Re: Dividers and Spirulina

[Doug Brown <debrown@kodak.com>]

Thanks for the excellent tips on building dividers!

>> Also, Brine Shrimp Direct (thanks for that info Bill) sent me a sample of
>> spirulina flakes with the BBS eggs. Do any of you feed the BBS spirulina
>> (or any other supplements) and is it worth it?
>
>The spirulina flakes are for your fish not the brine shrimp, right? I've tried
>these flakes on apistos but mine prefer a meatier diet. They're great of
>mbunas
>and other vegetarian fish.

Ah, I had a nice discussion with a Brine Shrimp Direct fellow. They sell
wholesale to aquaculture people and just started the retail side of their
business. Apparently BBS can be enriched some 30 hours after starting a
batch (Instar II molt stage - whatever that is) with spirulina, as well as
being raised to adults on it. For salt water fish they are enriched with
unsaturated fatty acids as Rich mentioned.

Here's a semi-relevant link by our own Bill Vannerson:

http://www.actwin.com/fish/killietalk/month.9710/msg00014.html

-Doug Brown
debrown@kodak.com



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