Re: [GSAS-Member] Baby Brine Shrimp or similar

[Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com>]

Cliff,
I've done some reading up on my live food options, and after reading  
how to culture some live foods vs. how to culture vinegar eels(after  
the auction) I think I'd be much more willing to culture vinegar  
eels.  I don't mind a little bit of prep, and I have a syringe to  
avoid the yucky factor.  I'm also not too worried about pH swings, my  
carbonate hardness stays around 18º, so it'd take a fair bit of acid  
to drop my pH.  I suppose Scuds/gammarus could work too, but I don't  
have very dense plants and I imagine that they would quickly become a  
feast in both of my tanks.  If you have vinegar eels, I'd love to buy  
some from you, just tell me how many I'm looking at. :)

Thanks,
Laurel
On Mar 4, 2008, at 9:26 PM, Clifford Miller wrote:

>
> BBS are pretty low icky factor and easy to hatch out if you don't mind
> setting up a bubbler (and paying for eggs, and dealing with salt), and
> daphnia are pretty much just a freshwater version of bbs...(with  
> ostrocods
> and cyclops being pretty much just more of the same...). Daphnia are
> problematic in the long term...I've had populations surge into the
> thousands (maybe even tens of thousands), but the cultures tend to  
> crash a
> little too easily and need constant green water or yeast supplements  
> to
> survive...I think they're best kept in larger volumes outside (right  
> now
> I'm not sure I have any active cultures, but have some ephiphia  
> saved...).
>
> I've never kept cichlids, but would imagine they start off too large  
> for
> green water or infusoria to be of use.  Vinegar eels and walter  
> worms are
> in the right size range (for tiny fry), but have a significantly  
> higher
> icky factor.  (this week I've become pretty enamored with the walter
> worms, which are *disgusting*, but in that fun zombie-horror-movie  
> kind of
> way if you're into that kind of thing, and are incredibly  
> prolific...I've
> had bad luck with grindels so the easy success factor made a  
> difference to
> me-- vinegar eels require less handling, but a little more work (or
> preparation rather), and probably more water changes if you're worried
> about PH).
>
> Scuds/gammarus (freshwater amphiopods) are by far one of the easiest
> non-worm/nematode live foods I've tried to culture, but only the newly
> hatched babies would be small enough for tiny fry.  The adults are a  
> good
> size for standard live bearers and killifish, so I've been turning  
> them
> loose in pretty much all my tanks.  If they can make it to the  
> plants in
> the tank and breed, all the better...
>
> I could supply any of these for a couple of fry or the price of  
> materials.
>
> Cliff
>
>
>
>> Alright, so I have my first fry, in 2 separate batches all at once. I
>> understand that live cultured food is among the best in terms of what
>> to feed them.  That being said, I have never had fry nor cultured  
>> live
>> food before.  I prefer to have something with a low "icky" factor  
>> that
>> requires little equipment and maintenance, and both my multifasciatus
>> and mbuna fry can eat.  What is my best bet?  :-D  Strangely enough,
>> I'm looking to acquire some of whatever such food is recommended, and
>> of course I don't mind paying for it.  Thanks so much for your help!
>>
>> Laurel
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