JD,
Truth is we are sorta muddling along. Very limited success with frozen mysis. I got a few more hits on enriched frozen brine shrimp. No real luck with gut loaded live brine. They are too fast for these guys.
They are costing a fortune in pods. Wiped out everything in the display tank. I've shuffled a few out of the 'fuge for them but I'm on the verge of spending another $50.00 in live food.
My tank is not set up correctly. I never should have used a way station for them with live rock. They hide almost 100% of the time and its difficult to find them and offer food.
Something more like what fperkins did would be much better:
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I would go with a 100% artificial hitching post for them. Something like these silk plants: http://www.aquariumguys.com/seagarden-calcyculus-mexicana-large.html and not over do it. Just enough for them to feel comfortable but in a way that I could find them in just a few seconds for feeding and observation. You will want an easy way to disable the water flow during feedings times and have a fairly good carnivorous based snail CUC to clean up behind them or the tank is going to foul quickly. Not uncommon for me to find a dozen small shrimp on the pre-filter every day or two.
If they can find a way to get into trouble, they will. I would pay very close attention to guards around any heater and overflows, and anything sharp or pointy.
If you can not wean them quickly, be prepared to spend anywhere from 2 - 10 times what they cost in live food over time. They are fascinating critters but require serious patience and investment in time and money. You might want to start a planing thread. Some other folks here may have good advice.
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