Live Brine shrimps survival in main tank

[Eric]

If I were to dump the whole packet of live brine shrimps bought from LFS into the main tank, will those uneaten live brine shrimps survive? Or will they just die off and pollute my tank?

Eric

[FuEl]

They will survive for a long time if its all seawater. But the presence of stinging corals, pumps, etc you'll probably end up with a bunch of them rotting.

[AquaRa]

what do the brine shrimps eat?

[cjh]

wah mine wun survive coz put in only all eat liao... even those that survive the onslaught got stalk by my cleaner and boxer...

[ervine]

bad survival for me coz they get sucked down to the sump and get chopped up, stuck in filter wool, etc etc....

[Eric]

bad survival for me coz they get sucked down to the sump and get chopped up, stuck in filter wool, etc etc....

Hmmm, in that case maybe can give it a try. I do not use any filter wool, only direct overflow to my skimmer and return pumps. Plus I have a dottyback and some snails inside the sump to help me take care of any uneaten food.

Thanks for all the info.

Eric