(35 ml pouch)
Concentrated living phytoplankton: natural food for daphnia, ostracods, and microfauna
What is it?
A 35 ml pouch of living freshwater phytoplankton (microalgae in suspension) concentrated to dilute and restore several litres of nutritious "green water".
Ideal for feeding daphnia, ostracods, and filtering microfauna, thus starting or boosting your breeding cultures.
Why choose this living phytoplankton?
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Natural and living: universal food base for breeding small creatures. Phytoplankton is the foundation of all aquatic food chains.
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Very simple: one 35 ml dose yields 2 to 5 litres of plankton in a few seconds.
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Effective: faster growth of daphnia or ostracods, better culture stability.
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Algal biodiversity: diverse green water, made up of various species in natural culture, not cloned in a laboratory.
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Economical: one dose is enough to start and maintain a small breeding culture. And nothing stops you from keeping some to cultivate yourself.
Quick instructions
- 🚰 Preparation: Pour the pouch into a container of tap water (several litres depending on your needs). If you prepared this water the day before, or use water from your aquarium, even better.
- ☀️ Light: Expose to light (ideally indirect sunlight) so the microalgae continue their growth. The ideal is between 12:00 and 16:00 hours per day.
- 🍽️ Distribution: Distribute regularly in your daphnia and ostracod breeding tanks. Daphnia eat it suspended in the water, and ostracods wait for some to settle at the bottom.
- 🔄 Maintenance: Add water to the culture to compensate for consumption, and return to the light. A drop of liquid fertilizer can help if you do not use aquarium water.
- 💡 Tip: "Green water" is undesirable in a display aquarium (because it is unsightly), but valuable for feeding your aquatic creature cultures.
Recommended uses
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Daphnia breeding: (bucket, outdoor tank, trashcan pond...). They continuously filter the microalgae in suspension to feed.
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Ostracods and microfauna: which feed on it when it settles on surfaces. This slow sedimentation covers supports with a green felt that the microfauna "grazes".
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Pond or small pool: occasional supply to support food cultures when their water is too clear or in winter.
FAQ – Living phytoplankton
What does the pouch contain?
A living mix of freshwater microalgae (phytoplankton) concentrated, to dilute.
How much volume can be obtained?
One 35 ml pouch allows restoring several litres of nutritious planktonic water.
Is it ready to use?
Yes, provided it is diluted. But you can also pour a small amount directly into the daphnia tank, where it will dilute itself.
Can it be used in the main aquarium?
Use it mainly for dedicated breeding cultures. If you have fish, there is generally no microfauna to feed. And if you do not have fish, you may prefer to keep your water clear for the aquarium’s appearance.
How to keep it active?
Keep the culture in the light, add fresh water if needed; the green colour indicates good density. If you use pure tap water, you can feed it with a drop of liquid fertilizer.
Additional information
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Type: natural living plant plankton, diverse.
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Size: microscopic algae in suspension, invisible to the naked eye.
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Use: natural food for daphnia, ostracods, and microfauna.
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Temperature: the optimum for cultivating phytoplankton is around 18°C, but light is more important (12 to 16 hours per day if possible).
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Packaging: sealed pouch with double seal of 35 ml plankton, harvested and packaged the same morning as shipment (approximate weight: 40g).
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Guarantee: plankton grown under 100% natural conditions, without added chemical fertilizers or treatment products.
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Recommendation: an air stone in your culture will help the plankton stay longer suspended in the water and thus settle even more slowly.
