Tee July 21, 2007 July 21, 2007 Hi, I bought some live Brine shrimp, put in the Frig. It has been a week now, and they die. It has a little bad smell. Is it still ok to feed them to my fish? THanks Tee
flowerseller July 21, 2007 July 21, 2007 Hi,I bought some live Brine shrimp, put in the Frig. It has been a week now, and they die. It has a little bad smell. Is it still ok to feed them to my fish? THanks Tee why do you ask?
trble81 July 21, 2007 July 21, 2007 I'm no expert but because you said it has a bad smell, I'd say no...
Tee July 21, 2007 Author July 21, 2007 why do you ask? Why do I ask? Because I don't know. I am new to saltwater fish. I have been feeding them with flake, and pellet food. This is the first time I try live Brime shrimp. Thanks for those who answer my question, I really appreciate that. Tee
davelin315 July 22, 2007 July 22, 2007 All of the stuff I feed my fish stinks, but I wouldn't feed them something that is not supposed to stink. The live brine should have very little odor if any and if they are dead and decaying, which can happen in the fridge, they should be dumped. They have a tendency to begin decomposition very quickly when they die and fungus often takes ahold of the bodies. I would dump it. On top of that, live brine is not a very nutritious food for your fish.
Tee July 22, 2007 Author July 22, 2007 All of the stuff I feed my fish stinks, but I wouldn't feed them something that is not supposed to stink. The live brine should have very little odor if any and if they are dead and decaying, which can happen in the fridge, they should be dumped. They have a tendency to begin decomposition very quickly when they die and fungus often takes ahold of the bodies. I would dump it. On top of that, live brine is not a very nutritious food for your fish. Yeah, I dumped it already. I feed the Brime Shrimp mainly for my Anemone. My Anemone was dying, and shrunk. THe guy at Petland told me to feed Brine shrimp to the Anemone. My anemone actually ate the shrimp, and showing color, and grow back to it normal size. I was just curious why some body told me to keep the live Brine Shrimp in the Frig to keep it cold, some other people told me just live it outside and put a buble ball to provide oxigen and water movement. Thanks, Tee
davelin315 July 22, 2007 July 22, 2007 Do both. The cold will help keep them alive longer and slow down their metabolism as will the air stone. The cold will also allow more dissolved oxygen in the water.
YBeNormal July 22, 2007 July 22, 2007 I agree w/ Dave. The other advice I would offer (other than avoiding brine shrimp due to the lack of real nutritional value) is that you buy only what you can feed within two or three days.
trble81 July 22, 2007 July 22, 2007 Or you can get all crazy and buy brine shrimp eggs and hatch them yourself. It's easy to get them hatched but I don't know how it is to get them big enough (my science kit had them when I was younger and I only did the hatching to the "just hatched" phase).
YBeNormal July 22, 2007 July 22, 2007 More trouble than it's worth IMHO. They are slightly nutritious right after they hatch but nutritional value decreases as they grow larger. I only use adult brine shrimp to entice a new or finicky fish to eat while I wean them onto other foods.
trble81 July 23, 2007 July 23, 2007 How about gut-packing the shrimp prior to feeding. Would that increase the nutritional value enough to use it more often, or is it still a bunch of trouble?
YBeNormal July 23, 2007 July 23, 2007 The nutritional value comes from the food that the adult brine shrimp are gut-loaded with so I think it's better get the fish eating the prepared food as soon as possible and drop adult live brine shrimp from the diet. OK, I'll admit to buying very small portions of brine shrimp every few months just for the fun of watching my fish eat them, but it is a very rare treat and not part of their regular diet.
Grav July 23, 2007 July 23, 2007 THe guy at Petland told me to feed Brine shrimp to the Anemone. Ugh. THings I can think of in 20 seconds that would be better than silversides. Silversides, krill, mysis, uncooked table seafood (shrimp, scallops, fish, mussles...) pellet food, flake food, any frozen saltwater fish food, arctipods.... Bzzzzz time's up. What kind of anemone is it?
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