gutloading brine and mysis

D

Darby

So, for a while now i've been hatching mysis and brine, and feeding them both spirulina pellets and phyto plankton, befor efeeding them to my fish. I recently noticed that the brine I was "gutloading" with spirulina looked nothing like the frozen brine I buy that are "spirulina enriched". They're stomachs are MUCH more pronounced green.

What's the most "correct" way to gutload?
 
Feed 'em or soak 'em.

http://www.seahorse.com/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,218/func,view/id,1590/catid,2/limit,6/limitstart,6/
 
Actually, I just catch 30 or so from my sump and put them by themsleves in a small tank with some rubble and let them go at it. Gotta be quick on the feeding though, or they start to predate on each other. It doesn't make a lot, but I only feed them about once a week, 4 days after I feed frozen mysis. Keeps things interesting in the tank, as the fish never know what they'll be getting for dinner, be it flake, pellet, freeze dried, frozen, or live.
 
ordering mysids

http://www.reed-mariculture.com/mysidshrimp/

http://www.inlandaquatics.com/prod/prod_detrit.html
 
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