anyone ever use oyster eggs?

[bigdaddyadam]

I always see the DT's oyster eggs when I go to Gary's and I know that Calfo and Borneman both love them...has anyone used them? did everything seem to like them much?

I am trying to find stuff to feed corals...right now I use freeze dried cyclopeeze, Two Little Fish's freeze dried zooplankton, Kent zooplankton, DT's phyto, and in the past I used sweet water zooplankton, which is wet packed daphnia.

the freeze dried stuff is good but it doesn't stay in suspension very well, it tends to float to the surface a lot, and the Kent stuff...I'm just not sure about the nutritional quality of this stuff, daphnia worked okay but it is a little large for corals.

I have been thinking of trying oyster eggs, golden pearls, frozen or the refrigerated in suspension type of cyclopeeze, and possibly marine snow from Two Little Fish. If anyone has any experience with any of these products I would love to hear it. they all seem like quality products but I am looking for specific quirks, pros and cons etc of these.

 

[Dubbin1]

Cyclop-eeze is like crack for fish and corals. I feed the frozen stuff everyday. I have been thinking about trying oyster eggs but man they are expensive.

 

[bigdaddyadam]

where did you find the frozen stuff? yeah my fish love the freeze dried stuff, thank you Gary (he gave me a whole can for free, said he wasn't really convinced it was any good so try it and let him know, hey I am convinced it's good stuff)

the freeze dried is just a PITA because half of it floats to the top and then goes down the overflow into the skimmer. I assume that frozen stays in suspension better like frozen mysis or the like.

 

[bigdaddyadam]

I wish I had the tools to try and construct an auto feeder....I imagine something similar to a kalk-reactor, with a stirrer on the bottom, constantly keeping food from settling to the bottom and in suspension, and a small pump on a timer, that intermitently pumps a small amount of the food into the tank...I really think this would be a great project and if it worked I would try to market it to someplace like Kent Marine. To my knowledge nobody makes a doser of this type for feeding frozen or fresh food to a tank. I know Gary was telling me a guy that used to work for him designed the aquarium scrappers that Kent sells and made a good amount in royalties from the product, maybe one day I will build and test a prototype

 

[Dubbin1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7049584#post7049584 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bigdaddyadam
where did you find the frozen stuff?

I got mine from saltycritter but I have also seen it at PSP (way to much money there).

 

[bigdaddyadam]

any idea how much at PSP? I have never seen it there, are you talking about the one in Findlay?

 

[Dubbin1]

The one in Findlay had small amounts for around $20. I'm not sure if they still carry it though.

 

[selgado]

I use them. Since they are so expensive, I only use 1 tsp. per week.

 

[hllywd]

I got my frozen cyclopeze from Aquarium Adventure in Columbus. About $9.00 for the package. PSP was way in left field on their price. I have a can of the freeze dried flake and nothing will touch it.

 

[tetra9999]

yes the frozen cyclop eeze will suspend in the water. the fish the bristle worms.. EVERYTHING goes crazy for it!

 

[bigdaddyadam]

my fish love the freeze dried cyclopeeze, but the flakes they really don't have much of a thing for...not sure why, it's the same thing essentially

 

[XeniaMania]

There's another brand out there, it's not labeled as Cyclop-eeze but they're frozen cyclops(so the package says), it's either 30 or 40 cubes for $5, works well.

 

[bigdaddyadam]

well, I took a random stop at Gary's and he is apparently now selling cyclopeeze, all varieties. I picked up some frozen despite the extremely high price of $12 for a bar the size of a remote control. But MAN a little is a LOT of this stuff. A small shaving off the bar is enough for my whole tank and then some. Frozen stuff stays in susspension WELL and everything in tank went NUTS for it. I will not be using the freeze dried again. Anyone want a free container of freeze dried? I sure don't.

If you haven't already tried the frozen kind, DO IT, it's amazing, never seen such a feeding response, just two days in corals and fish are looking happier and healthier.

Next I believe I will try some oyster eggs, once I can save up enough $$ for the pricetag, dang they are expensivo

 

[Dubbin1]

Yes the frozen stuff last a long long time. I just swish the bar around in my tank other then scraping it off the bar.