cyclop-eeze

G-Boy · 03-23-2006, 06:04 PM

Am i missing something real easy here? I just got home from a trip to the FS and have been trying to figure out how to feed this freeze dried cyclop-eeze. It is a powder from of course and I tried coating a pice of shrimp for my bta and as i suspected it all comes off when it hits the water. I didnt ask how to use it at the store becaues i didnt expect it to be a powder form. I know duh. I'm sure it is a smiple step because i read on here so many people use it. The only thing i can come up with is to feed it desolved it water as a filter feeding food. If so, I bought the wrong thing. Ok, thanks in advance.

Jason McKenzie · 03-23-2006, 06:22 PM

I have soaked it over night and it always floats. It is meant from corals with smaller food needs than a BTA. I tend to suck it up in a pippet then squirt it into the water in front of a power head. Filter feeders will find it.

J

G-Boy · 03-23-2006, 06:28 PM

Thanks Jason, Kinda what i figured. Was just one of those questions you dont wanna throw out there for all to see.

So you float some for your fish to feed on also? Just mix into a paste, roll in a ball and let sit overnight? If so, i will give that a try also. Thanks again.

Jason McKenzie · 03-23-2006, 07:42 PM

Naw no matter how long you soak it, it won't sink. I usually use fill a shot glass with tank water put some flake, mysis, and cyclop-eeze in and when the mysis is melted I squirt it in the tank. everybody gets fed at once.

J

Bruce · 03-23-2006, 08:16 PM

well i suppose the floating characteristic of the food could make overfeeding less devastating...since you can just scoop it up off the top

Covey · 03-23-2006, 08:51 PM

I put them in a small cup with some tank water then quickily dump that into the tank into one of my SEIO that seem to keep them submerged and the fish go NUTS!

rayjay · 03-27-2006, 09:48 AM

Now you know why I buy the frozen cyclop-eeze. No problem with it floating.
I would never try to coat anything with it, but it can be directly fed to an anemone on it's own, but only as a PART of a multiple food program for the anemone.

rickzter · 03-27-2006, 12:40 PM

Never tried cyclop-eeze, but have you guys tried the frozen cyclops or coral nutrition packs? Nice!

My2heartboys · 03-27-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rickzter

Never tried cyclop-eeze, but have you guys tried the frozen cyclops or coral nutrition packs? Nice!

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Not sure what you are talking about. Do you have a website with the description of both of the products you are talking about? I currently use Mark Weiss's Spectra Vital/ Black Powder combo and then also Kent's bottled food. I am leaning more and more toward stuff that does not need to be kept in the refridgerator--that way I can keep it all in one place (underneath the tank). I still buy Mysid and Brine shrimp frozen for my tube corals (hitchhikers on a clam that hitchhiked on a live rock from Florida Live Rock) and once in a while I will break down and buy a container of oyster eggs to mix in with it. Since I now have pods and some sort of very small shrimp running around the tank I have tried to stretch out feeding those to once every two weeks. I figure that gives them a chance to imitate what they would do in the ocean---catch their own food. Just one problem, though, I have noticed that toward the bottom of the tubes they are bleaching out. Could that be due to lack of food?

Sorry for the ramble.

Anne