Phytoplankton

[mitch91175]

Working great, been adding some every other day. Left the glass dirty for a few days and pods crawling all over the place now.

Yeah I leave my side glass dirty just to see my numbers and they are plentiful to say the least. Don’t think I’ll be needing to order pods for the foreseeable future.

 

[KyleC.]

Got my 16o today. Looks excellent. Pods are going to happy campers. I will not hesitate to purchase again.

 

[RalphsReef]

Got mine today. Nice and dark green. Great communication during the transaction. Thanks!

 

[mitch91175]

Got my 16o today. Looks excellent. Pods are going to happy campers. I will not hesitate to purchase again.

Hey @KyleC. , how's that phyto treating your tank?

Got mine today. Nice and dark green. Great communication during the transaction. Thanks!

Hey @RalphsReef, how's that phyto treating your tank?

 

[mitch91175]

Ordered a second batch. This just in today. In the fridge. You’ll see you truly can’t even see through it it is so dense. Thanks Mitch.

Hey @Eder, how's everything going with the phytoplankton?

 

[Hotelbravo]

I have more pods than I could ever need in my 180 gallon tank. Even with two spawning mandarins. So the question is, how would my coral benefit from phyto? I keep euphyllia and SPS mostly.
I'm very interested in buying some but am unsure if it's even helpful for my system since the pod population has been crazy large and stable for 3+ years.

 

[mitch91175]

I have more pods than I could ever need in my 180 gallon tank. Even with two spawning mandarins. So the question is, how would my coral benefit from phyto? I keep euphyllia and SPS mostly.
I'm very interested in buying some but am unsure if it's even helpful for my system since the pod population has been crazy large and stable for 3+ years.

Sending PM

 

[mitch91175]

I have more pods than I could ever need in my 180 gallon tank. Even with two spawning mandarins. So the question is, how would my coral benefit from phyto? I keep euphyllia and SPS mostly.
I'm very interested in buying some but am unsure if it's even helpful for my system since the pod population has been crazy large and stable for 3+ years.

Hey @Hotelbravo. Hope all is well. With your question about whether phytoplankton would benefit your system honestly that is something you have to decide. I personally won't try to sway you one way or the other. I personally feel it greatly benefits my entire ecosystem in my tank. Not just feeding purposes, but phytoplankton also helps with overall water quality and nutrient addition as well. Seems counter productive right. But when we strip our systems completely of all nutrients, we try to offset that with add other stuff to keep our corals happy. I just use phytoplankton in my system and it works for my situation.

As far as feeding your SPS and euphyllia, I cannot guarantee any of your coral will actively consume the phytoplankton (that is something that you would have to identify when spot feeding). What it will do is feed any amount of zooplankton that you do have in your system and your SPS and euphyllia will absolutely consume what they can from that.

Here is a really good read by some experts on phytoplankton: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/76d6/72f10ce8a9c065c5c87a79ed1a172560d0e8.pdf

If after you have done your own research on its benefit/lack there of, it is totally up to you to make the decision whether you feel it will work in your situation. I feel it does for me and I'd rather use it than some of the processed stuff out there. If I am saying this accurately, phytoplankton is the beginning of all bio-diversity.

 

[RalphsReef]

The tank is loving it. Thanks!

 

[mitch91175]

Got some more phyto for anyone needing some.

 

[kirbuno]

Mitch, thanks for the phyto! Thanks for the quick as lighting turn around, the package came in yesterday nice and dark. Looks great!

 

[mitch91175]

Mitch, thanks for the phyto! Thanks for the quick as lighting turn around, the package came in yesterday nice and dark. Looks great!

Thank you as well. Look forward to your tank loving it and just let me know when/if you need any more.

 

[sromero287]

PM’ed

 

[GWHouston]

Super fast shipper for a great quality product. I ordered it on Thursday and got it by Saturday. Looking forward to seeding my tank with pods

 

[mitch91175]

Just an FYI everyone, I do have some more available. Will stay on course with shipping fast and sending a reliable product.

Crazy that I have changed my system around twice in the last 4 weeks (removing all water and redoing aquascape) and I thought I'd have to add more pods, but definitely not even considering it now. I have continued to feed my tank with my phyto and it's completely replenished my pods population. Glass is covered again

 

[mitch91175]

Pics of latest batch. Super green and freshness.

 

[mitch91175]

Pulled 2 more today. Have some extra.

 

[Initialr]

do you have any more, would like 35oz

 

[Anthony123coral]

Yup I’ll take 2 if you have them

 

[mitch91175]

Yes I do. Out of town but I can see about getting my nephew to ship them this week for y’all. Send me a PM