Re: [GSAS-Member] Fun Present

[Bryan Nichols <b_monius_funk@yahoo.com>]

Really? I really hate to be a kill joy but there is a lot of informatio on the web that is negitive towards these things. Before I started reading up on ecoshperes I really wanted one too. But it turns out that they aren't a sustainable eco systems and the shrimp will usually die of starvation in 2 - 3 years. Here's a quote:

"Sadly, this little shrimp is currently being abused by being      sold in tiny, spherical, fully sealed glass containers widely called      "ecospheres."   It is claimed by the companies that sell them that      they are selling a fully functioning ecosystem with the shrimp and the algae      keeping each other alive. However, that is a sad and devious lie, which is      being propagated by these companies for the sake of profits and to the      detriment of these wonderful animals.  The truth is that these shrimp      are slowly *starving to death*, *suffocating* and being *poisoned* in those      containers, due to lack of food and oxygen, and the accumulation of shrimp      waste.  This kind of container would kill any other shrimp within a few      days, but it takes 1-3 years for Hawaiian Red Shrimp to finally die, since      it has developed such a remarkable physiology to deal with extreme      situations.  During this 1-3 year torture, they actually *shrink*     
 (every time they molt) due to lack of food, which means that they are      basically consuming their own body.  They could perfectly well take all      the other extreme conditions in those "ecospheres" (lack of air etc.), but      what kills them in the end is the lack of real food over a long period of      time. The little algae they find in the container lacks in nutritional value      and is just not enough to keep these shrimp alive for long. It seems to be      "in" and "cool" to have these tiny torture containers sitting on one's desk      nowadays, but hopefully this website can contribute towards informing the      general public about what is really behind those "ecospheres."  It is      my sincere hope that this shrimp becomes widespread in the hobby at some      point in time, so that there will be no need to buy "torturespheres." "

>From this website: http://www.petshrimp.com/hawaiianredshrimp.html

Once again, I dont mean to be a grinch. 

-Bryan Nichols


Shango Los <Shango@shangolos.com> wrote: I just got one of these for Christmas.  If you haven't seen them, you
should.

 

Right up our interest area.

 

http://www.eco-sphere.com/

 

Shango

 

 

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