Shane
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Crail
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 10:18 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: NANFA-- New Food Dude.
>
>
> Mr. Z recently introduced me to a wonderful food...
>
> It's Piscene Energetics M.Y.S.I.S. http://www.mysis.com
>
> It's another species of mysis shrimp, but this food stuff is
> far superior to
> the San Fransico Bay and Hikari. These things are little
> steaks and I've
> yet to meet a fish that could fit it in it's mouth that hasn't totally
> destroyed it (the lepoard danios kinda rip it apart ;) I
> discovered that
> many reef aquarists have found their way to this food and
> have made their
> aquaristic pursuits much more enjoyable feeding less crap to
> get the right
> amount of food to the animals. I'm very excited about the
> implications on
> my sandbed systems, as they were able to tolerate all the
> extra crap without
> too much hassle :)
>
> They don't put all the filler in like SFB and they're whole
> pieces of the
> critters. They have an obscene protein content (like 67% guaranteed
> analysis) and I think also have a lot of omega 3 fat stores
> and such... I've
> gotten the curvature out of my greensides and banded darters
> in total of 4
> days. And... Feeding half as much food. I'm sure that I'm
> going to enjoy
> much better success keeping these fish that seem to have
> incredibly high
> metabolisms (greensides, banded) It would be interesting to
> know how black
> banded and bluespot sunfish do with them.
>
> There are online mail order places.
> http://www.premiumaquatics.com (under
> food) but I would highly recommend you recommend this brand
> to your local
> shops. I did with mine... The guy about lost it when they
> came in. His
> comment was "There's so much meat in there, they don't even
> really freeze
> stiff". :)
>
> In the case of my local shop, they are selling it for the
> same price as the
> Hikari, but some places are offering it for a little bit
> more. In any case,
> it's worth whatever they're charging!
>
> Todd
>
> It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
> http://www.farmertodd.com
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