Re: enriching brine shrimp

["Tarmack" <tarmack at clarityconnect_com>]

A simple rule of thumb is that it takes 10 lbs of one protein source to make
1 lbs of protein in a growing animal ... for instance 1 lb of yoke sack in a
bbs makes 1/10 lbs of shrimp..... The real example is 10 lbs of corn make 1
lb of hamburger on the hoof.

Richard Brice


----- Original Message -----
From: "Wright Huntley" <jwwiii at pacbell_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: enriching brine shrimp


>
>
> Pjeversman at aol_com wrote:
> > Wright,
> >
> > I find it hard believe that after 24 hours, BS are just empty shells.
> > Granted, some of the nutrients from the yolk sac are expended in
swimming and
> > metabolism, but a good deal of it goes into growth.  If not, then
Barry's
> > second photo would not show a larger specimen than the first photo, and
the
> > survival rate would be terrible.  A good portion of that yolk sac goes
into
> > producing brine shrimp (i.e. protein), and therefore potential nutrients
for
> > our fish.
>
> I'm not the expert on this. I'm going by what I was told by the research
> biologists at SF Bay Brand and Brine Shrimp Direct, who did the studies
> for the aquaculture industry.
>
> Much of that original yolk energy goes to produce all that frantic
> swimming motion (i.e., to heat the water :-)). Certainly, there is some
> nutrient value left, but it is measured as being way down from the hatch
> amount. I do NOT throw away swimming bbs, just because they have been
> around for three days. ;-)
>
> Wright
>
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