jason7504 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 anybody grow or know where i can get live mysis shrimp locally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Some people have them in their sump or refugium. I know that I have a few little shrimp that are in the teacher tank at school, but I can not catch the little guys. No, they are not amphipods or copepods, they look like perfect little shrimp, but only about 5-8 mm long. Sorry I can't help you get some. I would love to have some for my tanks at home, but I have only seen them at my school. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Yeah the only ones I saw were in my tank, I have no idea how they did it, might have been from the frozen but how would they live? I did see a few swimming around. Oddly they didn't last though...wonder what happend(scratch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Maybe eggs are still viable when frozen, and then they hatched in your tank. Probably quickly eaten by some fish or coral. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 There is link for live brine babies here http://www.midwatersystems.com/productdetails.aspx?productID=3210 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 oops sorry not live.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Here...this guys has some http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=143962 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 More live links http://www.aquaculturestore.com/swinverts.html This one specifies live mysis http://www.reed-mariculture.com/mysidshrimp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I can get you Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason7504 Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 I can get you Jason. oh really? where would you get them from? and how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason7504 Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 Here...this guys has some http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=143962 yeah i know, i saw this but i would prefer not to pay for shipping and then some might die too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 hmm....good point. Maybe Lowman has better method. sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 If Bob can't help you out. Give Reef Nutrition (aka Reed Mariculture) a try. Randy has been up here twice and his products are really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 yeah i know' date=' i saw this but i would prefer not to pay for shipping and then some might die too[/quote'] I'm all for buying locally and skipping shipping. That said, I have done business with Stan before, a few times. Always happy. He over packs the shipments as well. He's one of the better hobbyists to deal with IME. Just sayin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 I misread the post, sorry I thought it said MANTIS. My bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Dsoz, If u want some for u home tank U can drop in apiece of 1/2" pvc pipe...maybe 6-8" long or so by some calerpa in ur school tank.. And they will take up residence in there shortly. Then reach in and cap of both ends with hand when u bring up the pipe horizontally... That's what I do when I need to collect some mysis But I bet u have some in ur home tank already...just don't know it ...check at nite with a flashlight HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 What are u wanting them 4? If u don't mind me asking... Goodluck finding them locally From what I understand they are really hard to culture....they are Carnivorous and will eat each other if not seperated(young from adults)which requires daily work and twice daily feedings of artemia nauplii...very labor intensive. I've been lookin also...there really isn't a way out of paying shipping on these suckas Goodluck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JManrow Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I dropped in A to Z Pets at 160th & SE Division in Portland a couple of years ago, and noticed the large central system that they had was teaming with Mysis. Culture of Mysid shrimp and Bivalve trochphores (veligers) http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2003/breeder.htm http://www.seahorse.org/library/articles/mysisCulturing.shtml http://www.hardcoreaquatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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