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natalie
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If you want earthworms - Bunnings sells small box sized farms for $20.
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edward
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When feeding brine shrimp the particle size of the food item needs to be between 50 and 60 microns in size and it has to be suspended in the water column otherwise the shrimp cannot find or eat the food.
Stipe, this is not a "gut loading recipe" as with this diet the shrimp are more probably feeding on the bacteria that grow on this food source than the food source itself (as the food is not screened to ensure the particle size). Gut loading diets are supposed to address the calcium
hosphorus issues with the feeder item or in less "official" terms adjust the vitamins/mineral content of the feeder item. This diet pretty much does neither. At best it allows for the replenishment of some fats and protiens lost in transit but this may be a side product of feeding on the resulting bacterial bloom (which may cause the shrimp to be a less than optimal food source as a lot of these bacteria canbe pathnogenic). A marine greenwater would be a far better choice as this would supply some HUFAs in addition to protiens and fats.
In addition, the baking of the materials will cause the oxidation of vitamins reducing the nutritional value of the shrimp. The other materials in it like unsaturated fats will also quickly breakdown when stored for any length of time.
Ed
Stipe, this is not a "gut loading recipe" as with this diet the shrimp are more probably feeding on the bacteria that grow on this food source than the food source itself (as the food is not screened to ensure the particle size). Gut loading diets are supposed to address the calcium
hosphorus issues with the feeder item or in less "official" terms adjust the vitamins/mineral content of the feeder item. This diet pretty much does neither. At best it allows for the replenishment of some fats and protiens lost in transit but this may be a side product of feeding on the resulting bacterial bloom (which may cause the shrimp to be a less than optimal food source as a lot of these bacteria canbe pathnogenic). A marine greenwater would be a far better choice as this would supply some HUFAs in addition to protiens and fats. In addition, the baking of the materials will cause the oxidation of vitamins reducing the nutritional value of the shrimp. The other materials in it like unsaturated fats will also quickly breakdown when stored for any length of time.
Ed