Do you feed cyclops to anthias ?

[Abhishek]

Hi,

Am in the process of getting a few notorious , hard to feed (as people claim ) anthias . Might be Flavoguttatus, Lori's or Ventralis .
Wondering how many of you feed cyclops to anthias and where do you buy them ?

Regards,
Abhishek

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hi,

Am in the process of getting a few notorious , hard to feed (as people claim ) anthias . Might be Flavoguttatus, Lori's or Ventralis .
Wondering how many of you feed cyclops to anthias and where do you buy them ?

Regards,
Abhishek

When cyclopeeze was available it was a fantastic food for planktivores. Frozen cyclops works well for flavoguttatus or ventralis. Lori will likely need live food. Baby brine will be easier to acquire than cyclops.

 

[Abhishek]

I know .. There's no more cyclopeeze !!!
I have Nutramar Ova at stock but still wanted to have some more options in hand before I get them ..
Brine shrimps are an option at hand but need to hatch them .

Regards,
Abhishek

 

[Broadfield]

I use Zoo Med Can O' Cyclops

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XIFICK4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Abhishek]

I use Zoo Med Can O' Cyclops

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XIFICK4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

May I ask what kind of anthias do you feed the freeze dried Cyclopes ?

Regards,
Abhishek

 

[Jofiel]

I use Zoo Med Can O' Cyclops

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XIFICK4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use this too. And freeze it after its open.

Oops, edited to add, but I haven't fed it to anthias in particular!

 

[BigJim]

You could try PE Calanus. I feed it to my lyretail anthias and they love it. They are not as picky as other anthias though.

 

[Abhishek]

I use this too. And freeze it after its open.

What anthias do you feed the cyclops ?

You could try PE Calanus. I feed it to my lyretail anthias and they love it. They are not as picky as other anthias though.

I heard calanus is not much appreciated by smaller anthias like flavo , loris and ventralis ..

Any review on V2O cyclops

http://www.marinedepot.com/V2O_Aqua...-V2O_Aquarium_Foods-HL1453-FIFDFZFSCF-vi.html

Regards,
Abhishek

 

[stevo01]

Ive got a picky male lyretail. He would only eat cyclops but each time i fed the cyclops id put just a little mysis in too. After a couple weeks hes started to eat some mysis and i just started using rods food and seems to love that too.

I like to use cyclops with vitachem/selcon boost in the beginning with my fish. As they adjust move them onto other meaty food. I couldnt find cyclops at my LFS yesterday. Bought some frozen brine as a substitute.

 

[Abhishek]

Ive got a picky male lyretail. He would only eat cyclops but each time i fed the cyclops id put just a little mysis in too. After a couple weeks hes started to eat some mysis and i just started using rods food and seems to love that too.

I like to use cyclops with vitachem/selcon boost in the beginning with my fish. As they adjust move them onto other meaty food. I couldnt find cyclops at my LFS yesterday. Bought some frozen brine as a substitute.

Thanks Steve for the reply .Yes ,the plan is to slowly move them to LRS and mysis like I did to my blue star leopards who now eat even NLS and sometimes when too hungry , will gobble cyano and hair algae that I blow of the rocks using turkey baster
But worry is to make the anthias start eating especially with food that my collector is providing .

Regards,
Abhishek's

 

[eatbreakfast]

What anthias do you feed the cyclops ?




I heard calanus is not much appreciated by smaller anthias like flavo , loris and ventralis ..

Any review on V2O cyclops

http://www.marinedepot.com/V2O_Aqua...-V2O_Aquarium_Foods-HL1453-FIFDFZFSCF-vi.html

Regards,
Abhishek

Calanus and San Francisco Bay Brands Reef Plankton are readily accepted by most planktivores. Only if the anthias are demanding live foods will they not be accepted.

 

[M&M]

Here is my experience with those anthias, I kept them all before and still keep some at this point. All of my anthias were easy to get to eat pretty much anything. They prefer slightly bigger, meaty foods like brine shrimp, small mysis, fish eggs, shredded seafood. Mine don't really go for Calanus, or cyclops. I even feed some Nutramar Ova, not to crazy about. In the past I had trouble to get them to eat, now most eat within a day or two. The " trick" is to put them in their natural conditions. Those are Deepwater anthias, so very dim light or just ambient light and biggest difference between then and now is water temperature. I keep them in 68-72F. I notice that they are more active right away in those conditions. Later in time you can slowly acclimate them to warmer water and light, but if you struggling with them eating now, try this.

 

[Abhishek]

Here is my experience with those anthias, I kept them all before and still keep some at this point. All of my anthias were easy to get to eat pretty much anything. They prefer slightly bigger, meaty foods like brine shrimp, small mysis, fish eggs, shredded seafood. Mine don't really go for Calanus, or cyclops. I even feed some Nutramar Ova, not to crazy about. In the past I had trouble to get them to eat, now most eat within a day or two. The " trick" is to put them in their natural conditions. Those are Deepwater anthias, so very dim light or just ambient light and biggest difference between then and now is water temperature. I keep them in 68-72F. I notice that they are more active right away in those conditions. Later in time you can slowly acclimate them to warmer water and light, but if you struggling with them eating now, try this.

Interesting and very informative !! Thank you for sharing it.
If I have to guess, you must have had the temperature so low because it was a non-photosynthetic tank ? Problem is mine is a sps dominant tank and hence dim lighting is really a problem .
I have found that my blue stars do way better when my temperature is around 75-76 and thats where I have to keep the tank without too much swing in summer .
I guess I might need to rethink the whole idea now ..

Regards,
Abhishek

 

[Lordnorm]

Hi,

Am in the process of getting a few notorious , hard to feed (as people claim ) anthias . Might be Flavoguttatus, Lori's or Ventralis .
Wondering how many of you feed cyclops to anthias and where do you buy them ?

Regards,
Abhishek

After trying multiple foods for my evansi anthias , cyclops were the only food they ate . I'm trying to ween them off to eventually eat bigger food such as brine and mysis.

 

[Terri Caton]

I’ve only had Carberryi and Sunset but all of mine eat pretty much anything right away.