CFEED

Back in 2017 I first met Tore Remman in Barcelona during a meeting of the DIVERSIFY project when we discussed a possible collaboration to test C-Feed copepods for the larval rearing of greater amberjack. Indeed, we performed the test the same year having some interesting results as copepods actually had a positive effect on larvae survival.

We have tested again the copepods for greater amberjack larvae, in the frame of a national project between 2020 and 2023,  when the positive findings were confirmed and now are part of our suggested feeding protocol for the species.

Furthermore, we tested the C-Feed copepods also for gilthead seabream larval rearing in a pilot scale trial confirming the positive effect on larvae performance. Looking forward more tests with different species!

Papandroulakis Nikos

Research director

I first met CFEED during the EAS conference in 2019 in Berlin. A few years later I decided to test copepods as a starter feed for one of the species of my farm, Diplodus puntazzo. The bottles with the product arrived and were stored in the refrigerator according to CFEED suggestions. The Cpodz hatching process and use are simple and no special skills or equipment are needed.

We fed the testing tanks with copepods for the first 8 days following by our normal protocol afterwards and at the same time a control rearing took place to compare with. After 90 days fish fed with copepods had a better survival of 37% in contrast with rotifer feeding tanks (6%), better growth rate, greater robustness and better swim bladder inflation.

We are now testing CFEED copepods for Pagrus major and Dicentrarchus labrax believing in product potential.

Ioannis Lionakis

Fish producer - Feido AS owner