you couldn't get any acsess to frozen/live foods? to be honest, freeze-dried foods don't do anything. Frozen/live foods stimulates spawning in their natural enviroment, and that will help the female swell up with eggs.
freeze-dried are dead, lifeless like pellets. i have never had any sucess with freezedried bw.
The main reason for poppeye is bad water quality. 50-75% daily water changes keep water at 82 degrees, along with pre-mixed Aquarium salt 1 teaspoon per gallonfor 10 days. the secreat to popeye is to keep the water as clean as possible. If not completly well by the tenth day, stop salt for five days but continue with WC, then continue treatment for 5-10 more days depending on quality of the popeye. good luck, wat r u feeding the breeders?