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News & Reviews Article
Title Food for Reefs
Author

Leah Watkins

Last Updated

2011-10-20

Abstract


Food for Reefs

Phytoplankton is the foundation of all life on land and sea. Pretty big statement, but it is true. The delicate food web of the sea and your aquarium is dependent on these microscopic organisms to convert light into energy. The natural ocean provides uncountable quantities of phytoplankton and zooplankton which in turn feed coral, clams, and invertebrates keeping them healthy and fast growing. Let's take a look at some of the common phytoplanktons and products you can find them in.

Isochrysis galbana (Found in PhycoPure)
• Motile Golden Brown colored
• Extremely digestible with a robust nutritional profile
• Feeds virtually all Zooplankton
• Most useful microalgae in aquaculture
Symbiodinium sp. (Found in PhycoPure) (Found dormant in Coral Smoothie)
• Non-Motile Brown Green in color
• Commonly known as zoothanthellae
• Nutritious, small and lives within corals providing food
• Excellent for supercharging bio-diversity and replacing color in bleached coral which has expelled pigments and zoothanthellae
Tetraselmis chui (Found in PhycoPure) (Found dormant in Coral Smoothie)
• Motile deep green colored
• Great all around macroalgae
• Active, hardy and a larger cell size
Nannochloropsis oculata (Found in PhycoPure) (Found dormant in Coral Smoothie)
• Non-motile emerald green in color
• A powerhouse of nutrition and longevity
• Useful in culture of rotifers with high nutritional value PhycoPure
PhycoPure is the most diverse blend on the market. It also has a high amount of biomass per unit volume which not many products can claim, which means people are getting more algae in each package. It is designed to to be a general feed for a wide range of organisms that require a diverse particle size that are nutritionally appropriate.

Coral Smoothie-
This is a convenience product. All you do is cut the tip, just like a caulking gun, submerse it in the tank; point 'n shoot. It stimulates
corals (Acans thru Zooanthids). Other inverts like it as well such as peppermint shrimp, snails, etc. Anthias also respond. People have used
Coral Smoothie to get Anthias onto dry feeds. They pour Coral Smoothie into the tank and as the Anthias get excited and start looking for food
they add the pellets or flake food. The Anthias usually eat it right away.
PhycoPure

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