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Old 05-15-2009, 01:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
johnmaloney
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Re: Lots of Macro Algae For Sale, Some new Goodies

Thanks you lcstorc!

Had to stop that one SeahorseBt. (Spring/Summer shipping is only $7.50 though) It was a bad idea actually, still limping away from that one.

The mysis are $6 an ounce, we are going to offer bagged and vacuum sealed mysis later that come with a better price. Right now we are paying a bit for the bottles because we are not buying them by the thousands, and we are getting bottles with good oxygen, moisture and carbon dioxide barriers. (No point in getting a high quality food like mysis in a low quality bottle right?). Will probably get some larger ones next round, get the best bottles money can buy and then sell vacuum sealed refills. Never understood bottles that after the seal is broken no longer protect the food from oxidization. Considering the value aquarists put on cartenoids, and other valuable food ingredients that readily oxidize I think this will be an area where we can improve upon what is regularly available. Plus it will become a necessity, we will begin offering "tossed" mysis, that will powdered with pure Astaxanthin and Spirulina. Regular jars just won't cut it or you will lose a lot of the values of the Astaxanthin especially. The cost of the additives will drive up the mysis to about the price of the major brand as sold by the major supplier, but will be a better product. The pure mysis will be the same product, in a better bottle and hopefully 10% less in price. So more to come, we are just trying to get a feel for what sizes people would like, ounce seems the most popular now. Most companies either sell 1 oz mysis or 1 oz net with 25 grams mysis, so that is what we started with. Larger volumes we will offer will be a much better value.
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