Wide range aqua-cultured marine phytoplankton complex for live corals & reef aquaria. Features: - Wide Range, aquacultured phytoplankton Complex
- Provides proteins, naturally occurring lipids and vitamins
- Rich in chlorophyll, carotenoids and xanthins
Advantages:Phyto
Blast is a nutritious complex of several naturally occuring marine
phytoplankton in a wide range of sizes from 1 to 20 uM. Phyto Blast is
real phytoplankton, aquacultured in saltwater under pristine conditions,
not simply a mixture of freshwater algae or ground up vegetables. It
provides for growth and increased coloration, by providing proteins,
naturally occuring lipids, including important omega fatty acids EPA and
DHA, and a wide range of vitamins. It also contains chlorophyll,
carotenoids, astaxanthin, zeaxanthin and canthaxanthin for coloration.
Phyto Blast does not require refrigeration, but refrigeration will
prolong shelf life.
Use in Aquarium Keeping:Phyto
Blast is useful for feeding hard and soft corals, sponges, filter
feeding worms, tunicates and clams of all types. It is particularly
suited for those that feed on microplankton. It is recommended that you
turn off your protein skimmer and other filtration for 15 to 30 minutes
prior to adding the Phyto Blast to the aquarium. Be careful when feeding
liquid foods, not to overload the system. It is recommended that you
not add more than the recommended dosage of any food per day. Continuum
recommends that the hobbyist vary the types and sizes of foods delivered
into the reef aquarium. Other Continuum foods that make good choices
for this food rotation include Coral Exponential, Micro Blast, Zoo Blast
and Ocean Snow. Also, occasionallly blending the foods and using them
as soaks for other foods will give your invertebrates a variety
simulating nature. Vary the time of day for feeding, as well, being sure
to feed at night for those organisms that primarily feed nocturnally.
Many corals feed primarily at night, extending their tentacles and
mesentarial filaments, using their nematocysts to capture prey, and
entraping prey on their sticky tentacles with mucus and drawing it into
their mouths.
Directions:Shake
well prior to use. Add 1 capful (5 ml) per 50 US-gallons (200 L) of
marine aquarium water 2 to 3 times per week, in an area of high flow.
Expert Use:Target
feeding is the best method of addition. Use a turkey baster, pipette,
or similar tool to release upstream of animals to be fed. Do not touch
corals with tool. Do not insert tool into this bottle, particularly do
not allow aquarium water to enter the bottle, to do so will introduce
bacteria into the product and accelerate its decomposition. Instead,
pour appropriate amount of Phyto Blast into a cup and use the tool in
the cup. Feed all that you pour and do not return any product to the
container (again to prevent contamination).
Size: 500 mL