RE: Cyclop-eeze response

["David A. Youngker" <nestor10@mindspring.com>]

From: "William Vannerson"
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:43 PM


> One pound cans of BS Cysts are far more expensive than the
> $20 for Cyclop-eeze, which will last as long if not longer.

A 100-gram package lasts as long as a full pound? Are there Tilapia in these
cans, also?

>  Plus there's no hassle of hayching, decap'ing or feeding (gut
> loading) Artemia.  Lastly, Cyclop-eeze has more nutritional value
> than BS or BBS alone.  (gut loading adds nutrients, but it also
> adds additional cost and labor).

> So it's less expensive, easier to use and nutritious.

I've been hatching and growing out my own Artemia for a few years, now. In
1996, I purchased three 1-pound nitro bags of cysts, at a total cost of
$80.00 (yea, I know that's far from today's price.) I produce about a pint
of live Artemia per week. I still have a pound and a quarter of the cysts.

BBS are as bbs, but my immature and mature shrimp are regularly feed
Spirulina and gut-loaded prior to being served.

Additionally, I trade all of my excess for the salt and other goodies. The
excess above that goes to store credits at the LFS. Probably show a net
*gain* of over $300 so far and still have almost half my supply.

I see nothing wrong with the economics from my end - but then, I'm more than
just a consumer. Is there a way to do this with C-E?...

-Y-

David A. Youngker
nestor10@mindspring.com




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