Any experiences with C-feed?

[LordJoshaeus]

Hi everyone! While doing research online, I found a Norwegian company called C-feed that sells dormant copepod eggs as a first food for marine larvae. Has anyone had experience ordering from this company? Thanks :)

 

[ichthyogeek]

I haven't heard of them until now! Looks like they sell Acartia tonsa eggs. Would be great if they expanded to Parvocalanus as well. Aside from that, I haven't heard of people using Acartia lately. Mostly it's been Apocyclops and Parvocalanus that have been the buzz-pods lately.
http://www.cfeed.no/products/

 

[LordJoshaeus]

I haven't heard of them until now! Looks like they sell Acartia tonsa eggs. Would be great if they expanded to Parvocalanus as well. Aside from that, I haven't heard of people using Acartia lately. Mostly it's been Apocyclops and Parvocalanus that have been the buzz-pods lately.
http://www.cfeed.no/products/

True...but they say you can hatch these in a very similar fashion to brine shrimp eggs, and that would be extremely valuable for raising marine fry even if they are more expensive (they told me they sell 1 million eggs for 25 USD...they also sell 50-90 million eggs to aquaculture companies for a cheaper 7 USD per million eggs. I am not sure whether that price included shipping).

 

[ichthyogeek]

And how many grams is 1 million eggs? Just so I can do a price comparison to brine shrimp eggs. Although...the bulk price is still a lot (350$/50 mill, 630$/90 mill)...it might be an efficient way of getting a clean culture started though, since the water weight vs dried eggs for shipping is quite a lot.

I'd be willing to be that the price doesn't include shipping. The company's based in Norway, and international freight is a lot, even more so now that travel is reduced.

 

[LordJoshaeus]

And how many grams is 1 million eggs? Just so I can do a price comparison to brine shrimp eggs. Although...the bulk price is still a lot (350$/50 mill, 630$/90 mill)...it might be an efficient way of getting a clean culture started though, since the water weight vs dried eggs for shipping is quite a lot.

I'd be willing to be that the price doesn't include shipping. The company's based in Norway, and international freight is a lot, even more so now that travel is reduced.

C-feed did not say, but a similar product on another site said that a million eggs was 25 grams. Seems suspiciously light to me...a similar quantity of brine shrimp eggs is only about 4-5 grams.