I have a blue spotted puffer that is full grown at about 3.5 inches. Most toby's max out at 5 in.

I have to take issue with the statement that brine shrimp are of no nutritional value.

I read this once on the internet and then it seems it has been repeated 5000 times.

If brine shrimp are of no nutritional value, why are they the most commonly used method of raising freshwater fry, with a long record of success?

Anyway I don't want to steer this off topic but if there is evidence that brine shrimp are of no nutritional value, please point me towards it.

Hmm....I'm taggin along. I wonder too, now that you mention it.

Freshly hatched BBS are very nutritious - within 24 hours of hatching, the yolk sacks have been consumed and they've lost most of their nutritional value. I'm sure this is where the misconception comes from.

Andy

stores have one purpose to sell things to make money.

Steve

True. The statement should say "adult brine shrimp, by themselves, have little if any nutritional value" and that "adult brine shrimp is nutrtionally comparable to popcorn" is one of my favorites.

Newly hatched brine contain a highly nutrititous yolk solk whose value decreases the longer they are held within the first 24 hours.

"My fish tank"sold me the dwarf puffers. They only get to be about 2.5 inches long and cost about 10 bucks. Also they are yellow and have black dots on them. On the Mandarin goby subject, he just ate a few mysis shrip today (There was mush rejoicing). After that he moved around a little bit more in search of more mysis. The yellow tang within the next 3 weeks is going to be moved into a 127 gal custom made aquarium. My NH3 is 0 ppm, NO3 is 2 ppm and my NO2 is 0 ppm. Is any of that good?

Matt

You're readings are fine. Some more rock, and your NO3 will probably go down more. Every now and then you get a mandarin that eats dead food. If you got one, you're the exception. Are you moving that to the 127 also?

The only reson I think the mandarin eats dead food is that the food caught in the current. That would be a great idea, before I never thought about moving the Mandarin.

Matt

I have always thought about getting a Mandarin and I wonder if they will eat other FW live food, for example Grindal worms.