.
Mysids what you see lose in your tank, or what you buy from say reef nutrition as live are smaller and marine.
They are similar but I wouldn't say they are the same thing. Just as all brands of frozen shrimp are not the same. They don't all contain the same species.
Mysids what you see lose in your tank, or what you buy from say reef nutrition as live are smaller and marine.
They are similar but I wouldn't say they are the same thing. Just as all brands of frozen shrimp are not the same. They don't all contain the same species.
jeff@zina.com
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Okay, if nobody will read the Greenbean link...
Mysids are a general term for the family Mysidae, in the order Mysida. They are both fresh and salt water (brackish normally), some species being both. Mysis is a specific genus within the family Mysidae, but still not a specific species and still not either fresh or salt water. The mysis genus has been, and is being, recategorized as more is found out about it, so specific species are hard for even scientists to identify.
That said, as far as your aquarium is concerned, mysis and mysids are the same thing. PE Mysis is a brand name, but still the same thing. Crustaceans in this category can change by season, harvest, etc. They're all basically little shrimp things that fish eat.
They are a pain to raise. They aren't cheap to buy live, but they're cheaper than raising them is worth, unless you have slave laborers.
Jeff
Mysids are a general term for the family Mysidae, in the order Mysida. They are both fresh and salt water (brackish normally), some species being both. Mysis is a specific genus within the family Mysidae, but still not a specific species and still not either fresh or salt water. The mysis genus has been, and is being, recategorized as more is found out about it, so specific species are hard for even scientists to identify.
That said, as far as your aquarium is concerned, mysis and mysids are the same thing. PE Mysis is a brand name, but still the same thing. Crustaceans in this category can change by season, harvest, etc. They're all basically little shrimp things that fish eat.
They are a pain to raise. They aren't cheap to buy live, but they're cheaper than raising them is worth, unless you have slave laborers.
Jeff
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el aguila
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Do they ship and how much are they?
coralnut99
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There's a LFS in Allentown Pa. that sells them at retail. They siphon a bunch out of the invert systems they have in the store. Divide them up into small batches, out them into small plastic specimen containers, label them and sell them for $10 or $15. You don't get many, but it can seed a refugium pretty quick. This also helps them thin out what's in their systems and keeps them productive.
mnchartier
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Sorry I tried to but the avatar was to distracting
I don't think they ship, not set up for that sort of thing. It is not a main part of their business, they just happen to have a reefer that knew somebody that worked their and they started selling the control groups.
I'm in the Allentown area from time to time. Could you please provide the LFS information? Thanks.
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