MiGi Cube EcoSystem

ricosuave77 · 03/31/2008, 08:18 PM

Anyone know any thing sbout these? Saw it on ebay and it piqued my intrestest. Wife and I think it might be good for a friends office. Are they just mysis shrimp? What about the virtually maintence free claims? I would imagine that you still have top off and add chems? Thanks. I dont know if there is already anything about these here, I havent been able to use the search engine for many days.

Lotus99 · 03/31/2008, 10:13 PM

From what I understand, there's nothing self-sustaining about them. They have Opae ula (I think I spelled that wrong) shrimp, that come from Hawaii. The shrimp basically take a really long time to starve to death in the "ecosystem."

The shrimp have a natural lifespan of 12 to 20 years in the wild, but about 2 to 3 years in a sealed jar.

ricosuave77 · 04/01/2008, 12:14 AM

Thanks. I thought the claim that it would sustain was suspect at the least. The claim that it the algae could sustain them seemed possible from the stand point that the carbon cycle was sealed, as to say carbon cant leave the enviroment so it is constantly recyled. But that cant possibly be the case with inorganic compounds that are used out of the water such as iodine, iodide,moly,mag and mang. I could be wrong in this thinking.
I guess it comes to a choice of conscience then since they were only like 20 shipped. Can one live with the choice of buying something to have it starve of whatevr already knowing ahead of time.

blusafe · 08/18/2013, 10:18 PM

Here's a critical review of a similar product called "Eco-Sphere"

http://www.amazon.com/review/R39YUFJ...R39YUFJKTH4NEF

03/31/2008, 08:18 PM	#1
ricosuave77 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 10	MiGi Cube EcoSystem Anyone know any thing sbout these? Saw it on ebay and it piqued my intrestest. Wife and I think it might be good for a friends office. Are they just mysis shrimp? What about the virtually maintence free claims? I would imagine that you still have top off and add chems? Thanks. I dont know if there is already anything about these here, I havent been able to use the search engine for many days.

03/31/2008, 10:13 PM	#2
Lotus99 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,398	From what I understand, there's nothing self-sustaining about them. They have Opae ula (I think I spelled that wrong) shrimp, that come from Hawaii. The shrimp basically take a really long time to starve to death in the "ecosystem." The shrimp have a natural lifespan of 12 to 20 years in the wild, but about 2 to 3 years in a sealed jar. __________________ "So long, and thanks for all the fish" Current Tank Info: 125g reef, gobies, cardinals, softies and LPS; 36g Neo Nano tank; 10+ FW tanks

04/01/2008, 12:14 AM	#3
ricosuave77 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 10	Thanks. I thought the claim that it would sustain was suspect at the least. The claim that it the algae could sustain them seemed possible from the stand point that the carbon cycle was sealed, as to say carbon cant leave the enviroment so it is constantly recyled. But that cant possibly be the case with inorganic compounds that are used out of the water such as iodine, iodide,moly,mag and mang. I could be wrong in this thinking. I guess it comes to a choice of conscience then since they were only like 20 shipped. Can one live with the choice of buying something to have it starve of whatevr already knowing ahead of time.

08/18/2013, 10:18 PM	#4
blusafe Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 14	Here's a critical review of a similar product called "Eco-Sphere" http://www.amazon.com/review/R39YUFJ...R39YUFJKTH4NEF