Aquatic Live Food’s Micro Magic is a blend of live phytoplankton strains that have been carefully selected with specific purposes in mind as described below. The specific algae species of each blend can change throughout the year, as different microalgae have different seasonal indicators that can increase or decrease it’s growth rate. Keeping a consistent cell count/density to our individual products ensures we are consistently providing you with the quality and feed rates that many thousands of you have come to expect from us.
Please select the type of phytoplankton you have received for the instructions, dosage and storage suggestions.
Our Micro Magic 7 species is a crafted blend of carefully selected live phytoplankton strains, which have been specifically selected with a specific purposes in mind. We wanted to ensure that our marine customers, could reduce the nutrient content of the aquarium, as well as stabilize pH within the tank, whilst ridding the tank of 2 species of nuisance dinoflagellate’s that on occasion seem to plague reefers and coral keepers. The list of the specific algae is listed below; however the specific species can change throughout the year which we will advise in the species/date section. The reason is as different microalge’s have different seasonal indicators that can increase or decrease their growth and formation of cell rate. Keeping a consistent cell count/ density to our individual products ensures that we are consistently providing you with the quality and feed rates that many thousands of you have come to expect from us.
Our live food does not contain binding agents, ash, hydrophilic fillers GM products and other nasties that are in all the processed feeds used, and we won’t mention what you are doing when your adding by using the frozen stuff.
List of the species used in our 7 species Marine MicroMagic
NANNO
Nannochloropsis oculata – non-flagellated yellow-green alga; cell size 1-5 microns.
Nannochloropsis is a valuable feed in aquaculture providing polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential vitamins, amino acids and photosynthetic pigments. In particular, the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is produced in relatively high concentrations. It also consumes several nitrogen waste compounds including ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates.
TETRA
Tetraselmis sp- green alga with 4 flagella; cell size 6-14 microns
With a rich and varied amino/ fatty acid profile, this strain provides a very nutritional feed for your marine life. Recent studies have shown that Tetraselmis sp possesses significant antimicrobial properties and can therefore help control the bacterial load and reduce the number of pathogenic bacteria (e.g. Vibrio, Staphylococcus) in your tank.
T-ISO
Tisochrysis lutea: golden-brown Biflagellate; cell size 4-6 microns.
PAV
Pavlova lutheri (also Diacronema lutheri)- golden-brown Biflagellate; cell size 4-6 microns
This microalgal species is characterized by a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially EPA and DHA which are essential for marine animals and is widely used in bivalve hatcheries.
PHAEO
Phaeodactylum tricornutum- yellow-brown pennate diatom, cell length up to 35 microns
PHAEO is rich in carbohydrates and carotenoid fucoxanthin and like other diatoms, consumes silicates, restricting the growth of harmful algae and
bacteria and reducing the cycle time of your tank. What makes PHAEO special is its ability to build a silica-free frustule, which means that it can survive and keep consuming excess nutrients even in a silica-limited or -depleted tank. In addition, PHAEO can tolerate iron deficiency which is common in reef aquariums.
Biflagellated green alga; 5-18 microns in length
Dunaliella is a halophilic genus (thrives in high salinity) and is popular for beta-carotene production. It can turn pink under certain environmental conditions (high salinity and light). D. tertiolecta is considered to be the best feed for breeding artemia (brine shrimp), showing superior growth and survival rate in comparison to other aquaculturally valuable microalgae species.
CHAETO
brown centric diatom; Cell is 3-20 microns in length
With its fast growth and excellent nutritional profile, it is an essential feed for various shellfish and therefore is widely used in shellfish hatcheries. Like other diatoms, C. muelleri consumes silicates, restricting the growth of harmful algae and bacteria and can reduce the cycle time of your tank. C. muelleri is characterized by fast growth and is easy to culture.
Usage Directions
Add 5ml per 40L 3-4 times per week for the first week. Increase by 2ml each week for three weeks, and then adjust as needed.
Storage
Date and species when a substitution is made.
Aquatic Live Food’s Micro Magic is a crafted blend of carefully selected live phytoplankton strains, which have been specifically selected with specific purposes in mind. We wanted to ensure that our marine customer, could reduce the nutrient content of the aquarium, as well as stabilize pH within the tank, whilst ridding the tank of nuisance, starve out 2 types of dinoflagellate’s that on occasion seem to plague reefers and coral keepers who don’t quarantine new items before adding them to their display tanks. The list of the specific algae is listed below; however the specific species can change throughout the year which we will advise in the species/date section. The reason is as different microalga’s have different seasonal indicators that can increase or decrease the growth and formation of cell rate. Keeping a consistent cell count/ density to our individual products ensures that we are consistently providing you with the quality and feed rates that many thousands of you have come to expect from us.
Our live food does not contain binding agents, ash, hydrophilic fillers GM products and other nasties that are in all the processed feeds used, and we won’t mention what you are doing when your adding by using the frozen stuff.
List of the species used in our Marine MicroMagic
NANNO
Nannochloropsis oculata – non-flagellated yellow-green alga; cell size 1-5 microns.
Nannochloropsis is a valuable feed in aquaculture providing polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential vitamins, amino acids and photosynthetic pigments. In particular, the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is produced in relatively high concentrations. It also consumes several nitrogen waste compounds including ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates.
TETRA
Tetraselmis sp- green alga with 4 flagella; cell size 6-14 microns
With a rich and varied amino/ fatty acid profile, this strain provides a very nutritional feed for your marine life. Recent studies have shown that Tetraselmis sp possesses significant antimicrobial properties and can therefore help control the bacterial load and reduce the number of pathogenic bacteria (e.g. Vibrio, Staphylococcus) in your tank.
