Smaller sized PE mysis coming spring 2010

Myka · #1 12-08-2009, 02:03 PM

Hey this is great!!

naesco · #2 12-08-2009, 03:23 PM

Myka · #3 12-08-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by naesco

oops

Ya! LOL. China ain't exporting PE Mysis!

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #4 12-08-2009, 05:35 PM

Hikari are sw mysis while PE mysis comes from the Okanagan. (BC)

corpusse · #5 12-08-2009, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

Hikari are sw mysis while PE mysis comes from the Okanagan. (BC)

Any idea where the lake actually is? Does PE own it? One day I'd love to go down and collect my own. Live food has it's advantages for finicky eaters.

Chin_Lee · #6 12-08-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

are u getting them Chin and where are you getting them from , My Acans would go retarded for these.

I think they will be available at local retailers. We just need to voice our desire to get them to our LFS who will then order them in the spring.

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Originally Posted by corpusse

I like the fact they are huge. One thing I wish they offered was live mysis.

I like them big for my bigger fishes but many of my smaller fishes cannot eat it. I think this is what everybody else is experiencing.
As far as live mysis is concerned, i think the shipping costs will discourage many folks and not practical when I can buy it frozen. Overnight shipping in Canada will probably cost more than the product itself.

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Originally Posted by blueworm

Where is a good place to buy this?

Authorized dealers (LFS) probably.

Delphinus · #7 12-08-2009, 10:51 PM

The story I heard was PE Mysis came out of Lake Okanagan itself. It was introduced in the 60's or something and got out of hand. I believe for this reason it's also not legal to transport them live, for fear of contaminating other water sources in the event of an accident. I could be wrong on the transport part, I can't find any info on that.

I did find this:

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Okanagan Lake - British Columbia

Following the "success" of the Mysis relicta introduction in Kootenay, managers decided to do the kokanee salmon in Okanagan a favor. In 1966, they introduced the opossum shrimp. The expected benefit was never realized. Kokanee salmon and native kokanee predators crashed while Mysis relicta reached such high densities that a it became the focus of a commercial fishery. Mysis.com offers packages of frozen Onkanagan Lake opossum shrimp for use as food for aquarium fish. See the Kokanee Salmon Heritage Project web site for more information on Mysis and other causes of decline in the Onkanagan kokanee population.

From http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/mcnau...s%5CMysis.html

... so, Okanagan.