Re: [GSAS-Member] Fun Present

["Matt Staroscik" <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

Thanks for the link Bryan, I will take a look. It is just hard to take the
alarmist material seriously.

- MS

On Dec 18, 2007 10:09 PM, Bryan Nichols <b_monius_funk@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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