Full bags of Brine Shrimp. What happened?

[Glenner’sreef]

Full bags of 100s of brine shrimp were always available back before “2000”. Now we have, “Reef Stew” a mixture of phyto, pods and maybe 5 or 6 live brine shrimp swimming around the bag.
It’s mainly for corals and clams but why do they take the time to put a few brine shrimp in the mix?

I’m quite sure that these bags of live food would sell out fast. Recipients would be, new fish, picky eaters, etc. I live in Arizona. There are a good number of lfs here and none of them carry these.

1. Are there any where you live?

 

[KrisReef]

https://www.carolina.com/crustaceans/brine-shrimp-artemia-live-adult-ideal-for-food/142230.pr?gQT=1

Or maybe get a hatchery

 

[Nano_Man]

I hatch my own and add too the tank they are tiny at this stage but I love watching the smaller fish hunt them out around the rock work . Also my anemones get plenty of them as they pass them . You can also grow them on

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Probably because brine shrimp unless enriched or new born are like kraft Mac and Cheese...
No nutritional value....