I want to farm Brine Shrimp for my fishies so they can have live food. But I'm not sure it they're sea monkies. It they are Called sea monkies, are those dried one you put in water (and it comes to life) good ones?
2007-07-12 18:32:04 · 4 answers · asked by Spencer 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Are they safe to feed to Salt water fishies?
2007-07-12 18:40:52 · update #1
These are one in the same. You can buy hatcheries in pet stores that will produce more shrimp than a "sea monkey" kit. These are usually used to hatch the eggs to feed newly hatched shrimp to fish fry. Once they're a few days old, they start to lose their nutritional value.
Brine shrimp only live for a few months, so you'll need to keep several hatcheries gowing to provide food on a continual basis. Plus, you'll need something to enrich the shrimp before you feed them to the fish.
Whether or not your fish will eat them will depend on the size (both of the shrimp and the fish) and the natural diet of the fish (herbivores may have no interest).
I've raised brine shrimp to feed to larval salamanders and young bettas, and I find it a lot more convenient to buy the prepackaged frozen ones myself and I switch to the frozen as soon as I can get the animals to eat it. You can get them enriched with three different items (HUFAs, Omega 3 fatty acids, or spirulina). Even with using the enriched versions, brine shrimp shouldn't be the only food for your fish. For species that are omnivores, they will need some seaweed or other algae in their diet, plus larger fish may need larger meaty items (clams, squid, silversides). The best thing to do for your fish from a nutritional standpoint is to give them a variety of foods so they get a good mix of vitamins and minerals from all the foods they eat.
2007-07-12 19:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sea-Monkeys® are a unique species of brine shrimp. These amazing new hybrids grow larger and live longer than any "natural" variety of brine shrimp.
2007-07-12 18:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, yes that is the ones they grow in salty water and are easy to raise they are great live food for fish and fry
2007-07-12 18:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by morganpony 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they're also called Lala Lollypops.
2007-07-12 18:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by bilbobagginz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