Spirulina Brine - is it what it claims to be?

[RMS18]

What's everyone's thoughts on spirulina Brine? Do you think it really delivers the benefits of spirulina to fish?

After I let this food defrost, once added to the tank it looks like regular brine shrimp in the water. Almost as if the spirulina was held within the frozen water of the cube and not the shrimp.

 

[G Santana]

The same thought has crossed my mind, quite frankly, I don't know lol. I don't worry too much as I feed my own frozen DIY blend that the fish love, but I do feed the Enhanced brine daily as well.

 

[brandon429]

Amazon cheap Microscope time/ gut analysis

So tired of seeing dinos evals do a shrimp from this group let's see if chlorophyll in the gut

 

[RMS18]

Amazon cheap Microscope time/ gut analysis

So tired of seeing dinos evals do a shrimp from this group let's see if chlorophyll in the gut

Haha agreed on the dinos... I do have a scope but not sure what to look for. I think you'll be the best person to spearhead this, hint hint.

 

[brandon429]

thaw out one of those spirulina brine and rinse away its holding water really well so there's just one thawed brine shrimp to look at, then use two sewing needles to poke and prod his guts into picture lol yep on the scope and slide. on my old highschool microscope I have here, any smartphone can be used to take a pic and upload. you just hover the phone's cam luckily in a certain way over the objective super close and after messing with it a bit you'll see how to angle it for a perfect capture, here's one we did a month ago using a very very old microscope that barely even works

 

[brandon429]

Let's see if any clear cells may be in the digestive tract of the shrimp, if we get lucky maybe some green cells or strands will show

 

[RMS18]

thaw out one of those spirulina brine and rinse away its holding water really well so there's just one thawed brine shrimp to look at, then use two sewing needles to poke and prod his guts into picture lol yep on the scope and slide. on my old highschool microscope I have here, any smartphone can be used to take a pic and upload. you just hover the phone's cam luckily in a certain way over the objective super close and after messing with it a bit you'll see how to angle it for a perfect capture, here's one we did a month ago using a very very old microscope that barely even works

Ok will do, I'll do it later tonight and post some pictures.