Brine vs Mysis Shrimp

beedyb220 · 05/23/2007, 11:02 PM

What is the difference between these two and is one better than the other? I have 2 clowns and a damsel.

drummereef · 05/23/2007, 11:09 PM

Mysis shrimp is more desirable of the two. Brine is like shrimp candy. Not much in the area of nutrients.

bgiles11 · 05/23/2007, 11:11 PM

Mysis is definitely better than brine. Brine shrim does not have a lot of nutritiene unless baby and live. mysis is a lot more healhier. Feeding brine is okay, just dont make that the main diet.

sho · 05/23/2007, 11:13 PM

^^ ditto. my fishes always prefer brine to mysis, much like children likes ice-cream over carrots. haha

You may want to drain off the water in the mysis/brine cube after thawing.

bertoni · 05/23/2007, 11:20 PM

Brine shrimp get a bad reputation, but nutritionally they are fine if grown properly. Mysid shrimp seem to have better nutritional profiles in terms of fat content, but a mixture of the two is probably better than either alone.

Chago09 · 05/24/2007, 11:36 AM

wow didnt know that..... get me some mysis

snappedbigfoot · 05/24/2007, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by drummereef
Mysis shrimp is more desirable of the two. Brine is like shrimp candy. Not much in the area of nutrients.

the only nutrients brineshrimp have are what is feed to them before they freeze defintily mysis

05/23/2007, 11:02 PM	#1
beedyb220 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 157	Brine vs Mysis Shrimp What is the difference between these two and is one better than the other? I have 2 clowns and a damsel.

05/23/2007, 11:09 PM	#2
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Mysis shrimp is more desirable of the two. Brine is like shrimp candy. Not much in the area of nutrients. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

05/23/2007, 11:20 PM	#5
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Brine shrimp get a bad reputation, but nutritionally they are fine if grown properly. Mysid shrimp seem to have better nutritional profiles in terms of fat content, but a mixture of the two is probably better than either alone. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

05/24/2007, 11:36 AM	#6
Chago09 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Georgetown Posts: 1,132	wow didnt know that..... get me some mysis __________________ Currently no tank!

05/23/2007, 11:11 PM	#3
bgiles11 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 220	Mysis is definitely better than brine. Brine shrim does not have a lot of nutritiene unless baby and live. mysis is a lot more healhier. Feeding brine is okay, just dont make that the main diet.

05/23/2007, 11:13 PM	#4
sho Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 13	^^ ditto. my fishes always prefer brine to mysis, much like children likes ice-cream over carrots. haha You may want to drain off the water in the mysis/brine cube after thawing.