Little Fish in Frozen Mysis Cubes?

[Brit’s Fish]

I have been using the same brand of frozen Mysis for a few years now. Over the last few months, I’ve been finding these little fish in the cubes - across several different packs of cubes. I’m not sure what they are but my main concern is that I feed Mysis to my Seahorse. I have accidentally fed him one of these little fish - I grabbed it thinking it was a large shrimp and just as he snapped it up, I realized it was another one of these fish.
Has anyone else come across these & do I need to worry about anything here?

 

[CoralB]

I wouldn’t worry .primarily the mysis shrimp are fresh water and if these fish are in it there would be little chance that a fresh water disease would make it going into saltwater . To me i would think it adds diversity to your feeding and the fact that your seahorse ate it and didn’t spit it out it’s a win win .

 

[CoralB]

But then on the other hand I would worry about the brands quality control and what else might be getting in to you cubes . Might what to switch brands and contact the company or distributor to find out how this is possible.

 

[littlefoxx]

I have been using the same brand of frozen Mysis for a few years now. Over the last few months, I’ve been finding these little fish in the cubes - across several different packs of cubes. I’m not sure what they are but my main concern is that I feed Mysis to my Seahorse. I have accidentally fed him one of these little fish - I grabbed it thinking it was a large shrimp and just as he snapped it up, I realized it was another one of these fish.
Has anyone else come across these & do I need to worry about anything here?

Thats horrifying!

 

[Brit’s Fish]

But then on the other hand I would worry about the brands quality control and what else might be getting in to you cubes . Might what to switch brands and contact the company or distributor to find out how this is possible.

That makes sense, I kept thinking it had to be a fluke but now it’s happened multiple times. I was sort of expecting others to say that they’d had this happen too as it’s a really popular brand and I have found these guys in both regular frozen mysis cubes and Spirulina frozen mysis cubes. They were also bought at different LFSs too.
I’m definitely going to send them a message. Thank you!

 

[CoralB]

That makes sense, I kept thinking it had to be a fluke but now it’s happened multiple times. I was sort of expecting others to say that they’d had this happen too as it’s a really popular brand and I have found these guys in both regular frozen mysis cubes and Spirulina frozen mysis cubes. They were also bought at different LFSs too.
I’m definitely going to send them a message. Thank you!

I would and please let us know what comes of it . And would you care to share the brand as I too feed mysis and would like to look out for them

 

[bushdoc]

PE Mysis are harvested from glacial, Canadian lakes. Surely some by-catch can get caught in the net. It ads variety and nutritional value to the food.

 

[robanister]

I have been using the same brand of frozen Mysis for a few years now. Over the last few months, I’ve been finding these little fish in the cubes - across several different packs of cubes. I’m not sure what they are but my main concern is that I feed Mysis to my Seahorse. I have accidentally fed him one of these little fish - I grabbed it thinking it was a large shrimp and just as he snapped it up, I realized it was another one of these fish.
Has anyone else come across these & do I need to worry about anything here?

probably came from one of the other foods they manufacture.

 

[1Meshy]

I know this is a bit of an old thread, but I noticed little fish in my mysis as well. My seahorses tend to spit them out though, so I'm wondering what type of fish they even are.. did you ever get a reply from the company?

 

[Brit’s Fish]

I know this is a bit of an old thread, but I noticed little fish in my mysis as well. My seahorses tend to spit them out though, so I'm wondering what type of fish they even are.. did you ever get a reply from the company?

I did!! I actually emailed photos and any batch numbers and dates I could fine on the packages to Hikari. They confirmed that they’re safe for the fish to eat but my seahorse stopped eating them if he realized they weren’t mysis. Hikari was great about the whole thing and ending up sending me a few freebies as a courtesy. I’ve noticed plenty of those little fish since then and my fish don’t hesitate to gobble them up.