Re: RE: Cyclop-eeze

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com>]

Bill...........and some of you other folks who are looking at us as though
we are goofy....

......actually I admit to that but let me talk for a second about my
"trials" with Cyclop-eeze.  I finally got a can of Cyclop-eeze from the
apisto group and thought my bbs days were over........I thought the days of
paying now $100 for a can of "premium" eggs was done.  As soon as I got the
can I rushed to my fishroom and started feeding fish (some 80 tanks).  Now
mind you these are fish that from their first day on earth have not seen
anything but some sort of live food.............bbs, BBS, black worms(don't
get in a tizzy, I've been using blackworms since I first saw them in
1969...you have to clean them and not give them to some fish right off the
bat....F0 apistos), daphnia, infusoria, micro-worms, earth
worms..........95% of my fish have never tasted a non-moving food in their
entire stay with me.........folks, the Cyclop-eeze went right to the bottom
and was there the next day as though it were a plague.  OK..........clean it
up and starve the little buggers.........feed-em C-ezze and sooner or later
everything will be alright.  Well, it's not a big deal, but I lost 2 spawns
of angels and 1 spawn of aggies before I gave the can away.  I got some more
at the AKA convention in Tampa and I tried it again..............I figured
that it had to be me because so many people were just raving about it.  I
didn't loose any fry because I didn't let it go but for 2 days, but still no
success, most picked at it and spit it out....NO ONE got anything like a
full belly at ALL...the fry wouldn't touch it...right to the bottom.  It
just went to the bottom and sat there and in the killie and angel raising
tanks I had to put snails and cats in there because it began to get really
bad on the bottom..........now folks, I'm trying...........but some of us
simply don't have Cyclop-eeze "thumbs" yet.  I spend a BUNCH of time raising
live foods for my fish..........I forgot vinegar eels in that last
list........do you folks think I wouldn't rather spend that time doing
something with the fish..........come on..............just today I actually
spent $100 on a lb. of bbs...........folks, I'm a little goofy, but not
really dumb.........I was around when that 1 lb. can sold for
$9.00..............do you think I wouldn't do Cyclop-ezze if I
could.........please don't flame and call me stupid.......as I said, I
accept that ($100 for a 1 lb. can of bbs)........help some of us out
please............

Thanks........

Mike

Mike Jacobs
Center for Advanced Technologies
Lakewood H.S.
St Pete, Fl  33705
mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: William Vannerson <William_Vannerson@ama-assn.org>
To: <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: RE: Cyclop-eeze


>>Am I missing something here? Proven feeds like decaps, bbs and gut-loaded
Artemia are being abandoned for an exotic-sounding name that's *no less
expensive*?<<

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

There are some draw backs.  First, some contend that there are nutrients
found in live food (trace minerals, etc.) that cannot be found in any dried
food.  Second, you may run into problem fish or fry that won't eat
Cyclop-eeze.  But I haven't heard of such a case yet and my experience has
proven that my fish relish it.  My small killies start devouring it almost
the instant it hits the water.

But of course, YMMV.

Bill Vannerson
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/william_vannerson



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