Fish do not like PE Calanus

[Rakie]

What kind of fish? My sunburst anthias eat it and haven’t gone for anything else yet, I’ve only had them a week.

My sunburst loves picking something out of LRS, otherwise he seems to love baby mysis -- If you can find baby mysis give that a go, V2o makes some. Just don't get their 'Soft freeze' stuff in a jar.

My fish wont eat anything from PE. Especially the mysis, no clue why... It floats by them like it's garbage.

 

[K. Steven]

The primary reason is the fish don't like it, the oil was just a secondary issue I had with it. Guess I'll just stick with LRS.

 

[rkpetersen]

Just don't get their 'Soft freeze' stuff in a jar.

Why? What's wrong with it? I have used it - I let it fully thaw in some tank water first; fish seem to enjoy it.

 

[Ulee]

no mention of what kind of fish are being fed but from my experience chromis and anthias love it..

 

[KJAG]

Have trialed this stuff for a few weeks now. Fish don’t touch it. Some of my LPS seem way more vibrant, especially a large jackolantern lepto colony, but unknown if it can be atrributed to the food.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Have trialed this stuff for a few weeks now. Fish don’t touch it. Some of my LPS seem way more vibrant, especially a large jackolantern lepto colony, but unknown if it can be atrributed to the food.

What kind of fish are you feeding?

 

[KJAG]

What kind of fish are you feeding?

Multiple Tangs, clowns, hawkfish and others of the larger mouth type I’m assuming. I’m guessing that’s why they aren’t touching it? Have always been way more into coral then fish but have been getting into fish as of late. They love PE mysis so I figured I’d try and mix up their diet a bit aside from nori and mysis.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Multiple Tangs, clowns, hawkfish and others of the larger mouth type I’m assuming. I’m guessing that’s why they aren’t touching it? Have always been way more into coral then fish but have been getting into fish as of late. They love PE mysis so I figured I’d try and mix up their diet a bit aside from nori and mysis.

Yeah, thats exactly why.

 

[KJAG]

Yeah, thats exactly why.

Have any thoughts on something for larger specimens in regards to astaxanthin or other alleged color enriching compounds? APBreed or something else?

 

[Tft12]

I expected my Anthias and other small fish to love PE calanus but no one really eats it. To me it seems like mysis and spirulina brine look too big for those fish but they prefer eating those big things rather than the calanus. Btw, PE mysis is even more oily than the calanus, which I like.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Have any thoughts on something for larger specimens in regards to astaxanthin or other alleged color enriching compounds? APBreed or something else?

Mysis actually is pretty rich in astaxanthin. You could also try chopped krill.