<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6556569#post6556569 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pledosophy
Brine shrimp and plankton are not suitable foods for seahorses.
While brineshrimp can be enriched, there value is very low.
I am not sure if I am not familiar with a product line, but plankton is not a seahorse food.
"there value is very low"
WHAT value is very low?
WHY are brine shrimp not suitable?
"plankton is not a seahorse food"
WHY is plankton not a seahorse food?
Sorry for being so inquisitive, but in my 12 years of reefkeeping, I've learned to question statements that don't have facts to back them up.
When I first got a computer, I found out I couldn't do all the things I'd been doing for many years, and now, I still do them.
A big thing with me is the brine shrimp misconception that prevails. Some people keep repeating that myth that brine shrimp have no nutrient value (I hope that's not what you meant above) when in fact, they have plenty of nutrient.
As nauplii, they have high lipid content with lower protein levels, and as juveniles and adults, they have high protein levels but lower lipids.
Cultured juveniles & adults 49.7 - 62.5% Protein 9.4 - 19.5% Lipids
Wild adults ____50.2 - 69.0% Protein ________ 2.4 - 19.3% Lipids
Instar-I nauplii __41.6 - 47.2% Protein _______ 20.8 - 23.1% Lipids
The above information is from the nutrition section on Artemia in the UN article on live foods for aquaculture from the Artemia Research Center.
SCROLL DOWN TO SECTION 4 - ARTEMIA
Then see section 4.4.1 on nutrition.