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Re: RE: cyclop-eeze
In a message dated 7/27/2000 9:37:36 AM, William_Vannerson at ama-assn_org
writes:
<< If we get a few folks that had bad experiences before to try again with
aeration or the hydrate and squirt method, we may be able to see if it's
technique. >>
My experiences have been with the whole gamut of conditions ranging from
tanks having significant water circulation (power filter plus aeration) to
containers with totally still water in shoe boxes and in between as well. I
have seen all of the fish get very enthusiastic about eating it very soon
after sprinkling a bit on the surface. I do not predisperse it in water, just
sprinkle it in dry from a spatula. It seems to have very low surface tension
since it spreads out very quickly and self disperses even without water
circulation. A little bit, the size of a larger pin head will immediately
spontaneously disperse to cover the surface and the fry immediately look up
and start eating. I have never seen that enthusiasm for baby brine shrimp or
daphnia. Sometimes for chopped up tubifex. The only fish that don't seem
interested are very tiny fry only a few days old, like Simpsonichthys costai.
In a couple weeks they eat it fine. For the first few days I have recently
adopted my own suggestion. I had written an article on how to care for fish
during an absence involving lettuce leaves. This article originally was
published in the Keystone Killy Group meeting notice and has been reprinted
in several local group papers. In that article I suggest that I might try the
same technique when I am not gone as an alternate to b.b.s., etc. I have
tried it recently with various sizes of fry and found it to be very well
received by the fish and I am rewarded with greater growth rate and less work
and expense hatching b.b.s. every day. For those who have not seen it, the
technique basically uses a small piece of leaf lettuce (1-2 sq. in.) with
some pond or ramshorn snails in each fry container. A low tech approach with
minimal effort required. It works especially well with a supplement of Cyclop-
eeze for those fry over 1/4 inch long.
Lee Harper
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