i was wondering if they will survive to reproduce in a reef tank.
my guess is no since they will get chopped up my the impeller blades...
just want a second opinion...
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Most likely not... If you dedicate a tank to them than its possible but in the reef tank, its going to be extremely difficult.
I agree, in there own personal tank it can be done, but not in a reef tank they more than likely be victim to a fish.
QUOTE (FiRsT-aNd-LaSt @ Sep 26 2009, 05:07 PM) 
they more than likely be victim to a fish.
yeah thats what i want. but i also want some of them to surivive to reproduce.
is it me or are brine shrimps kinda dumb? unlike ampipods they dont run away from danger...
why do you want them? just because? or to feed something? it would be best to just have your own tank for them IMO
It's completely possible to do in a reef tank. you just need to put a breeder net in your sump and some already living baby brine.
going to see if i can dig out my old breeder net...
but then again that thing looks ugly...
also i know that brine shrimp is attracted to light. so if i put some eggs in a dark box with a small opening (along with baffles/maze) it would keep feeding my tank constantly. but i fear the ampipods will eat the eggs before it hatches.
but then again that thing looks ugly...
also i know that brine shrimp is attracted to light. so if i put some eggs in a dark box with a small opening (along with baffles/maze) it would keep feeding my tank constantly. but i fear the ampipods will eat the eggs before it hatches.
how would they be able to do that? your breeder net should have a VERY FINE mesh as the barrier.
QUOTE (nanoreefnate @ Oct 4 2009, 09:34 PM)
how would they be able to do that? your breeder net should have a VERY FINE mesh as the barrier.
lol if u read again. i implied that i have to find it. its been over 2 years since the last time i saw it...
but they again black acrylic will look nicer. i'll sketchup a blueprint.
I Just buy the dry eggs and hatch them in a mottle along side the phyto. After they hatch you can feed them, or just start tossing them in your display tank. Or set up another tank to grow them in. I like tossing in the babies because they are suposed to be the most nutrient as babies.
You can buy a little vile of the eggs for like $4, and there is litarally billions in there.
You can buy a little vile of the eggs for like $4, and there is litarally billions in there.
If I put them in a Biocube with no fish in it, just corals and CUC, will they reproduce, or at least survive?
The babies will very likely become yum yums for the corals. Depending on the types of corals of coarse.
i would think they would get sliced up in the pump when they get big enough.
Meh, once ther are large. If you look at the impeller design of a lot of the pumps today, they really are good at cutting stuff up. Just beats em up a bit. When they are little it should just blow them through. None-the-less, I say just raise em in a bottle with a few bubble and then dump them in.
If you wanted to breed them, Do so in a small tank with a couple feeds of airline to it. Kinda like how I do pods.
If you wanted to breed them, Do so in a small tank with a couple feeds of airline to it. Kinda like how I do pods.
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