It's Alive Reef Bugs

[Young Frankenstein]

Anyone has used this product ? its called "Its alive reef bugs" comes in a plastic bag with some white and brown dust like particles. Supposedly has a lot of eggs from pods etc. sells for $ 18.99 at the LFS. SOMEHOW EVERYTHING IS 19.99 LOL

 

[papagimp]

Well for starters, you'd be far better off getting a refugium and stocking that so that you have a constant source of pods and whatnot in the tank. Otherwise any additions like this are only going to get eaten or skimmed out quickly. It's alive...are what commonly reffered to as "marine snow". Just little critters that catch a ride on whatever particulate matter they can and free float through the water column. Our tanks do not support enough phytoplankton and similar to keep these around for any real length of time. If you don't mind spending $18.99 every month or two for more of them, than yeah, should be good for the tank....a fuge would work better though IMO

 

[Young Frankenstein]

Are these thing good to eat ?

 

[Grins]

I'm afraid to ask if you mean for your livestock to eat them or for you to.

 

[Young Frankenstein]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10243430#post10243430 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grins
I'm afraid to ask if you mean for your livestock to eat them or for you to.

I would not feed anything to my fish unless I try it first ! Actually there's many people here that add Coraline algae to there salad. My favorite is Cyclope Ez in little salt crackers, better than caviar!!! mmm got that recipe from waterkeeper.:smokin:

 

[Young Frankenstein]

I have an "Industrial" refugium papagimp, but I lost a mandarin a while back and now I just got one more, just making sure he has enough food.

 

[papagimp]

o-agios, you'll be better off getting pods for a refugium to feed a mandarin than trying to feed him on "it's alive" bugs. Those things as mentioned are going to be more free floating in the water column, while the mandarin is down in the substrate and over the rocks looking specifically for coepods and amphipods.
I'd imagine the It's Alive stuff would work better as an occasional supplementation for planktonic feeding corals and filter feeders vs. dragonettes.

 

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10243736#post10243736 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 0 Agios
I would not feed anything to my fish unless I try it first ! Actually there's many people here that add Coraline algae to there salad. My favorite is Cyclope Ez in little salt crackers, better than caviar!!! mmm got that recipe from waterkeeper.:smokin:

I really hope you're joking.

 

[Young Frankenstein]

I am joking drummref. but there's someone that has a website that eats Coraline with his salad, or at least he has tried it. I forget who it was. Anyway did you know there's a restaurant in NY that they only eat bugs ?

 

[HPD Turbo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10246305#post10246305 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 0 Agios
I am joking drummref. but there's someone that has a website that eats Coraline with his salad, or at least he has tried it. I forget who it was. Anyway did you know there's a restaurant in NY that they only eat bugs ?

Here in Mexico is usual to eat bugs. I personaly fund it discosting!!!! (Que asco!!!!)

 

[Young Frankenstein]

Waterkeeper used to eat them and look what happened to him !!!

 

[WaterKeeper]

It is what makes my hair so shiny.




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[Henry Bowman]

Guess they'd be OK (eating bugs) if you washed them down with enough beer or maybe before