Those who breed fish and raise fry are always interested in finding another food that can get those youngsters off to a good start. Rick Borstein, Editor of GCCA Cichlid Chatter, newsletter of the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association, writing in the July 1999 issue, recommends a new product. Cyclop-Eeze is powdered cyclops, a small rotifer. The product is appropriately sized to feed small fry and replaces brine shrimp nauplii.
To feed, sprinkle on the surface of the water. If the fry are clustered in one small area, simply mix some with water and squirt it into the appropriate location.
“I’ve never been very fond of raising baby brine shrimp–Artemia nauplii,” writes Rick. “When another member told me about Cyclop-Eeze, I immediately … bought a can. I love this stuff! I recently have fed it to Chalinochromis bifrentus and Petrotilapia nkhata fry with great success. The fry love it, and grow fast. Cyclop-Eeze is a revolutionary product because it lowers a significant barrier for beginners… [with] cichlids.”
If you can find this product, it might prove a very useful tool for raising killifish, as well.
— G.C.K.A. Newsletter, September 1999