Over 15 years of studying the e;ects of refrigeration of live
phytoplankton has shown that species which can be stored
successfully are very rare. Live refrigerated storage requires
species which will become dormant, needing neither
nutrients nor light. Unfortunately, most of the species
used in commercial aquaculture do not survive
refrigerated storage. Live phytoplankton means it’s alive when you use it, not just alive when it’s packaged.
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Published research has shown that Isochrysis had 80-90% of
the cells decompose within 10 weeks. Pavlova had a 98% loss
in the same period. If these species along with others such as
Rhodomonas survived refrigerated storage, I would use them.
Several companies use the marketing points of these species
even though they do not survive.
Concentrated & Cleaned
Live Marine Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton is cultured in media
containing nutrients (nitrate and
phosphate) along with metals, the
buildup of which could be unhealthy
for reef aquarium inhabitants.
1.
Phytoplankton is concentrated using our
proprietary process which does not damage the
living cells.
2.
Clean saltwater is added to double the volume of
the concentrated phytoplankton. This reduces the
amount of culture media to 50%.
3.
Phytoplankton is concentrated for a second time.
4.
Clean saltwater is added to double the volume of
the re-concentrated phytoplankton. This reduces
the amount of culture media to 25%.
5.
Phytoplankton is concentrated for a 3rd time.
6.
Clean saltwater is added to triple the volume of the
re-concentrated phytoplankton. This reduces the
amount of culture media to just 8.3%.
7.
Phytoplankton is concentrated for the last time to
density of the product, which is at least 20 times
the density of un-concentrated phytoplankton.
The result is washed live phytoplankton
cells that will not cause any buildup of
nutrients or metals in your reef aquarium.
A microscope is needed along with some knowledge
of phytoplankton to see what is in these products.
If people could really see what they are buying,
they would be shocked at the lack of living cells
in these products.
Do you need to buy a product to
add zooxanthellae?
Zooxanthellae are symbiotic dino;agellates that supply corals
with energy in the form of glucose. These dino;agellates are
growing within the coral and the excess is expelled into the
water column, so there are always zooxanthellae in the water
of your reef aquarium. There are people involved in raising
corals from spawns who inoculate juvenile corals with
zooxanthellae by running water from a reef aquarium through
the rearing tank. They do not need to buy or culture
zooxanthellae and neither do you.
