I found a new place to buy live saltwater feeder shrimp. I was paying 74.50 for 250 live feedershrimp incl. overnight dhl shipping. They were wild caught and I was having problems with them being able to keep them in stock (something about fishermen not bringing them in). I found another place that I can get 1000 saltwater feeder shrimp for 160.00 delivered overnight fedex. They are 100% aquacultured, not wild caught. Here is the link for an ebay auction. The auction lists 2000 but they ARE available in smaller quantities of 1000. If you go lower than that it isn't much cheaper because of the shipping costs. 500 was 130.00 so the best option is the 1000 count package. I hold them in a 40G breeder tank with a regular 55g hang on powerfilter. I feed the feeder shrimp a mix of newly hatched bbs and cyclopeeze and algae flakes. As hard as I have tried I can not get my erectus to eat frozen, so this is the best option for the sea horse who has to have live foods. If anyone knows of a better deal, please let me know.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll......A%3AIT&rd=1
Hope this helps someone. It's a godsend for me, feeding live foods is hard on the finances!
Angie