Mysis Shrimp in Refug.

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:55 pm

I was wonder what you guys (gals) have done to get mysis shrimp started in your sumps? Does everyone have them? Do I need to buy them, or do they just come naturally with clumps of macro algae? Anyone have a good pick of what a "live" one looks like?

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 6:59 pm

If I am not mistaken mystic shrimp are freshwater shrimp and will not live in your sump....not sure

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:28 pm

I also am curious to get a solid answer. I , through researching this a while back for my african cichlids found alot of conflicting information. I will look up the old links and post them here later. From memory though I believe that Mysis and Mysids shrimp are different species and there are many variations requiring different salinity values. I remember a 50% salinity was recomended for the type I was going to culture , but the factor that kept me from trying was there were many failures due to the mysids low tolerence for any water impurities (ie nitrites and nitrates).

Also I think they produce small amounts of offspring per female making it almost impossible or worthless to due on a small scale. Things may have changed though since then...that has been a long while back.

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:32 pm

http://www.mysis.com/index1.html

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:47 pm

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... ysids1.htm

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/ ... reeder.htm

http://reo.nii.ac.jp/journal/HtmlIndica ... tract.html

http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/ma ... odsele.pdf

Post by **snoopdog** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 7:56 pm

They like low flow, so if there is a spot in your sump where there is very low flow they will eventually show up on there own.

SaltnLime · Post by **SaltnLime** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:24 pm

snoopdog wrote:They like low flow, so if there is a spot in your sump where there is very low flow they will eventually show up on there own.

are you talking about mysis shrimp or copepods?

Post by **snoopdog** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 8:29 pm

Mysis shrimp

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:36 pm

Thank you for your feedback. I want to correct myself...I meant refug not sump. I will read all the links you've supplied. Thanks again.