Ultimate Freshwater Mix contains 4 types of copepods, rotifers, daphnia, 3 types amphipods, Aussie seed shrimp and our freshwater MicroMagic 4 species of phytoplankton all mixed up in one bottle you will get a all round live food ideal for your tropical or cold freshwater tank in one bottle. Copepods, these are found naturally in your aquarium which arrive on live rock, they are a similar size to newly hatched brine shrimp and are an excellent food source for Discus fry, killifish, anglefish, ghost knife fish etc, all of which eat these at a steady rate.
Aquatic Live Food has put together an informative, step-by-step guide on how to culture 10 specifically selected phytoplankton for use in marine and freshwater aquariums including phytoplankton with diatoms.
Copepods (Harpacticoid) These copepods are benthic in other words they are (crawlers). They are excellent for seeding a new tank, adding to your refugium or sump and for seeding a reef tank. Each 100ml of water will contain approximately 1000 copepods from adults, copepodites, and various instar period copepods.
These Cell Culture Flask are sterilised and come with a vented cap to allow the starter phytoplankton to breath. With a canted neck it allows the flasks to be stacked
Culture Flask Stackable
Cell culture flasks designed for consistency, cell health and reproducibility, with the surface and ancillary options you’re looking for in a tissue culture flask. Choose a cell culture flask from a variety of sizes, with culture areas ranging from 25cm2 to 500cm2 and a selection of surface treated offerings to address.
Aquatic Live Food supply excellent tools at great prices, good quality and the most variety available.
Construction:
These are made 90mm wide diameter by 100mm high. Made with Australian Standards grade PVC material. Laboratory grade polyester mesh screen. These will hold out under extreme use in the laboratory and prolonged exposure to the outdoors in the UV and saltwater environment. Also they are impervious to chemicals like bleach, chlorine etc.
Some of the many uses of sieves: When doing water changes make sure you run your waist water through on of our sieves so you capture and save all your copepods in your marine aquarium before discarding water.
Culturing Rotifers and Copepods. Start by pouring your culture water (i.e. rotifers) through the sieve. Then rinse the organisms with water with the same parameters as your culture water into a smaller container, so you end up with a denser culture. Feed them directly to your corals and fish fry.
There is no manufactured food that is better than live food for your aquarium. Tools like this sieve allow you to save time and money on expensive foods by culturing your own live food. These sieves can be used for saltwater or freshwater.
Manta Micro-Plastics Net is a trawl-able net designed to collect micro-plastics or surface zoo or phyto plankton. The Manta net is made of 150um mesh and the screw off cod end can have the micron size you choose. At the very front is the harness with three attachment points all joined to a stainless steel shackle, from which you attach your tow line.
