RE: [Killietalk] Re: What are these critters

["Lorraine" <overall077 at lycos_com>]

And fast they are. I had thought Cyclops were like daphnia, guess I was
wrong. They don't seem to have harmed any fry that I know of but there is
plenty of dead BBS that they can eat. If I wanted to get rid of them how
would I do it?
Not sure that I want to get rid of them but you never know.

Lorraine
In sunny Colorado.
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Subject: [Killietalk] Re: What are these critters


*"Lorraine" <overall077 at lycos_com> wrote:*

>These are thriving in my fry tanks, what are they?
>  
>
Looks like a normal Cyclops, to me.

>Sorry the picture isn't too good. In the tank it looks like a fry swimming
>backwards with no tail. It has 2 egg sacks of it bottom.
>
>Are they food or foe?
>  
>
They can be either. I have heard of them stinging or otherwise damaging 
tiny babies, but have never observed it myself. [In Baensch and Riehl V1 
p878, he says "But remember, Cyclops can be harmful to any fry since 
Cyclops is a small crab and can dig its claws into the small fry's body, 
literally eating into its flesh."]

They are nourishing food for species whos babies are fast enough to 
catch them, but that's no mean trick for they are often pretty swift.

> 
>
>Lorraine
>
>In sunny Colorado.
>

Wright

In equally sunny CA

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