LadAShark Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hey everyone! Being new here, I've come to put out some ideas, and I had one that I thought could be great. What if we found a place at the ocean: newport, astoria, seaside, etc. where we could farm mussels? "LadAShark, you're crazy! No one would let you run a farm, that would take too much space!" And here's where it gets good. Mussel farms are actually set up on ropes. So you get a long rope, seed it/let it get seeded by mussels, and throw it out into the water to let the mussels grow. So if we could find someplace we could rent, or if we knew someone who could let us set up these things, we'd actually be able to vary our fishes's diets by adding wild mussels. As for bacteria in mussels? Simply pasteurize them to feed your tanks. Heat to 63 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes, and then take them out and rapidly cool them. That will kill 99% of the bacteria in them, making for healthier food than, say, silversides. Your angels, puffers, wrasses, and basically every carnivoruous/omnivorous/detritivorous creature will love you! It would be great if we could get such a cooperative effort going, otherwise I'd just go once a month to collect 72-144 mussels and be done with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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