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      February 6th, 2010
Anyone order from these guys? I'm trying to find live mysis shrimp and they are all I can find?

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Anyone know another place that offers them, hopefully cheaper?

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      February 6th, 2010
Welcome to Reef Nutrition has live mysis, as does Aquatic Eco-Systems: Aquaculture Supplies - Mysid Shrimp. I've ordered from both before. Compare prices!

 
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      February 8th, 2010
Catherine,

My LFS carries the mysis from reef nutrition. I've bought a 2 jars of them and couldn't be happier. They're filled with adult, juvenils and adults with eggs. I put them in my fuge and now my population has easily tripled in a month. I have lots of them in my DT now.

 
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      February 9th, 2010
I have used Reef Nutrition as well and have been very pleased.

 
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      February 9th, 2010
WOAH, Reef Nutrition's mysid shrimp are 101.00 for one 250 count container? What are the little things dipped in GOLD?

Why do these bugs cost so much?

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WOAH, Reef Nutrition's mysid shrimp are 101.00 for one 250 count container? What are the little things dipped in GOLD?

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That's crazy! I pay $9.99 at my LFS for a small jar. It says approx. 20 shrimp per jar. Trust me, there is a lot more than 20 per jar. I probably have over a hundred in the fuge and just as many in the DT.

 
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      February 9th, 2010
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WOAH, Reef Nutrition's mysid shrimp are 101.00 for one 250 count container?
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That's crazy! I pay $9.99 at my LFS for a small jar. It says approx. 20 shrimp per jar.
Math fail??

 
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      February 9th, 2010
Maybe Dave gets close to 250? He did say there's a LOT more than 20 in each jar.

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      February 9th, 2010
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      February 9th, 2010
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Maybe Dave gets close to 250? He did say there's a LOT more than 20 in each jar.

Haha...not quite 250. There's probably around 50 or so in the small jars. I might have 250 total in my system now.

 
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