- Location
- Wallington NJ
http://www.ehow.com/how_6822153_raise-krill.html
is this true? If it is, why don't people do this as a source of live food? Or do they?
is this true? If it is, why don't people do this as a source of live food? Or do they?
i tryed no luck at all with it
i've never heard of anyone trying, let alone succeeding in raising krill. I've also never heard of a LFS selling live krill for a starter culture. Sounds like a silly, uninformed article.
Most reefers feed Mysis shrimp, not krill.
Since krill is not used on a regular basis in a SW tank, no need for folks here to try and breed them to save money on buying them when you'd have to run a whole other tank, powerhead, do water changes and buy 'plants' for it and then buy food to feed the krill - so you can then feed them to your fish? Not worth the trouble.
Also please note the following from that 'article':
"Female krill lay eggs in the summer, and may lay up to 3,000 eggs per year" - Did you want to run that tank all year till summer to be able to use a food source that must be used while it is still in it's larval stage?
"Krill can live for up to five years if they're not killed" ...Really? Brilliant!
..a site like that is best used if you need to know how to install a doorknob...imo
I used to work with a researcher that was able to close the life cycle of krill using our Instant Algae. Other them him I have not heard of anyone raising krill.