Frozen Foods

[smurfyy_2k3]

is it safe to feed them it at 9 days old its called cyclops its made by ruto and the ingredients are listed below

crude protein
crude fat
crude fibre
moisture
ash

 

[Annastasia]

Aren't cyclops those tiny crabs with little claws? In which case I would not suggest feeding them to fry...

 

[nmonks]

Aren't cyclops those tiny crabs with little claws? In which case I would not suggest feeding them to fry...

No, they're not crabs. Cyclops is a genus of copepod, and is a filter feeding animal with (surprise) a single eye spot at the front, hence the name. It has no claws, only extended antennae used for swimming and basket-like set of legs that trap food. It is tiny, smaller than Daphnia.

I'm pretty sure there's no way a Cyclops could eat anything as large as baby guppy. Reports to the contrary are probably due to misidentification with some other creature, like a beetle or damselfly nymph.

I fed my baby halfbeaks a mix of Cyclops and Daphnia from the pond. Cyclops are a smaller and more readily take on the first few days, I found.

Cheers,

Neale

is it safe to feed them it at 9 days old its called cyclops its made by ruto and the ingredients are listed below

You're talking about frozen cyclops? Certainly worth trying, but I didn't find my fish liked the stuff when I gave it a go. It's better for marine fish, I think.

Cheers,

Neale

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

no its just the name given to it im guessing its all kinds of oils listed in the ingriedients mixed with ash as a thickening agent

 

[Annastasia]

a genus of copepod with a single eye in the middle of the forehead (a tiny crab with claws); harmful to fry; avoid feeding to guppies.

By the way, I was not suggesting they would attack fry (especially seeing as they are dead ) but rather the claws might be hard to digest. I guess they're okay though, seeing as that definition is incorrect?

Smurfy - Your's is just a brand of food though? Not the actually animal?

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

yeah its just what they call it not the actual animal

 

[Annastasia]

Oh, okay. Should be okay then, just make sure it's totally defrosted before you feed, and that it's small enough for them. Is this going to be a staple, or an alternated high-protein food? Veggies never hurt fry either.

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

ok ill try then ill tell yuo all about it, ie how it looks and wether they like it

 

[nmonks]

Well, whoever wrote that quote originally is playing fast and loose with their taxonomy. A copepod is to a crab what a human is to a goldfish. They're in the same phylum, the Crustacea, and have the same fundamental body plan, but everything else is different.

I suppose it depends on what the notion of harmfulness is based on. If it comes from same crock o' wisdom as "salt burns fish without scales" then I wouldn't give it any notice at all. But if someone has actually observed Cyclops as being peculiarly dangerous as a food, then that's something else, and I'd concede the point. But I would point out newly hatched brine shrimp and Daphnia are both crustaceans and have just as many "pincers" as Cyclops does, so if Cyclops is bad, then so are they.

From a strictly morphological perspective, I'd predict Daphnia to be the worst, given it is larger and also that it develops a posterior spine specifically as an anti-predation device. (Famously, Daphnia is ponds without fish are smooth, while the same species of Daphnia in ponds with fish are spiny.) Cyclops doesn't have any spines, and relies solely on swimming away from predators.

Cheers,

Neale

a genus of copepod with a single eye in the middle of the forehead (a tiny crab with claws); harmful to fry; avoid feeding to guppies.

 

[Morquinn]

Hey, didnt they have those things just like sea monkeys that they called cyclops, the eggs hatched like a day later, and you watched them do circles all around the little tank they give you and then they die like a week later? Those were fun to watch.

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

they are brine shrimp

 

[smurfyy_2k3]

i give them it and they loved it