Duff0712 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Would anyone happen to know what Mycelium they use in the snowflake food? or do the soybean shells just create a place for the mycelium to grow on that is already present in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 I think its just a media for the fungus to grow on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 I think it is just a media, I don't think they add anything to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 All snowflake is the same. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It's an industrial feed for farm animals repurpose for shrimps. Now, not saying that's a bad thing, but there's not additives or other special things added to it. You're paying for the label and the brand. Content wise, all snowflake is the same. Like others mentioned, uneaten snowflake (soy hull) will act as a media for mycelia. Great food though. I use it with combination of barley and my other assorted foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elo500 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Can you buy soy pellet animal feed in the US at feed stores? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch3fb0yrdee Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 I haven't found one the USA. All I've seen has been from China and sold in tons. I just skipped the hassle and import packages snowflake from HK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High5's Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Mycelium come in spore form so unless there are fungal spores in snowflake there is no way it could just grow from nothing. Mycelium has to be inoculated in the form of spores or mycelium tissue after the spore have incubated. I have grown all types of mushrooms over the years, if grain is exposed to spores and the grain gets wet the spores incubate and start to form mycelium network. This could be naturally occurring during the harvest, storage or manufacturing process of snowflake at some point there has to be spores present or the would be no mycelium. manticore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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