Apocyclops copepods are the perfect live feed solution for aquarists looking to enhance the health and vibrancy of their aquatic life. Slightly larger than Tisbe copepods yet smaller than Tigriopus copepods, these medium-sized organisms are known for their characteristic jerking motion in the water column. This natural movement actively attracts smaller fish, encouraging consistent feeding behavior and ensuring optimal nutrition.

Nurtured on an 11-strain blend of phytoplankton and fed twice daily, our Apocyclops copepods are shipped with live nanoalgae in each bottle, guaranteeing they arrive in peak condition. Female Apocyclops lay eggs every 4 to 6 days, making them an excellent choice for aquarists interested in cultivating their own sustainable live feed.

Key Benefits of Apocyclops Copepods

• High Protein Content: A superior source of protein for fish, promoting growth and vitality.
• Natural Algae Control: Voracious appetites help reduce nuisance algae in reef aquariums.
• Sustainable Harvesting: Weekly harvesting is possible due to their rapid egg-laying cycle.
• Attracts Fish to Feed: Unique jerking motion stimulates natural feeding instincts.
• Optimal Shipping Conditions: Includes live nanoalgae to ensure copepods arrive healthy.

Enhance Your Reef Ecosystem

Whether you’re supporting the dietary needs of smaller fish or looking for a natural solution to algae control, Apocyclops copepods are a versatile and beneficial addition to any reef aquarium. With their ability to thrive in diverse environments and their unmatched nutritional profile, these copepods are an essential component for maintaining a balanced and thriving aquatic ecosystem.

Tisbe biminensis copepods are small, nutrient-packed organisms that serve dual purposes in your reef aquarium. Not only are they excellent live feed for fish like mandarins and gobies, but they also act as an efficient cleanup crew. These bottom-dwelling copepods love hiding in rocks, making them difficult for small to medium fish to consume quickly. Their high nutritional content, derived from live phytoplankton, ensures your aquatic life gets the best possible diet.

When culturing Tisbe pods, they thrive on phytoplankton and require consistent feeding to maintain a healthy population. Whether you’re using a small vessel like a 1-gallon mason jar or a larger setup, these copepods can be a sustainable and rewarding addition to your aquarium ecosystem.

Key Features and Benefits

• Nutritional Powerhouse: Tisbe copepods are loaded with nutrients, making them an excellent live feed for fish.
• Bottom-Dwelling Cleaners: They naturally clean your reef aquarium by consuming detritus and hiding in rocks.
• Moderate Production Cycle: Harvesting is possible every 2-3 weeks, ensuring a steady supply.
• Culturing Tips: Feed 4-5 times weekly or twice daily in smaller vessels to prevent cannibalism within the culture.
• Freshly Packed: Each 8-ounce bottle contains thousands of pods, packed fresh the week of shipping.

See Your Pods Before You Buy

We take pride in delivering the freshest Tisbe biminensis copepods. If you’d like to see this week’s harvest before placing your order, simply send us a text or email. We’ll provide a video of the bottles packed for shipping, so you know exactly what to expect.

Tigriopus californicus copepods are one of the most popular copepod species for aquarium enthusiasts. These large, vibrant red pods from the west coast are easy to spot and even easier to culture. Known for their characteristic jerking motion, they naturally attract fish, making them an excellent live feed option for picky eaters like butterflyfish and mandarin gobies. Loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, they provide unmatched nutritional value for your aquatic life.

Culturing Tigriopus californicus is simple and rewarding. By setting up a 1-gallon jar and feeding them regularly, you can establish a sustainable live feed supply. Females are prolific breeders, laying hundreds of eggs during their lifecycle. With proper care, you can expect your population to double or even triple within 5-6 weeks, allowing for bi-weekly harvesting.

Key Features and Benefits

• Rich in Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Provides essential nutrients for fish, especially picky eaters.
• Easy to Culture: Set up a small vessel like a 1-gallon jar to grow your own supply.
• Prolific Breeders: Females lay hundreds of eggs, ensuring a steady population growth.
• Visible and Active: Large red pods with a jerking motion that stimulates feeding behavior.
• Versatile Live Feed: Ideal for species like butterflyfish, mandarin gobies, and more.

Culturing Made Simple

After receiving your Tigriopus californicus copepods, allow 5-6 weeks of regular feeding to establish a thriving culture. By then, your population should be ready for harvesting every two weeks. These copepods are shipped with all sizes included in each bottle to ensure a balanced and productive culture.

The 3 Pod Blend is the best way to kickstart your aquarium’s ecosystem or give your copepod population a much-needed boost. This blend includes three of the most popular and effective marine copepods—Tigriopus californicus, Tisbe biminensis, and Apocyclops copepods—each offering unique benefits for your reef aquarium. Whether you’re seeding a new tank or refueling an existing one, this blend ensures a balanced and thriving environment for your aquatic life.

To maximize the reproduction and health of your copepods, we recommend feeding live phytoplankton 2-4 times a week. With proper care, your copepod populations will flourish, providing ongoing nutritional benefits for your fish and contributing to a cleaner, healthier reef.

What’s Inside the 3 Pod Blend?

• Tigriopus californicus:
  Large red copepods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, perfect for picky eaters like butterflyfish and mandarin gobies. Known for their jerking motion that stimulates feeding, these pods can double or triple in population within 5-6 weeks of regular feeding.
• Tisbe biminensis:
  Small, bottom-dwelling copepods that act as a natural cleanup crew, consuming detritus and hiding in rocks. They are highly nutritious and ideal for smaller fish. Harvesting can begin within 2-3 weeks of culturing.
• Apocyclops copepods:
  Medium-sized copepods known for their jerking motion in the water column, enticing smaller fish to feed. These copepods reproduce rapidly, with females laying eggs every 4-6 days, making weekly harvesting possible.

