Mysis Shrimp

[Diablos]

How do u guys feed the frozen cubes of mysis shrimp to ur fishes?

1) Throw e whole cube into e tank and let it melt

2) Melt it first with water, then slowly throw into e tank

3) Fried it and make tempura then feed e fishes juz kidding

4).......

Can fellow reefers suggest whats e best / easiest way of feeding??

I use Method 2 but find it abit tedious.... wan to try method 1 but i tink might cloud e water

[akahoshi]

I have a very small cup that I put my mysis cube in and add some fishtank water.

I then let it sit to melt, then I use something like a turkey baster to suck up some mysis and put into the tank.

[AlfaRomeo]

I melt the cubes in a glass of ro/di water

Empty the water and fill it again

Empty it once again, straining the remainder water and then feed

[Rocks]

Most of the time, i use the Kodak film round container, pour 10ml of Garlic in it then throw 2 cubes of mysis shrimp let the mysis shrimp melt and soak the garlic for about 30 - 60 mins.. then pour a bit into the tank (with the garlic) wait for the tangs to finish then pour a bit more... blar blar blar...

But at time very lazy then just throw 2 cubes into a open-ended tube extended into the tank's water, let it melt in the tube.. the mysis shrimps will sink to the bottom of the open-ended tube and the fishes fights for the food..

CHEERS!

[Diablos]

I melt the cubes in a glass of ro/di water

Empty the water and fill it again

Empty it once again, straining the remainder water and then feed

Bro, your method is cheam man but i tink your fishes will certainly

enjoy the meal..

I juz use normal tap water (purified by my osim tap adaptor,

dunno will it help o nt ) to melt e mysis cube , will it have

any ill effects? Have u tried to throw e whole cube in without melting??

Cheers!

[Derek0925]

i just throw the whole cube in and they will snatch

[kareen]

But at time very lazy then just throw 2 cubes into a open-ended tube extended into the tank's water, let it melt in the tube.. the mysis shrimps will sink to the bottom of the open-ended tube and the fishes fights for the food.. 

Hey! That is a good idea.... only melt mysis shrimp will detach from the cube and sink to the bottom. Can show a picture of the tube in action in your tank?

[davwong]

I just put the whole cube at the side of my tunze and it just melt and blow out and the fishes go crazy.

[zephyros]

the tube feeding method is great ... can use to feed sun coral this way

[Rocks]

Hey! That is a good idea.... only melt mysis shrimp will detach from the cube and sink to the bottom. Can show a picture of the tube in action in your tank?

hey.. you all pulling my legs har ? ... how can my lazy man method be a good idea ? ... ..

anyway, here is a picture drawing of what i have in my tank... anyone can modify it to feed fishes or corals ... (might work for zephyros also.. if you find a longer tube)..

[Diablos]

Bro Rocks, ur idea is worth a try....'mai tu liao'

[AREA51]

hey.. you all pulling my legs har ? ... how can my lazy man method be a good idea ? ... ..

anyway, here is a picture drawing of what i have in my tank... anyone can modify it to feed fishes or corals ... (might work for zephyros also.. if you find a longer tube)..

wah bro...you are very thoughtful

i liiiike

[AlfaRomeo]

The only problem i see with this method is thatthe highly nutrient liquid from the mysis cube will also enter the tank. Not so good for those aiming for ultra-low nutrient water conditions

[AREA51]

for my case:

I 'thaw' my mysid before throwing them in too

[Rocks]

wah bro...you are very thoughtful

i liiiike

OK lar... if you all think it is useful then share method no harm mah.. only need to use a little bit of office time to do the drawing (boss not around)..

CHEERS!

[KTLK]

Rocks,I like your idea,the drawing is cool too

[kareen]

Wah! That is a very nice picture. Thanks Rocks for sharing!

[little bull]

Wah, impressed!! i learned new thing again, thanks Rocks

[Rocks]

The only problem i see with this method is thatthe highly nutrient liquid from the mysis cube will also enter the tank. Not so good for those aiming for ultra-low nutrient water conditions

(think you are referring to me hor?)...

agreed, the highly nutrient liquid will enter the tank.. me lazt mah... anyway, maybe can wash the mysis first then throw in tube for coral target feed or confine feeding area so the mysis won't draft all over the tank... ya?

[Rocks]

All... thanks for the kind comments..

but AlfaRomeo has a point also about the highly nutrient liquid... thanks AlfaRomeo.

CHEERS!

[Kotobuki]

Hehe... I melt the mysis and soak them in Galic guard den freezr them again.

made a feeding cage made of statness steel mesh and hang it in the tank using a fishing line. The fishes got so use to it now they peck on the cage. Works so well for me I started putting all sorts of nonsens e.g seaweed, frozen sea monkey, lettuce etc etc......

[Kotobuki]

another pic

[Rocks]

Hi all (for those concern)..

I have changed my feeding open-ended tube (DT bottle) to a PVC pipe, cut to the right length, hanging at the edge of the tank same as my drawing above.

The PVC is has more weight compare to the DT plastic bottle as such the open-end of the tube will not float at an angle like the DT bottle do.

(don't know whether you all know what i am trying to describe or not)...

CHEERS!

[fishtalk1517]

Hi all (for those concern)..

I have changed my feeding open-ended tube (DT bottle) to a PVC pipe, cut to the right length, hanging at the edge of the tank same as my drawing above.

The PVC is has more weight compare to the DT plastic bottle as such the open-end of the tube will not float at an angle like the DT bottle do.

(don't know whether you all know what i am trying to describe or not)... 

CHEERS!

Hi Rocks, agreed that the pvc has got more weight compared to the DT plastic bottle. I was thinking whether a see-through acrylic pipe, compared to the pvc pipe, would it be a better choice? The reason is that the mysis cube thrown in the acrylic pipe would be clearly seen as to whether all of it has been eaten by ur fishes. Another would be it looks nice to have a see-through pipe hanging there rather than a PVC pipe there

Its just my thoughts, hope no offence

[Rocks]

Hi Rocks, agreed that the pvc has got more weight compared to the DT plastic bottle. I was thinking whether a see-through acrylic pipe, compared to the pvc pipe, would it be a better choice? The reason is that the mysis cube thrown in the acrylic pipe would be clearly seen as to whether all of it has been eaten by ur fishes. Another would be it looks nice to have a see-through pipe hanging there rather than a PVC pipe there

Its just my thoughts, hope no offence

Yes. agreed the clear acrylic pipe/tube will look nicer.

As for me, I am okie with the PVC, I am using the white colour PVC pipe.. maybe I will grow some mushroom on the pipe...

Thanks for sharing !!

CHEERS!