PlanctonTech tour – a pure spectacle into the Phytoplankton world
During the last PetsFestival 2022 (our editorial here) we were able to visit Roberto Ferri at Planctontech headquarters.
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Microfauna Booster: the turbo by Daphbio for our marine aquarium
Microfauna booster is a special “accelerant” for our aquarium. It contains phytoplankton, bacterioplankton, enzymes, denitrifying bacteria and probiotics, it helps microfauna, meiofauna and the micro organisms that are in our aquarium to find the correct and healthy environment and at the same time it provides them the nutrients.
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Aquarium plankton – mistakes in the use of phytoplankton supplement
from 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.
Phytoplankton – algae species, cultures and results
Tetraselmis – thanks to ReefSnow
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.
Plankton – zooplankton and phytoplankton – getting to know them
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 global seas nutrient cycle: a better understanding of its application in aquariums
Sunrise in the red sea: global sea nutrient cycle
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.
Zoomark 2011: Aquamedic and PlanctonTech
Our tour inside the Zoomark, or better inside Hall 19, started at the stand of ReefInternational where there were two major brands, Aquamedic that doesn’t need any introduction and PlanctonTech, a young italian company that sell live feed on the market with high quality fittings and amazingly accurate details.
Above I look at the new proposals of MiniReef from Aquamedic.
