Mysis or brine???

[alex.m]

Is there a difference b/w mysis and brine shrimps?

 

[slofish]

Mysis and Brine are just 2 different species of shrimp. Mysis look like regular ole shrimp but mjuch smaller. Brine, looks kind of shell-less. Its even smaller than the mysis. My fish seem to take to brine a bit better than mysis.

 

[sebae0]

mysis is larger and seems to have more "meat" to them then brine. i personally try to feed the mysis more than brine because nutritionally its a little better.

 

[marvida]

I have read that mysis is more nutritious than brine. I recently switched over. They are larger but it works fine for what I have.

 

[alex.m]

My LFS do not carry them. is there any place online that i can order them???

 

[ajwaters]

Do they sell Mysis live, or just the frozen?

 

[alex.m]

they don't carry them at all

 

[ozadars]

yes mysis is better then brine shrimp and "cyclops" (that what we call them in Turkey) is better then all IMO

 

[thomas712]

Size of course is one thing but the nutritinal value is all together different, now I could not find anything on mysis for nutritinal value but lets take a look at the brine. Live is always better than frozen but I found some frozen stats.
The protien according to Dr. Ron for a 5 gram sample of frozen brine is only 0.16. Compare that to Formula 2 at 0.34 or Formula 1 at 0.80 or even silversides at 4.2. Now what would you rather give your fish and corals? As you can see and from the lists that I saw brine is at the very bottom of the list as far as nutritinal value. In other words is sucks.
Thomas

 

[ozadars]

Also in to the frozen brine, they usually put very adult brines i think that why nutritinal value is very low...

 

[elfdoctors]

I was told that mysis and brine shrimp are not as nutritious as most prepared foods. However they are good for stimulating appetite as they are like candy and can get a finicky fish eating. U use them both and can't really tell any difference except for size.

 

[marinemarty]

So thomas you just feed silversides?? Thanks
Martin

 

[thomas712]

Originally posted by MarineMarty
So thomas you just feed silversides?? Thanks
Martin
Nope. Flake, mysis, plankton, zooplankton, shrimp, krill, silversides are great to feed the BTA's.
Thomas