Marine Crayfish - Gammarus oceanicus - NatureHolic Live Food

Oceanic crayfish from the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea is the perfect food for large fish, crayfish and large crabs when fully grown. Its composition of protein, fats and fiber makes it an optimal food for fish and invertebrates. Of course, young Gammarus oceanicus can also be fed to smaller fish. Incidentally, thanks to the chitin in their shell and their moulting hormone content, these Gammarus provide your invertebrates with important building materials for their own moulting process.
 

Thanks to their osmoregulation, these Gammarus do not contain more salt than freshwater feeders, so they can be fed in freshwater aquariums without any worries. Because they come from saltwater, you cannot introduce any parasites with this live food that could survive in a freshwater aquarium. Please rinse well under running water before feeding. In fresh water the amphipods die sooner or later, then also dwarf shrimps and snails can consume them.

Oceanic amphipods that you want to feed quickly can be stored in the refrigerator. Animals, which are to be fed later, should be poured into a larger, not airtight container with salt water (approx. 10 g/l sea salt) and put the container into the refrigerator. It is best to keep a breeding batch at room temperature.

For breeding the oceanic psyllid you need an aquarium of 54 liters with an air lifter for water circulation, large pebbles at the bottom and of course salt water with a salinity of about 10-20 g/l. Please do not use table salt or sea salt from the supermarket, these contain trickling agents that prevent clumping, but unfortunately are harmful to the amphipods. Sea salt for marine aquariums is more suitable.

Here you buy live Gammarus oceanicus shrink-wrapped in sachets of 90ml.

Content: 90ml