AlgaGen Copepods & Rotifers

ReefPods are the only truly tropical live copepod culture available on the market today. Live feeds provide the best nutrition for saltwater fish, corals, and invertebrates. Copepods and rotifers stimulate a natural, healthy feeding response that reduces mortality rates while providing the ideal natural nutrition. AlgaGen specializes in providing high density, top-quality live feeds for the ornamental market with the best fresh live feeds available. What Is Missing From Your Reef Tank? AlgaGen has selected different types of copepods that have been used in aquaculture and together will feed a wide array of organisms in the reef tank. These pods work together to satisfy the feed requirements of your tank. How? Of the many copepods that exist, the two groups/families that are common in the hobby are bottom dwelling and water column dwelling. There has never been a water column dwelling copepod that could survive being kept in a bottle...until now! The water column dwelling (pelagic) copepod are THE food for anthias and other pelagic feeders; including seahorses, SPS corals, and non-photosynthetic corals such as gorgonians. The bottom dwelling (benthic) copepods are good for wrasses, seahorses, mandarins. The pelagic pods eat phytoplankton and will do well on PhycoPure, whereas the benthic or bottom dwelling pods will eat phyto and do well on it but they eat many other items which will actually help keep your tank clean and nitrates lower. They will eat left over fish food, fish fecal matter, plant debris, etc. These two copepods represent what is typically found on reefs and what is missing from most hobbyist reef tanks. Together these pods will provide an important part in the feeding of numerous reef organisms.  What are Copepods? There are more than 75,000 species of copepods, which are morphologically diverse and occupy all aquatic habitats. There are copepod species in the deepest trenches and at the highest altitudes, some that are symbiotic and others that reside in sediments and in caves. The world’s oceans are numerically dominated by copepods. Why Use Copepods? Copepods are nature’s ideal prey – being numerically, the greatest form of life in the oceans and serving as food for most of the ocean’s life during all or a portion of their life cycles. As such nutritional quality and behavioral qualities of copepods are vastly superior to traditional live feeds, such as rotifers and brine shrimp, used by aquarists or aquaculturists. Copepods are useful live prey when rotifers and brine shrimp fail to support health and growth of fish and invertebrates. Aquarium/Aquaculture Uses Some aquariums will have a population of pods acquired by accident, leaving some aquarists unaware of their existence or importance. Aquarists who have established copepod populations know that most coral and many other filter feeding invertebrates and small bottom feeding fish such as Mandarins greatly benefit from copepod predation. Aquarists that master the physical requirements of water chemistry, lighting and water flow in a reef tank still find many species difficult to feed. Adequate nutrition can become the limiting factor in maintaining many filter feeders and picky fish species. Of all the environmental conditions that nature established for healthy reefs, a diverse live plankton community is the one component that marine aquariums have difficulty replicating. Tropical corals and clams that derive much of their nutrition from symbiotic algae do, in fact, capture zooplankton as part of their diet. Many desirable aquarium invertebrates are entirely dependent on filtering various types of plankton as their diet. The addition and establishment of copepod cultures to reef tanks is one of the best ways to achieve a continuous self-generating food supply. Now AlgaGen is making available five species of aquacultured copepods and a marine cladoceran to aquarists for the first time. Professional and hobby aquarists, alike, will now have the ability to inoculate their systems with different copepod species at will. They can experiment with different types and combinations of pods for different types of feeders. Mandarins and Seahorses, Anthias and Dragonettes, NPS Corals, deep water gorgonians, Acropora, Crinoids, Basket Stars: the list of copepod diners could go on and on.

ReefPods™ Tangerine ReefPods™ Tangerine, "the big ones" – are packed with nutritious lipid reserves and pigments that will enhance health and color of small to medium reef fish and seahorses. ReefPods™ Tangerine is a live culture of a large unidentified calanoid copepod, most likely in the Family Temoridae. Tangerine adult copepods live in the water column and will eat small suspended detritus particles and microalgae in the aquarium. They produce a large nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by numerous water-column feeding fish such as clowns, dwarf angels, anthias and seahorses, to name just a few. ReefPods™ Tangerine may be used as a starter culture to establish populations in marine aquarium refugiums or the main tank when PhycoPure™ CopePod Blend is added as directed. Although not as easily established as Tisbe, once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to reproductive adults in about 15 days. They are sub-tropical and will thrive in normal aquarium temperatures and a wide range of salinities. for more information follow this link  ReefPods™ Tangerine 8 ounce $14.99 ReefPods™ Tangerine 16 ounce $24.99 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce 16 ounce

