Reef Genetics Live Red Phytoplankton (Rhodomonas salina)

Description

Description:

• Rhodomonas salina is a highly nutritious marine algae domesticated for commercial fish, shellfish and shrimp farming.
• Color-Enhancing Nutrition: highly concentrated with valuable pigments such as Phycoerythrin which intensify the color of fish and corals.
• Profound Overall Nutritional Profile: rich in lipids, amino acids, bioactive vitamins and probiotics.
• 4-6 million living algae cells/ml. Moderate cell size (8-16um).
• Perfect live feed for corals, tridacnid clams, electric scallops, porcelain crabs, sea fans and other filter-feeding marine life.
• Ideal for growing home cultures of copepods, rotifers, artemia, moina and other zooplankton live feeds.
• Photosynthetic Powerhouse: ravenous consumer of nitrates and phosphates.
• Cultivated at reef aquarium salinity (1.0263), thrives off blue spectrum lighting and will survive in the aquarium until consumed.

Dosing Instructions:

• Shut off return pumps, skimmers and UV sterilizers for 20 min after feeding.
• Can be broadcast fed, drip fed or target fed.
• Can be combined with frozen/powdered feeds.

TSA Standard Phyto Bottles (8oz)

• Feeds Aquariums up to 20-40 Gallons
• Suitable for starting home algae cultures up to 10 gallons.

TSA Jumbo Phyto Bottles (32oz)

• Feeds Aquariums up to 60-120 Gallons
• Suitable for starting home algae cultures up to 30 gallons.

Storage Instructions:

• Use within 1 week of opening
• Store in refrigerator between feedings
• Swirl the bottle gently every 2-3 days to keep living cells in suspension.