Live Brine Shrimp
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Most shops can order them, but I don't know if any regularly do any more. Why are you after them? What are you feeding? They are really not worth the time, effort, and money nutritionally. You can easily hatch your own baby brine which are much more nutritious than adult.
I thought the fish store in chamblee has them
Unfortunately, they no longer carry any salt water fish and only have a few supplies left.
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I got mine to start eating by feeding Nutramar. I don't know if any of our lfs carry it. I found mine at one of the big online stores.
I have had success enticing finicky eaters by mixing NHBS (newly hatched brine shrimp) in with some finely chopped mysis, etc... much easier to hatch your own then find adult brine shrimp and fortify them. I have tons off eggs and can give you some if you want to try but I am in Marietta.
Masago/Flying fish roe/Smelt roe
These are the small orange eggs you get on some sushi. They work great for getting finicky fish to eat. You can get them at Super H or Assi Asian markets, Rod's also sells it.
Soak them in RODI to get rid of a lot of the die. I use a small brine shrimp net for this. Then add a little garlic, Selcon and mix with a little Hakri mysis. Hakri's are usually a good bit smaller than PE. You can also mix in some finely chopped raw fish and shrimp.
I have also found that if you have the Anthias in QT with one or two other type fish they seem to do better getting started to eat. When they see the other fish eating in close proximity I think it triggers the feeding response. I have a Purple Queen that went through QT with a smaller Kole tang and a Blue Throat trigger.
You also need to feed them with the powerheads <u>on</u>, Anthias are not only taste eaters but highly visual, the food has to be in suspension from the mid to upper part of the water column and they will only eat what is in front of them. My PQA has never eaten anything from the off bottom or in the lower 1/4 of the column and very rarely off the surface. We've nicknamed it Picky Bit** lol.
Good luck.
These are the small orange eggs you get on some sushi. They work great for getting finicky fish to eat. You can get them at Super H or Assi Asian markets, Rod's also sells it.
Soak them in RODI to get rid of a lot of the die. I use a small brine shrimp net for this. Then add a little garlic, Selcon and mix with a little Hakri mysis. Hakri's are usually a good bit smaller than PE. You can also mix in some finely chopped raw fish and shrimp.
I have also found that if you have the Anthias in QT with one or two other type fish they seem to do better getting started to eat. When they see the other fish eating in close proximity I think it triggers the feeding response. I have a Purple Queen that went through QT with a smaller Kole tang and a Blue Throat trigger.
You also need to feed them with the powerheads <u>on</u>, Anthias are not only taste eaters but highly visual, the food has to be in suspension from the mid to upper part of the water column and they will only eat what is in front of them. My PQA has never eaten anything from the off bottom or in the lower 1/4 of the column and very rarely off the surface. We've nicknamed it Picky Bit** lol.
Good luck.
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ROFLMAO! "Picky B?" Adam, you are a sick man!
That's not even the best one. When we got the Blue Throat it was male and a friend named it Daniel. After a couple months it lost all of it's coloring and turned female. The wife asked me what was up with the coloring and I told her it looks like it's turning female. She said "So Daniel is now a Danielle?"so I said "Yup, either that or it's a Tranny". Guess which name stuck??? :lol2:
Between the wife and I... If you only knew... gotta have fun in life. A sense of humor is always a good thing... even if its a little twisted. :yes:
Between the wife and I... If you only knew... gotta have fun in life. A sense of humor is always a good thing... even if its a little twisted. :yes:
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:yes: I agree wholeheartedly! :up:
Today, I purchased some brine shrimp eggs. They should arrive in a couple of days. I located directions on the net concerning how to hatch my own. It seem simple enough in theory anyways. lol. I tend to think it will work though. I'll let you know how it goes...
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It is in stock at The Fish Store~
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