ReefPods™ Tisbe ReefPods™ Tisbe the most popular aquarium Pod -they consumes your aquarium’s wastes and detritus, reproduce well, and are food for a multitude of reef inhabitants! ReefPods™ Tisbe is a live culture of the harpacticoid copepod Tisbe biminiensis. Tisbe adult copepods live on bottom substrate such as live rock or sand and will eat detritus and microalage in the aquarium. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by small bottom feeding fish such as gobies, dragonettes and blennies. ReefPods™ Tisbe may be used as a starter culture to add to marine aquarium refugiums or the main tank. Once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to adults in about nine days. They will thrive in a wide range of aquarium temperatures and a wide range of salinities. It is suggested they be added to the aquarium at night or to the refugium to avoid immediate fish predation. for more information follow this link  ReefPods™ Tisbe 8 ounce $13.99 ReefPods™ Tisbe 16 ounce $23.99 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce 16 ounce

ReefPods™ Acartia ReefPods™ Acartia, an elegant pod, are an excellent all purpose food: Great for seahorses, corals and other sessile invertebrates, and many larval fish. ReefPods™ Acartia is a live culture of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa. Acartia live and feed in the water column and will eat suspended detritus and microalage. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by numerous plankton feeding fish. ReefPods™ Acartia may be used as a starter culture to establish populations in marine aquarium refugiums or the main tank when PhycoPure™ CopePod Blend™ is added as directed. Once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to adults in about 12 days. They will thrive in normal aquarium temperatures and a wide range of salinities. It is suggested they be added to the aquarium at night to avoid immediate fish predation. for more information follow this link  ReefPods™ Acartia 8 ounce $19.99 ReefPods™ Acartia 16 ounce $35.99 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce 16 ounce

Decapsulated Brine AlgaGen has simplified the process of feeding brine shrimp to your small fish by performing the decapsulation process for you. The decapsulation process involves removing the indigestible outer shell of the brine shrimp cysts so you can feed either the hatched artemia or the unhatched egg without worrying about the health of your fish. To hatch simply rinse on a screen and add to your hatcher, aerate so the eggs are not settled on the bottom and target normal or slightly higher salinity. Hatching should occur within 24 hrs after which you can drain and rinse or enrich the newly hatched artemia. This product can also be used as a coral food when added directly to the tank and the eggs that are not captured by coral polyps will hatch out and become fish food. Note: This is a special order product that will require a few extra days to ship. Decapsulated Brine 4 ounce $14.99 Decapsulated Brine 8 ounce $22.99 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce 16 ounce

AlgaGen Rotifers AlgaGen has been providing rotifers to numerous hatcheries for years now. Our cultures are some of the cleanest on the market. As a live food, rotifers are the right size (105-160 micrometers in width) for many species of fish larvae that are cultured commonly, such as clown fish, gobies, Mediterranean seabasses and snappers, red drum, pompano, and cobia, just to name a few. For rotifers to be nutritionally suitable for fish larvae, they must be “enriched” or “gut loaded” with various combinations of microalgae or commercially prepared products. Once enriched, rotifers are an excellent hatchery food for many species of larval fish. Note: This is a special order product that will require a few extra days to ship. Rotifers 8 ounce $14.99 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce

PhycoPure™ Reef Blend Phytoplankton PhycoPure™ Reefblend is made of 7 different types of LIVE microalgae as well as a dinoflagellate, zooxanthellae. Reefblend was therefore created as a LIVE food supplement for filter feeding marine aquarium inhabitants including the feeding of existing copepod populations in the tank. It is grown in natural seawater that has been ozonated, charcoal filtered and uv treated. PhycoPure™ Reef Blend offers a wide range of particle sizes and nutritional content that, individually, have been proven very effective in various aquaculture farms, and projects. Just like humans, animals require some level of variety in a food source. It is understandable that no single food provides 100% of the necessary nutrition required for good health. Hence the blend of phytoplankton in PhycoPure™ Reef Blend Aquarists have reported great results feeding PhycoPure Reef Blend to Acropora (better polyp extension), all Euphyllia corals (Torch, Elegance, Frogspawn, Hammer), Gorgonians, Chili corals, Nephthea's, Carnation corals, Feather dusters, Tubeworms, Sponges, Mushroom corals, Leather corals, all types of Brain corals, Montipora's, Montastrea and Tubastrea species, and Certain anemones. Note: PhycoPure Reef Blend is guaranteed to arrive alive but no guarantee beyond that is provided. Pycopure Reef Blend 8 ounce $11.95 Pycopure Reef Blend 16 ounce $19.95 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce 16 ounce

