How do your critters like the mysis.

[Bob I]

Speaking of Brittlestars Tony. I am still unashamedly looking for some remember? :rolleyes:

[Delphinus]

Bob: Next time we're together, I promise I will try to get you some brittlestars. If you're ever in the DeepSouth(tm) look me up.

Jon: Glad to hear your scooter took some. I wish I had known about this mysis when I had scooters, because I think it might just be pivotal for success with them. How long have you had this scooter, BTW?

[Canadian Man]

Tony,
Well on the 19th of june my tank will be 1 year old and i got him about a month after setup(not at home so i cant tell you the exact date).

Sooo he has been in my tank for 11 months.

he still preffers the brine shrimp but does eat the mysis.

[Delphinus]

Ah, so he hasn't hit that "danger zone" yet.

Good luck.

[MitchM]

Mysis continued....

Ok, I've used the mysis a few times now, and am very happy with it.
HOWEVER, there is a significant amount of oil that collects on the top of my sump tank, and I notice a good amount of algae growth a couple of days afterward. Because of the water volume of my system, (somewhere around 260g), I think that I can get away with not rinsing the food. I am not running a skimmer. I think that if I wanted to feed the mysis more than once a week, it would definitely need rinsing.
I'm going to keep it as part of the variety of what I feed my tank.
I also feed clam, squid, brine shrimp, flake, krill, silversides.
I still need to get some DT's.

Mitch

[Delphinus]

You know, that's odd. I have yet to notice a significant oil slick anywhere during or shortly after feeding either on the water surface or inside the skimmer (well the skimmer gets gross anyways, I clean it every two weeks or thereabouts); and I feed the mysis unrinsed every 2 days ... :confused:

Oh well, maybe it will still come..

[ 23 June 2002, 09:03: Message edited by: delphinus ]

[Bob I]

I was rereading this post today, and began to wonder about Kim's turkey blaster, and what its original use was. I envisioned some sort of device you would use to sneak up on a turkey and blast the hell out of it. But the I wondered what you would do with a blasted to hell turkey. You probably would not want to eat it, and I honestly cannot envision anyone being so angry with turkeys that you would want to blast them. So I remain puzzled. :confused: :D

[Tau2301]

Hey Bob, blaster is just my way of describing the effects of using a Turkey Baster (device for sucking up juices from a roasting pan). If you are not very carefull with this hi-tech device it becomes a Turkey Blaster, as you could damage your corals with the force of the water/food jet.

I have also found a secondary use for this device. I use it as a Bristle Worm Sucker. I stick it into the refugium and suck up unsuspecting worms to put into my main tank.

Hope nobody thinks thats cruel, as I would hate to have the Bristle Worm Police sicked on me. ;)

[ 24 June 2002, 20:48: Message edited by: Tau2301 ]

[Delphinus]

Every worm is sacred,
every worm is great ....

...

... if a worm gets wasted..

[AJ_77]

"Pick that up for Mummy, would you, Dierdre?"

:D