Phytoplex and Zooplex
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mr.125
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HA! This fad will wear out soon. if its thee same manufacturer (Reeef Nutrition) The bottle comes with a little piece of micro or macro algea and houses th copepods...lol this bottle theey say can be kept - room temp and will keep the copepods alive for up to an entire month. WHAT A JOKE! When my LFS tried out the display they provided, they were all dead in less than a week. He kept the lid off the bottle and even suplimented light for the macro/micro that was provided in the bottle w/ little LED's i think.
Same went for the ones he put in the fridge.
IMO u would have to do mini water changes on this stupid little bottle to keep even a fraction of them alive. (which is absolutly ridiculous)
I think for populating fuges it might be a good purchase. Says 2000-2500 mixed gender microns for $20....
I take that back....6 bottles averages 2000-2500 microns. doesnt sound like a good buy anymore...lol
Same went for the ones he put in the fridge.
IMO u would have to do mini water changes on this stupid little bottle to keep even a fraction of them alive. (which is absolutly ridiculous)
I think for populating fuges it might be a good purchase. Says 2000-2500 mixed gender microns for $20....
I take that back....6 bottles averages 2000-2500 microns. doesnt sound like a good buy anymore...lol
mudplayerx
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Live zoo and phyto must be refrigerated and has a very short shelf life.
mudplayerx
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Originally Posted by Weberian
Yeah but even dead frozen mysis shrimp have to be frozen to stay good food. Why don't these bottles of dead stuff say to refrigerate?? The two products in my original post are Kent brands.
I have the Kent phyto as well. I think there is no instructions to refrigerate because the Kent products are loaded with preservatives
ps- one reason live pyto/zoo has a short shelf life is due to the fact that the stuff is a mixture of different organisms to create a balanced nutrition load. The longer the mix sits, the more time the organisms that reproduce quicker have to crowd out the other organisms. This leads to a phyto/zoo mix that has a very high content of one nutrient and a lack of all the others. Bacteria and rotifers tend to eventually take over the mixtures as well.
Yeah but even dead frozen mysis shrimp have to be frozen to stay good food. Why don't these bottles of dead stuff say to refrigerate?? The two products in my original post are Kent brands.
I have the Kent phyto as well. I think there is no instructions to refrigerate because the Kent products are loaded with preservatives
ps- one reason live pyto/zoo has a short shelf life is due to the fact that the stuff is a mixture of different organisms to create a balanced nutrition load. The longer the mix sits, the more time the organisms that reproduce quicker have to crowd out the other organisms. This leads to a phyto/zoo mix that has a very high content of one nutrient and a lack of all the others. Bacteria and rotifers tend to eventually take over the mixtures as well.