PhycoPure™ CopePod Blend Phytoplankton PhycoPureTM CopePod BlendTM is a blend of LIVE microalgae specifically assembled for use as a food for marine aquarium filter feeders and to feed copepod populations. True pelagic(calanoids) and numerous benthic species (harpacticoids) will only eat live microalgae. Live microalgae is essential to produce and maintain copepod populations. You can raise your own phytoplankton cultures and we support this whole heartedly but in the absence of doing this, using AlgaGen’s PhycoPure Copepod Blend is the perfect approach. Simply add 1-2 caps per gallon per day or as the water gets cleared out. Aquarists have reported great results when fed to clams, species specific corals (gorgonians, brain corals, mushroom corals, leathers, montipora, carnations), feather dusters, tube worms, sponges and certain anemones. It can also be used to gut load rotifers and Artemia. PhycoPure CopePod Blend is cultured in purified natural Atlantic Ocean water and should be refrigerated. PhycoPure CopePod Blend has no preservatives, is not subjected to harsh processing steps and is batch processed to ensure quality. Note: PhycoPure CopePod Blend is guaranteed to arrive alive but no guarantee beyond that is provided. Pycopure CopePod Blend 8 ounce $11.95 Pycopure CopePod Blend 16 ounce $19.95 Quantity : Select Size 8 ounce 16 ounce

Coral Smoothie: Feed The Frenzy! Coral Smoothie™ was designed specifically for feeding corals, combining a myriad of coral food items into one easy to use bottle with a 6 month shelf life. Coral Smoothie™ isn’t just for corals though, fish and invertebrates will go crazy for it’s high quality ingredients. Once you try it you'll see why we say Feed the Frenzy! Coral Smoothie by AlgaGen is a first of its kind for natural and convenient marine aquarium feeding . Coral Smoothie has been designed to provide the variety of food items found on tropical coral reefs. It is formulated with everything from vegetable protein to whole zooplankton and eggs. The product has been proven to stimulate marine tanks drawing responses from invertebrates such as snails and shrimp to corals and fish, with particle sizes ranging from 2 to 5,000 microns. Coral Smoothie Contains: • 9 species of microalgae • Artemia nauplii • Copepods • Rotifers • Clam larvae • Oyster larvae • Oyster eggs and tissue • Hydrolyzed vegetable protein • Fish Eggs • Decapsulated artemia cysts • Copepod eggs • Mussel & Squid The food comes in an easy to use squirt bottle that allows the hobbyist to either feed an entire tank, or spot feed specific animals within the system. Purchase Size: 8 oz & 16 oz. $12.99 8 oz. ~ $24.99 16 oz. Quantity : size : Select size 8 ounce 16 ounce

Coral Smoothie: Oyster Delight Coral Smoothie™ was designed specifically for feeding corals, combining a myriad of coral food items into one easy to use bottle with a 6 month shelf life. Coral Smoothie™ isn’t just for corals though, fish and invertebrates will go crazy for it’s high quality ingredients. Coral Smoothie by AlgaGen is a first of its kind for natural and convenient marine aquarium feeding . Coral Smoothie has been designed to provide the variety of food items found on tropical coral reefs. It is formulated with everything from vegetable protein to whole zooplankton and eggs. The product has been proven to stimulate marine tanks drawing responses from invertebrates such as snails and shrimp to corals and fish, with particle sizes ranging from 2 to 5,000 microns. Coral Smoothie Contains: • 9 species of microalgae • Artemia nauplii • Copepods • Rotifers • Clam larvae • Oyster larvae • Oyster eggs and tissue • Hydrolyzed vegetable protein • Fish Eggs • Decapsulated artemia cysts • Copepod eggs • Mussel & Squid Coral Smoothie: Oyster Delight Contains: • Oyster tissue • Oyster eggs • Hydrolyzed vegetable protein The food comes in an easy to use squirt bottle that allows the hobbyist to either feed an entire tank, or spot feed specific animals within the system. Purchase Size: 8 oz & 16 oz. $17.99 8 oz. ~ $29.99 16 oz. Quantity : size : Select size 8 ounce 16 ounce