Many reasons to buy Copepod Blends as food for Mandarin fish and corals.Ocean animals like Mandarin fish, seahorses, corals, squid, cuttlefish, shellfish, clams, all the way up to the great whales, depend on eating live copepods as an integral part of their diet. Live copepods and Phytoplankton are the best live fish food you can feed your saltwater reef aquarium tank. When you…
Culturing and FeedingNutritional QualityThe
nutritional quality of copepods is generally accepted to be very good for
marine fish larvae, and believed to be of a higher quality than the commonly
used live food Artemia. In general copepods have a high protein content
(44-52%) and a good amino acid profile, with the exception of methionine and
histidine (Table 5.4.).The fatty acid
composi…
Copepods: Copepoda - Behavior And ReproductionFree swimming copepods gather phytoplankton from the water by
using their antennae and maxillipeds. The swimming movements of these
appendages help to create a flow of food-carrying water toward their mouths.Both male and female copepods are required for reproduction.
Males locate females by following their pheromone trails in th…
Copepod DietCopepod food. What do Copepods eat? Copepods feed directly on
phytoplankton such as our blend of 6 types called Phytopreme Live, catching cells singly. Some of the larger species are predators
of their smaller relatives. Many benthic copepods eat organic detritus or the
bacteria that grow in it, and their mouth parts are adapted for scraping and
biting. Herbivorous copepods, p…
Life CycleThe Copepoda are the largest class of crustaceans forming an
important link between phytoplankton and higher trophic levels in most aquatic
ecosystems. Most adult copepods have a length between 1 and 5 mm. The body of
most copepods is cylindriconical in shape, with a wider anterior part. The
trunk consists of two distinct parts, the cephalothorax (the head being fused
with the…
Why use
PhytoPreme Live Phytoplankton algae?PhytoPreme Live Phytoplankton, produced by ANF is comprised of a concentrated mix of 6 major types of live algae. Live copepods will eat different types of algae or even a combination of algae.Phytoplankton
is a single cell algae. There are motile phytoplankton, (have ability to move)
and non-motile phytoplankton, (flow with the current). T…
