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Has anyone ever fed their dbt’s mysis? Here is the description I found: “Mysis relicta is a freshwater species of the Opossum Shrimps. Mysis are not a true shrimp though they do closely resemble and are, in fact a primitive relative of the shrimp found in the oceans.” If they are a relative of ocean shrimp I thought it might be a good addition for diet variety. ~Francie Mom to 1 son, 3 russian tortoises, 2 cats, 2 cockatiels, 1 dog, 3 hermit crabs, 3 three-toed box turtles, 1 diamondback terrapin, 4 dwarf african frogs, 2 goldfish, & 1 betta~ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! _Ǖ__ Get yours free!
Yes these are very nutritious as they are fed to many saltwater creatures such as anemones and seahorses. I enrich mine before feeding the anemones, but I’m not sure how beneficial that would be to turtles or how safe it’d be. But just plain mysis has much more nutrition than say brine shrimp (which is why it is much better food for seahorses). So in short, I say go for it. Don’t feed too much frozen foods because frozen fish have higher thiaminase levels. http://members.aol.com/MMcart3475/chefood.html I’m not sure if this problem occurs with only fish, or with shrimp as well. I think live food is always healthier. If the pet store in my area will order some ghost shrimp, I’d like to try those out. They aren’t as high in protein as mysis, but it’ll give something for my little guys to chase around. 😉 HTH! Candace — In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, Francie
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