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Benefits Of Feeding Phytoplankton

• Brighter coloured corals

• Faster coral growth

• Greater polyp extension

• Increased number of micro fauna

• Increased zooplankton and copepod populations

• Mysid populations will bloom due to the increase in copepods. Phytoplankton is high in EPA and ARA, but low in DHA.

Many common reef aquarium animals are filter-feeding phytoplanktivores. In other words, they eat tiny algae that they capture from the aquarium water. In the natural environment, they often eat a lot of it.

Despite that, they are in many cases quite choosy about what they eat in terms of food particle type and size. There simply isn’t a rich enough supply of this food source in our tiny, crowded, recirculating aquarium systems to meet their needs.

Continued feeding of phytoplankton will result in a reduced growth of unsightly algal films. Copepods will be more numerous and more nutritious, conferring distinct health benefits to finicky zooplanktivorous fishes such as mandarins and seahorses.

Phytoplanktivorous invertebrates will grow faster, live longer and be more colourful, you may even be able to keep those “difficult” invert species that before would only wither away and die in short time. Most importantly, your aquarium system as a whole will be more interesting to keep, as it will be ecologically functioning in a much more natural manner.