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Re: cyclop-eeze
Hello Bob,
I seem to remember to have read in some old (pre-WWII, or possibly even
pre-WWI) German literature about using hard boiled yolk for feeding fry.
Innes lists it as a "second choice food" in his book. So it is not a
recent discovery.
I was didappointed in the quality control of Mike Reed's flake food: The
several kinds (colors) of flakes were not distributed uniformly; a good
portion of the bag (1/4 ?) consisted of large wafers of one kind of
flake clumped together. The fish did not go for it with any enthusiasm,
so I just placed it on the shelf. Possibly other batches are more tasty
to killies.
The "no BS" fry food was taken, but not as eagerly as live BS. I never
did comparative feeding experiments. In my opinion, it would behove the
manufacturer to commission such experiments in an independent lab.
Best,
George
Rjga at aol_com wrote:
>
> I'd like to know more about this food, its composition, comparative
> nutritional value vs. BBS, and its suitability as a substitute. With
> the
> prices of BBS eggs dropping, is this still a viable alternative? What
> about
> its comparative acceptance?
>
> Regarding Mike Reed's foods, I have only tried the flakes and
> granules, not
> the frozen foods, and find them similar to other flake foods in
> acceptance.
> They seem to have the same ingredients, but Reed promotes his use of
> egg
> yolk, so maybe there is more yolk than in other flakes.
>
> Egg yolk was the secret method of Jack Wattley for raising discus away
> from
> the parents, and he gets the credit in this hobby. I recently learned,
>
> however, that egg yolk had previously been used to raise dart (poison
> arrow)
> frog tadpoles at the same time that Wattley was also keeping those
> frogs. So
> maybe his application to discus was original, but not his application
> to
> feeding aquatic animals. I should discuss this with him.
>
>
> .
> Robert J. Goldstein, Ph.D.
> Robert J. Goldstein & Associates, Inc.
> Environmental Consultants
> 8480 Garvey Drive
> Raleigh, NC 27616 USA
> tel (919) 872-1174
> fax (919) 872-9214
> URL www.rjgaCarolina.com
> e-mail rgoldstein at rjgaCarolina_com
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