View Full Version : live brine shrmp in the area?
snabss
01/29/2007, 10:59 PM
hi guys,
where can i get live brine shrimp in south bay?
carpus
01/29/2007, 11:07 PM
Natural Life in sunnyvale carries them. Sometimes they are out tho. Call them to check
racrumrine
01/30/2007, 02:09 AM
If you buy some eggs, you'll have babies in about a day.
Best of luck,
Roy
snabss
01/30/2007, 02:29 AM
i hatch bbs already but my mandarin doesnt go for them. i am thinking maybe adult brine shrimp might be a better start
racrumrine
01/30/2007, 09:45 AM
Mandarins usually eat copepods which are closer in size to baby brine shrimp. Normally, you need at least 100 pounds of live rock and/or a really productive fuge to support a mandarin.
Many LFS sell copepods in bottles. If you contact GreshamH, he can probably tell you where to go to find some.
If you do a reefcentral search, you'll find that some people have been able to keep a mandarin alive using other foods. From my reading and experience, that is the lucky exception rather than the rule.
Best of luck,
Roy
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