Phytoplankton for Reefers
Providing live phytoplankton blends and starter kits for your aquatic needs. Not sure where to start? Read about our phytoplankton blogs or discover our algae dosing calculator and blend formulation.
Mono Cultures
Pure live phytoplankton strains grown carefully for optimal health. Can be used as starter cultures or customized to make a unique algae blend!
Live Blends
Balanced mixtures of phytoplankton species to support diverse ecosystems or those with complex nutritional requirements like bivalve larvae. We offer custom blends below.
Everything you need to begin cultivating your own live phytoplankton including nutrients, a live starter culture, and add on features to boost your native microalgae cultivation setup.
Our Services
Every clam, oyster, or scallop you have ever eaten was a miniscule larvae relying on luck that they chance upon some nutritious larvae. Ensure your filter feeders are getting the same phytoplankton as the one percent that lived.
Quality Cultures
Consistent, high-grade phytoplankton for optimal larvae growth or starting your own lab grade culture!
Predictable Results
Ensuring steady outcomes with every batch supplied with reputable strains and clean manufacturing habits.
Expert Support
Guidance to maximize your aquatic organism growth rates with detailed guides, blend makers, and a dosing calculator blend.
Tailored Blends
Enter your own unique blend of phytoplankton or purchase our preformulated mix.
Essential Nutrients for Filter Feeders
It is amazing that your filter feeders rely on something invisible to the naked eye. Put our cultures under a microscope and you will see how much essential nutrients our microalgae are bursting with. Filter feeders need an array of carotenoids, lipids, carbs and proteins delivered with an assortment of microalgae.
DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid) is essential for neural and retinal development in all marine organisms. We provide this lipid with many algae like Pavlova, Isochrysis, Rhodomonas, and more.
EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) is a precursor to eicosanoids, which regulate immune responses to pathogens. It also prevents albino effects.
ARA (Arachidonic Acid) Is found primarily in Rhodomonas red algae and is needed to help marine organism resilience to changes.
There are so many requirements-learn more in our blog to discover all the bioactive compounds. The point is that no single algae can cover every single nutritional requirement; a harmonized blend is best.
"Effect of dietary arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) on growth, survival and hypersalinity stress tolerance of larvae of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis" (Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology).
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