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[queky10]

I would appreciate if anyone can advise me on setting up a holding tank to hold 200 pacific oysters for about a week. what equipment would be needed and what kind of feeds and necessary things which i must take note. Thank you!

[Copperband]

regarding the feeds... are the oysters ment for human consumption or not? as most commercial liquid coral food are not ment to be used on organisms intended for human consumption....

[queky10]

regarding the feeds... are the oysters ment for human consumption or not? as most commercial liquid coral food are not ment to be used on organisms intended for human consumption....

its meant for human consumption.. is there anithing more natural?

[Copperband]

1 week... i guess using natural seawater does help?

i cant comment much on this... as i have no experience on keeping filter feeders before....

[nitro]

From what I observed at seafood restaurants... think the basic equipments you'll need to keep your seafood fresh is a skimmer and something that will keep the water in motion. Of cse with a simple filtration system will be best. As suggested, use NSW and maybe juz make 1 water chg if keeping juz for 1-2 weeks. The NSW shd have enough micro organisms to feed those oysters.

[Vanquish]

A small skimmer might be useful as you now only need to keep the water clean from the waste of 100 oysters... you also need to provide lots of aeration... a chiller might be a good idea too...

[queky10]

thank u so much for all the replies