T-ISO
Tisochrysis lutea: golden-brown Biflagellate; cell size 4-6 microns.
PAV
Pavlova lutheri (also Diacronema lutheri)- golden-brown Biflagellate; cell size 4-6 microns
This microalgal species is characterized by a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially EPA and DHA which are essential for marine animals and is widely used in bivalve hatcheries.
PHAEO
Phaeodactylum tricornutum- yellow-brown pennate diatom, cell length up to 35 microns
PHAEO is rich in carbohydrates and carotenoid fucoxanthin and like other diatoms, consumes silicates, restricting the growth of harmful algae and bacteria and reducing the cycle time of your tank. What makes PHAEO special is its ability to build a silica-free frustule, which means that it can survive and keep consuming excess nutrients even in a silica-limited or -depleted tank. In addition, PHAEO can tolerate iron deficiency which is common in reef aquariums.
Usage Directions
Add 5ml per 40L 3-4 times per week for the first week. Increase by 2ml each week for three weeks, and then adjust as needed.
Storage
Date and species when a substitution is made.
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Aquatic Live Food’s Freshwater MicroMagic phytoplankton is a nutritious carefully selected blend of 5 live microalgae species, a formula of this wide of a cell spectrum offers feed with varied particle size (2-500 microns) and caters for all aquarium filter-feeders through all of there developmental stages.
All freshwater filter feeders that rely directly on phytoplankton (microalgae) which include bivalves like clams and mussels, some shrimp and freshwater zooplankton like rotifers, copepods, amphipods and Daphnia. MicroMagic is a great nutritional source of food for most invertebrate filter feeders in your aquarium. Live food does not contain binding agents, ash, hydrophilic fillers, GM products and other nasties that are in all the processed feeds used, and we won’t mention what you are doing when your adding by using the frozen stuff.
List of the species used in our Freshwater MicroMagic
CHLOR
Chlorella vulgaris is a green microalga that is rich in growth factor, pigments, essential amino acids and other biomolecules that play a vital role in improving fish performances. Chlorella spp. is one of the most commercially abundant microalgae and broadly accepted as a food or feed supplement due to its naturally valuable nutritional content with myriad health benefits in fish and crustaceans. Numerous roles of C. vulgaris in animal nutrition and health include improvements in growth performance, feed utilisation, survival, disease resistance, inhibition of bacterial quorum sensing, immunity, stress tolerance, gut microbiota and aquatic bioremediation. The effects are supported by the so-called Chlorella growth factor (CGF), chlorellin (potent antibacterial compound) and strong antioxidant activity of C. vulgaris.
HAEMA
Haematococcus pulvialis, a green freshwater microalga, is one of the main producers of natural astaxanthin (pink carotenoid), the most powerful antioxidant known to man. Astaxanthin is what gives salmon and trout its pinkish colour and will promote the health and colouration of your aquarium fish and crustaceans.
CHLAM
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a green microalga used as a model organism in science and has many biotechnological applications. A recent study has shown that it also has the capacity to nutritionally rival Chlorella and Spirulina. It has a great amino- and fatty acid profile and is especially high in alpha-linoleic acid (ALA). C. reinhardtii contains more Selenium and has relatively high concentrations of chlorophyll (a + b) and total carotenoids when compared to the current algal superfood market leaders.
CHAETO
Chaetoceros sp. – a freshwater strain of this diatom genera is very efficient at removing excess nutrients from your tank. Unlike the nuisance diatoms that you sometimes find forming an unsightly film on the walls of your tank, this genus is planktonic- meaning that the cells of it remain suspended in the water column, making it available for the filter feeders to consume. Prolonged use of CHAETO can help combat other nuisance diatoms by outcompeting them for nutrients and silica.
Usage Directions
Storage
Aquatic Live Food’s New Micro Magic Rotifood is a blend of highly nutritious algae of the appropriate cell sizes that will enhance the HUFA value of the Rotifers, ensuring they meet the high HUFA levels for the professional fish breeders. Our commercial hatcheries of finfish fingerling growers say that rotifers full of Rotifood have increased the survival rates and the weight of fry. This weight increase ensures the fingerlings get a high price at the market. For the smaller breeders, this means you will have higher survival rates, more of your fry will reach the juvenile stage, which means you will have more, high-quality fish for sale and reduces the amount of fish being removed from the wild.
Our specific blend uses the following algae at our tried and tested ratios to ensure you get the best quality feed for the highest survival rate, the healthiest fry and the highest yields from your adult breeding pairs.
NANNO
Nannochloropsis oculata – non-flagellated yellow-green alga; cell size 1-5 microns.
Nannochloropsis is a valuable feed in aquaculture providing polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential vitamins, amino acids and photosynthetic pigments. In particular, the omega-3 fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is produced in relatively high concentrations. It also consumes several nitrogen waste compounds including ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates.
TETRA
Tetraselmis sp- green alga with 4 flagella; cell size 6-14 microns
With a rich and varied amino/ fatty acid profile, this strain provides a very nutritional feed for your rotifers. Recent studies have shown that Tetraselmis sp possesses significant antimicrobial properties and can therefore help control the bacterial load and reduce the number of pathogenic bacteria (e.g. Vibrio, Staphylococcus) in your tank.
PAV
Pavlova lutheri (also Diacronema lutheri)- golden-brown Biflagellate; cell size 4-6 microns
This microalgal species is characterized by a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially EPA and DHA which are essential for marine animals and is widely used in bivalve hatcheries.