Key Benefits

• Balanced Ecosystem: A mix of copepod species ensures a diverse and thriving aquarium environment.
• Nutritional Powerhouse: Loaded with omega-3 fatty acids and other essential nutrients for fish.
• Natural Algae Control: Tisbe and Apocyclops copepods help reduce nuisance algae.
• Sustainable Culturing: Easily culture your pods in a 1-gallon vessel or larger for a continuous supply.
• High-Density Bottles: Packed with pods, ensuring you’re buying live copepods, not just water.

Bottle Sizes and Aquarium Coverage

• 8 oz: Seeds 30-50 gallon aquariums.
• 16 oz: Seeds 60-120 gallon aquariums.
• 32 oz: Seeds 120-220 gallon aquariums.
• 64 oz: Seeds 230-400 gallon aquariums.

Culturing Tips

If culturing these pods together, Apocyclops may eventually dominate due to their faster reproduction rate. Ensure regular feeding of live phytoplankton to maintain a healthy and balanced culture.

The 2 Pod Blend is the perfect choice for seeding your aquarium or replenishing your copepod population. This blend includes Tisbe biminensis and Apocyclops copepods, two complementary species that contribute to a healthy and thriving reef ecosystem. Whether you’re looking for a natural cleanup crew or a nutrient-rich live feed for your fish, this blend has you covered.

Culturing these pods together is simple and rewarding. However, over time, Apocyclops may dominate the culture due to their faster reproduction rate. To maintain a balanced population, we recommend regular feeding of live phytoplankton 3-5 times per week.

What’s Inside the 2 Pod Blend?

• Tisbe biminensis:
  Small, bottom-dwelling copepods that are excellent as a cleanup crew. They consume detritus and hide in rocks, making them hard for small to medium fish to eat. Tisbe copepods are highly nutritious when fed live phytoplankton and can be harvested in 2-3 weeks when culturing.
• Apocyclops copepods:
  Medium-sized copepods that are slightly larger than Tisbe. They exhibit a jerking motion in the water column, enticing smaller fish to feed. Apocyclops reproduce rapidly, with females laying eggs every 4-6 days, allowing for weekly harvesting.

Key Benefits

• Nutritional Powerhouse: Both species are rich in nutrients, ideal for fish like mandarins and other smaller species.
• Natural Algae Control: Tisbe copepods help reduce nuisance algae while acting as a cleanup crew.
• Easy Culturing: Apocyclops reproduce quickly, ensuring a sustainable live feed supply.
• Balanced Ecosystem: A mix of bottom-dwelling and free-swimming copepods supports a healthy aquarium environment.

Culturing Tips

When culturing these pods together in a 1-gallon vessel or larger, Apocyclops will eventually dominate due to their faster reproduction rate. Ensure consistent feeding of live phytoplankton to maintain a thriving culture.

Coral Smoothie, Oyster Delight contains:

• Oyster tissue
• Oyster eggs
• Hydrolyzed vegetable protein

To use, simply point and feed! Coral Smoothie and Coral Smoothie Oyster Delight comes with an applicator tip to spot feed simply by inserting the bottle into the tank. Unscrew the applicator top and remove the seal. Cut the end the applicator off to allow for the the larger pieces of feed, then screw top on bottle. Insert the entire container in the tank and squeeze near corals. Try not to let tank water enter the bottle. Coral Smoothie, Simply Clam can be spot fed with a baster or pipette. It can also be mixed with the normal regimen of foods to enhance the feeding response. Coral Smoothie has a 6-month shelf life and does not need to be kept refrigerated until it is used. However, after opening it should be refrigerated. It is not a live product.

Coral Smoothie particle sizes range from 2 to 5,000 microns.

Zooxanthellae are the symbiotic microalgae that live in the tissue of numerous corals and clams. They consume waste produced by their host, coral/clam, and in return produce carbon in the form of a sugar that feeds the host. It has been documented that there is an exchange of zooxanthellae between corals/clams and their environment.

All strains are aquacultured, pathogen free, and cleansed of excess nutrients. PhycoPure Zooxanthellae is cultured in purified natural Atlantic Ocean water and should be refrigerated. PhycoPure Zooxanthellae has no preservatives, is not subjected to harsh processing steps, and is batch processed to ensure quality.

Great results will happen when you routinely spot feed 2-3 times per week or broadcast feed 1-2 capfuls per 10 gallons. Whenever possible, it is best to spot feed corals and filter feeding inverts from a small syringe or baster.

PhycoPure is cultured in purified natural Atlantic Ocean water and should be refrigerated. PhycoPure has no preservatives, is not subjected to harsh processing steps and is batch processed to ensure quality.

PhycoPure is composed of different species of microalgae spanning a range of particle sizes (something for everyone). In addition, these species are well recognized for their nutritional properties. All come from temperature acclimated aquaculture strains, pathogen free and cleansed of excess nutrients. PhycoPure is cultured in purified natural Atlantic Ocean water and should be refrigerated. PhycoPure has no preservatives, is not subjected to harsh processing steps and is batch processed to ensure quality.

PhycoPure Reef Blend contains: T- Isochrysus, Rhodomonas, Pavlova, Nannochloropsis, Chaetoceros, Thalassiosira, Zooxanthellae B, and Micromonas, Synechococcus. Whenever possible it is best to spot feed corals and filter feeding inverts from a small syringe or baster. Great results will happen from feeding at a rate of 1 tsp (5ml) per 10 gal every other day. Agitate frequently. Keep refrigerated.