Winter live foods

[bdaley]

I have been approached by a couple club members for help in either buying or other means of getting live food without the high cost of shipping. I will take order for live food that you can feed your cuttles, anglers ect. I can only gather when the tides are right. You will have to meet me where its easy for me since I am going all the grunt work lol. You will need to bring a 5 gal bucket w/lid(I drill a hole in the middle for the air line tubing to run) with a battery powered air pump. You will get a combo of sand shrimp, grass shrimp and feeder fish. This is how I feed my cuttles and I feel is the reason they breed non-stop. The tides this week are not good with my work hours. I might take Friday off work if enough people need food. On a side note I do not feed my baby cuttles Mysis shrimp after the first week, I need local pods and baby shrimp that end up in my buckets. so save your money and let me show you how to feed on the cheap.

 

[Mike Paul]

U sell baby cuttlefish hkw much for a pair

 

[PSU4ME]

Hey Brian, are you able to get a lot of pods locally? I would be in for that.

 

[bdaley]

no plan on it currently, plus they are still too small.

 

[bdaley]

I get them all the time, just an FYI these are the larger pods not copepods. The pods are easier for me to get over the other live foods that I either have to catch a very low tide or high tide. Let me know you need. I keep them alive in a 10gal tank not heater or light for a week, I am sure once it gets colder in my basement they will last longer, but I should me able to get the pods year round. My fish and baby cuttles love them.

 

[GobyWanKenobie]

I'm looking for moon jellyfish. Have you seen any in your part of town?

 

[bdaley]

no sorry, I get lots of local pipefish, caught a 9" last night in my nets.

 

[PSU4ME]

I get them all the time, just an FYI these are the larger pods not copepods. The pods are easier for me to get over the other live foods that I either have to catch a very low tide or high tide. Let me know you need. I keep them alive in a 10gal tank not heater or light for a week, I am sure once it gets colder in my basement they will last longer, but I should me able to get the pods year round. My fish and baby cuttles love them.

Perfect - when will you be going next?

 

[bdaley]

I will be going out Sat for shrimp and I will hit Nahant mid tide so I can scrape the pier pylons for the pods Sunday.

 

[Pinkskunk]

Hi Daley

the pods you harvested in the wild, do you have to freeze them to kill off the pathogen? or do you just add them to the tank? kinda risky?

 

[bdaley]

I just feed them to the tank, I have been doing so for years with no issues other then fat happy fish. Being colder water they tend to not last long so I harvest often, but you could freeze them or add them to say fish goo if desired. I feed my tanks all local caught feeder fish, shrimp and baby green crabs, I even have a lot of local pipe fish living with my baby cuttlefish.