{"product_id":"13-species-phytoblend-rotifer-3-podblend","title":"13 Species PhytoBlend, rotifer \u0026 3 Podblend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe best way to seed an aquarium or refuel your copepod population. Get 3 of the most common marine copepods in one bottle to help your reef aquaria take off again. We do recommend feeding live phytoplankton to your aquaria 2-4 times a week to help your copepods reproduce. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur in house blend of single phytoplankton cultures combined at peak concentrations and never diluted. This blend has everything you could ask for! Contains the following phytoplanktons:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen phytoplanktons (Nannochloropsis oculata,Tetraselmis chui, Chlorella, Dunaliella tertiolecta)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGolden phytoplanktons (Tisochrysis lutea, Pavlova, Isochrysis galbana)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed phytoplankton (Rhodomonas salina, Porphyridium cruentum)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrange phytoplankton (Chaetocerors calcitrans)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrown phytoplanktons (Pheaodactylum tricornutum)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThalassiosira weissfloggii. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an exceptional mix of phytoplanktons that will make your corals feel like they are back in the ocean. Feeding this blend will help reduce nitrates, phosphate and silicates in your water column while providing the essential building blocks most corals feed on naturally. Rhodomonas is the essential building block to add more color to your corals, a strain that you that's hard to come by. Refrigeration required on both bottles. Rotifers last 3 weeks refrigerated. Phytoplankton lasts 1 month  refrigerated. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTigriopus\u003c\/strong\u003e californicus will take 3-4 weeks before you start noticing a dramatic increase in population. If you are going to grow them we recommend waiting 5-6 weeks after receiving them and feeding them regularly before your first harvest, by this time your Tigriopus population should be doubled to tripled then harvesting every 2 weeks after that. Tigriopus californicus are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids making them ideal for picky eaters such as butterflies or mandarin gobys. These pods are known for their jerking motion that encourages fish to feed upon them. Females will lay hundreds of eggs during their lifecycle, if you use your phone to zoom in or a microscope you'll see females carrying eggs. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTisbe\u003c\/strong\u003e copepods are small copepods that require a light to be shown at the bottom of the bottle to see them. We send all sizes\/ages in each bottle. Tisbe copepods are a moderate production copepod, needing 2-3 weeks before harvesting. Tisbe pods will consume large amounts of phytoplankton while culturing, you'll often notice you'll have to feed them 4-5 times a week once your population takes off. They also make for a great clean up crew in your reef aquarium, they are bottom dwellers and love to hide in the rocks making them hard for small to medium fish to eat. (mandarins gobys love hunting these guys down) Tisbe copepods are loaded with high nutritional content when fed live phytoplankton. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApocyclops\u003c\/strong\u003e copepods are medium size, slightly larger than tisbe and slightly smaller than Tigriopus copepods. Youll see these guys jerking in the water column, enticing smaller fish to eat. Apocyclops females will lay eggs every 4-6 days, meaning you can harvest them on a weekly basis if you're culturing them. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you culture these pods together in a 1 gallon vessel or larger, eventually all the pods will be apocyclops as they reproduce at a faster rate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reef Legends","offers":[{"title":"16 ounce Phyto \u0026 Rotifer  8 ounce pod mix","offer_id":48248108450051,"sku":"16PHY8P3","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 ounce Phyto Rotifer \u0026 3 pod blend","offer_id":48248108482819,"sku":"sku-47847637582144","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32 ounce Phyto \u0026 Rotifer  16 ounce pod mix","offer_id":48248108515587,"sku":"32PHY\u0026rot16P3","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"32 ounce Phyto, rotifer 3 pod blend","offer_id":48248108548355,"sku":"sku-47445614494016","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/13-species-phytoblend-rotifer-3-podblend","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}