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undulated guy
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i know its made for use in the aquarium but i wouldnt put any thing that ends with the word chem into my tank. only purified water and salt mix for me.
rbaldino
Active Member
Originally Posted by sk8shorty01
Here are a few quotes I found after searching on yahoo....
"the nutritional value decreases as the brine shrimp consume their own "yolk sacks"."
-written by James Kaufman
"Adult brine shrimp have very little nutritional value (the newly hatched shrimp are good for fry, but they lose nutritional value as they grow)."
-found on YahooAnswers
I actually saw the articles before the links got deleted (and replied, but that got deleted with the links). The first one didn't really have much to say, though the second did include some real information. Thanks for actually finding something factual instead of just repeating "brine shrimp has no real nutritional value."
That said, I've fed brine for years and I think its uselessness has been greatly overstated. If my fish have been eating basically nothing but brine for 10+ years, grown big and stayed healthy, brine must at least meet more than just the minimum requirements.
Here are a few quotes I found after searching on yahoo....
"the nutritional value decreases as the brine shrimp consume their own "yolk sacks"."
-written by James Kaufman
"Adult brine shrimp have very little nutritional value (the newly hatched shrimp are good for fry, but they lose nutritional value as they grow)."
-found on YahooAnswers
I actually saw the articles before the links got deleted (and replied, but that got deleted with the links). The first one didn't really have much to say, though the second did include some real information. Thanks for actually finding something factual instead of just repeating "brine shrimp has no real nutritional value."
That said, I've fed brine for years and I think its uselessness has been greatly overstated. If my fish have been eating basically nothing but brine for 10+ years, grown big and stayed healthy, brine must at least meet more than just the minimum requirements.
lesleybird
Active Member
Hey....we all eat a lot of foods that are not all that high in nutrition, but we like them, burn them for energy and as long as we eat enough of the good stuff we can stay healthy. Same with fish. Fish really enjoy eating brine shrimp there is no denying that. The thing I worry about with the brine shrimp if it is purchased at the local fish store it could be a sorce of ich or other diseases if they do not clean their nets and use them on the fish livestock tanks and then in the brine shrimp tanks. Lesley
moneyman
Member
Adult brine shrimp doesn't have a stomach, just intestine. They need to filter feed constinously. So, if they sit at your LFS for 1/2 a day w/o food, their 'stomach' content is gone. Once gone, they start to live off their their muscle mass. I think it is this fact that the Brine-Shrimp-Is-Worthless myth arises.
I dont think frozen brine shrimp has this problem. According to manufactures, they flash freeze the shrimp preserving both intestinal content and body mass.
Just hatched baby brine shrimp has the fatty sac. Within 24 hours, this sac is depleted as the shrimp develop the digestive track. As they loose their fat, they gain protein in the form of muscle mass.
Like anything in this hobby, a blanket statement 'Brine shrimp is nutritional worthless' is incomplete.
I dont think frozen brine shrimp has this problem. According to manufactures, they flash freeze the shrimp preserving both intestinal content and body mass.
Just hatched baby brine shrimp has the fatty sac. Within 24 hours, this sac is depleted as the shrimp develop the digestive track. As they loose their fat, they gain protein in the form of muscle mass.
Like anything in this hobby, a blanket statement 'Brine shrimp is nutritional worthless' is incomplete.
Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
ONLY baby newborn Brine really have any nutritional value but that is quickly disepated and become more of a "snack, candy" food! SEE what more "EXPERTS" think!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/274306/spirulina-brine-shrimp
What makes these opinions "expert"? Unless someone can post scientific credentials and demonstrate to me that they've studied the actual nutritional value and long term effects of feeding brine shrimp, they're just more people posting opinions on a message board. It's not that I doubt that these opinions could be valid, but all I see is people repeating the same opinion without providing statistical data and real information to back it up. I'd like to know where this opinion originally came from, not who believes it.
Like I said, I've fed brine for years without any evidence to suggest that it's been detrimental. If it weren't for the fact that I keep coming across people who say it's bad I wouldn't think twice about it. And until I actually see that it's bad instead of just hearing about it, I'll be skeptical.
ONLY baby newborn Brine really have any nutritional value but that is quickly disepated and become more of a "snack, candy" food! SEE what more "EXPERTS" think!
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/274306/spirulina-brine-shrimp
What makes these opinions "expert"? Unless someone can post scientific credentials and demonstrate to me that they've studied the actual nutritional value and long term effects of feeding brine shrimp, they're just more people posting opinions on a message board. It's not that I doubt that these opinions could be valid, but all I see is people repeating the same opinion without providing statistical data and real information to back it up. I'd like to know where this opinion originally came from, not who believes it.
Like I said, I've fed brine for years without any evidence to suggest that it's been detrimental. If it weren't for the fact that I keep coming across people who say it's bad I wouldn't think twice about it. And until I actually see that it's bad instead of just hearing about it, I'll be skeptical.
jay0705
Well-Known Member
One of the biggest issues is this. Marine fish keeping is still. Evolving. So people don't have it nailed down. How long should fish live? Varies w the fish. But in my option captive fish should live just as long as there wild cousins. If they don't that's on us. We need to duplicate what they eat and there water quality.