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Re: [GSAS-Member] Fun Present



Well in reality halocaridina rubra are an incredible species of "super shrimp" 
known to live more than 20 years in captivity with the proper conditions 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocaridina. Seven years is not really that long 
for these guys. 

There are numerous other websites including this one: 
http://www.fukubonsai.com/M-L2d.html on the subject. This website shows the 
research of Dr. Wayne Nishijima of the Univ of Hawaii. It describes in detail 
why the ecosphere is flawed. A Dr. is credible enough for me. 

"   Each time the opae-ula molt, they step out of a larger shell and a new 
smaller shell   hardens around them.  Shrinking opae-ula are the same as skinny 
people or animals   whose gaunt appearance and ribs sticking out are clear 
signs of being malnourished! If   children or animals were starved as badly as 
these opae-ula, the parents, owners, or   zookeepers would very quickly be in 
jail!

                     The low indoor light where opae-ula jars are kept do not 
support the growth of high-energy   algae equal to the type of algae that grows 
in the full sun in the anchialine ponds. The   algae that grows in low light 
just does not have the nutritional value even if the   opae-ula ate enough to 
always be "full." They survive but their shrinking   indicates that they are 
malnourished.


                     Anyone observing opae-ula in their natural habitats knows 
that opae-ula are voracious   eaters!   A healthy pond producing opae-ula has 
very little algae growth as the   opae-ula is constant grazer that keeps the 
algae down.  A pond with a lot of algae is   a pond that likely has exotic fish 
and threatened opae-ula! 

 
                     Anchialine pond algae growing in full sun is believed to 
contains a significantly higher   amount of nutritional value that the algae 
that grows on the inner walls of opae-ula jars   that are kept in low indoor 
light. Fuku-Bonsai theorized that chill-dried spirulina   provided the same or 
higher nutritional value of the full sun anchialine pond algae and it   seems 
too!  "




Steev Ward <steevward@yahoo.com> wrote: Having a live shrimp in there after 
seven years sounds pretty good. The torture-sphere
thing sounds like some pointlessly bitter hyperboly. People say a lot of wacky 
things
on their websites, but I doubt that the average person could keep a tank of 
shrimp
going for seven years ... or even a year when you get right down to it. We 
should worry
more about those poor Sea Monkeys (note: just kidding).

Steev


Subject: 
              Re: [GSAS-Member] Fun Present
        Date: 
              Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:25:26 -0800
       From: 
              "Matt Staroscik" 
   Reply-To: 
              Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat 
          To: 
              "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" 
 References: 
              1 , 2




I have a small Eco Sphere. It started with 3 shrimp. Today, about 7 years
later, there is one left. Hey, I think I should name him!

I would like to see the alarmist claims vetted scientifically, for example,
analyzing the water quality from a sphere that has been in use for a long
time.

It's not an ideal environment, but don't know that I would call it a
"Torturesphere."

I have accidentally caused much more grief to higher life forms in my
aquariums, I think.

- MS




      
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