Freshwater amphipod Senticaudata is one of the four suborders of the crustacean order Amphipoda (aka scuds, sideswimmers). It includes some 5000 species, which is more than 50% or the currently recognized amphipod diversity.
Freshwater amphipod Senticaudata contains much of the world freshwater amphipod diversity, whereas the majority of its species are still marine. Among the major superfamilies included are the Gammaroidea, Crangonyctoidea, Talitroidea and Corophioidea.
Australian Plankton now offers proper live marine Zooplankton, not the (single rotifer& copepod, algae) mix you might currently buy or the dead stuff with preservatives to stop the contents rotting.
This is the real thing, 3 strains of Rotifer, 4 types of Copepod, 3 Amphipods, 3 Isopods, Nanoplanktonic Flagellates, Euphausiids, Mysidacea, Salps, Pteropods and many others.
These live Copepods are an excellent food source for your seahorses, seadragons, pipefish, longhorn cowfish, boxfish etc. As you well know live foods provide your tank inhabitants with good nutrition as well as providing them with plenty of exercise chasing down the live food. Coming from Aquatic Live Food you know these aquacultured Copepods have been feed the best quality foods available so the copepods stomach will also be full of quality feed increasing the nutritional value to your tank inhabitants.
The 125ml bottle should* provide 2-3 days of food for your tank.
