Sourcing live wild marine plankton gathered via plankton tow? US

[PoetaCorvi]

I've been trying to find samples of wild, living marine zooplankton, including animals in larval stages and tank "pests". It's been super hard to find for sale online- probably because wild caught plankton is not the best to add to a normal tank, lol. Ideally wanted to find temperate/tropical open water samples. I found a sample from gulfofme, but it's cold water and has a much higher amount than I need. If anyone knows where I could find this, it would be much appreciated.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any other places selling live plankton tows at the moment - I hate to say it, but you may need to either collect them yourself, or hire someone else to collect them for you.

Hopefully I'm wrong and someone will chime in with a site for you though.