Characteristics and Problems of some species of Zooplankton
In the first section dedicated to zooplankton – here – we covered all the organisms which can be grown in a home set-up and can be used to feed our LPS and SPS corals.
Continue ReadingIn the first section dedicated to zooplankton – here – we covered all the organisms which can be grown in a home set-up and can be used to feed our LPS and SPS corals.
Continue Readingfrom left to right: Simocephalus vetulus, Tomopteris Eschscholtz, Hyperia Macrocephala, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, Gammarus locusta, Iracia Efferata, larve megalopa from Crustacea family, Asteria rubens Bippinaria, Brachionus quadridentatus, Calycopsis borchgevinki – Picture by Sanja Zamuda – Creative Commons rights
In the past article of this short series we illustrated two of the main features of plankton, size and classification (read here). We can now approach to how to supplement algae-based plankton (phytoplankton) or animal-based (zooplankton) into our tank.
We already covered in previous articles the benefits of phytoplankton and zooplankton supplement in a reef aquarium, and how to build them up in our system.
In this second section I will refer to the particulate components that are produced by the rising deep currents, this component we call Plankton.
The earth surface is 71% covered by salt water and as we all know, between the parallels above and below the equator up to the 23 °26 ‘we have the greatest presence of coral structures and all the closely related organisms.
The PetsFestival 2018, the most important pet show of the year in Italy, will start on Saturday 20th October and will last until Sunday 21st at the Piacenza Expo complex.
A soft coral tank can be just as beautiful and requires a less powerful lighting, minimizing energy consumption.
This is the first of a short series of articles aimed to improve our aquariums sustainability: we will start by illustrating several tips to reduce the energy bill of our tank.