looking for cool micro fauna !?

shcrimps · Mar 5, 2023

new to R2R (don’t be mad if i post this in the wrong section i’m not sure how to use this yet)

i’m looking for places/people i can order cool micro fauna from,, been looking for tanaids, mysid/mysis shrimp, and other cool micro inverts

anyone know where i can get some (specifically tanaids) my tanks got a good population but i love having different kinds of little bugs running around, thanks !

ISpeakForTheSeas · Mar 5, 2023

shcrimps said:
new to R2R (don’t be mad if i post this in the wrong section i’m not sure how to use this yet)

i’m looking for places/people i can order cool micro fauna from,, been looking for tanaids, mysid/mysis shrimp, and other cool micro inverts

anyone know where i can get some (specifically tanaids) my tanks got a good population but i love having different kinds of little bugs running around, thanks !

I haven't seen any places selling tanaids, so you might need to ask around on the forum here and see if anyone has them in their tank and would be willing to give you some (they're not super common, so you may need to post pics of some examples for people to know what you're talking about).

For mysis/mysid shrimp, everywhere I've heard of people actually ordering them from has stopped selling them/lists them as out of stock, but there are a few sites (typically professional water testing company sites, like the one linked below) that sell them. Since I don't know of anyone who has ordered from them, I can't vouch for them (or even confirm they still offer the mysis shrimp), but you can try them:

Live Mysis / Mysid Feeder Shrimp

mblaquaculture.com

Other than that, maybe skeleton shrimp (these are long but thin), flatback mud crabs (these stay less than 3/4" carapace width - you can buy these and the skeleton shrimp), or sphaeromatid isopods (you'd need to ask around for these)?

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Edit: Two more sites that sell mysid shrimp that I haven't heard of anyone ordering from (I forgot I had these saved in a different folder) -

Order Online - USMysids

mysids.com

Aqutic Indicators

Aquatic Indicators has been Producing high quality cultured organisms for over 30 years and high quality live feed for over 25 years including Live Mysids.

www.aquaticindicatorsinc.com

shcrimps · Mar 5, 2023

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
I haven't seen any places selling tanaids, so you might need to ask around on the forum here and see if anyone has them in their tank and would be willing to give you some (they're not super common, so you may need to post pics of some examples for people to know what you're talking about).

For mysis/mysid shrimp, everywhere I've heard of people actually ordering them from has stopped selling them/lists them as out of stock, but there are a few sites (typically professional water testing company sites, like the one linked below) that sell them. Since I don't know of anyone who has ordered from them, I can't vouch for them (or even confirm they still offer the mysis shrimp), but you can try them:

Live Mysis / Mysid Feeder Shrimp

mblaquaculture.com

Other than that, maybe skeleton shrimp (these are long but thin), flatback mud crabs (these stay less than 3/4" carapace width - you can buy these and the skeleton shrimp), or sphaeromatid isopods (you'd need to ask around for these)?

Welcome to Reef2Reef!