Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Mysis Blister Pack SALE!

Frozen 4oz Piscine Mysis Blister pack sale! Purchase 5 or more packs and receive 50% off all the packs! Simply purchase 5 or more of the 4oz Piscine Mysis blister packs, and enter coupon code "MYSIS4" during checkout.**

4 Ounces of Whole Frozen Mysis shrimp in a convenient blister pack with separated cubes for easy feeding.

Mysis Relicta -- Natural fish food,for finicky saltwater and freshwater fish, by Piscine Energetics
MYSIS
are especially interesting because of their nutritional value coupled with their unique applications to salt water as well as freshwater fish husbandry; these qualities have already been recognized by many fish curators, dealers, retailers, breeders, and hobbyists.

The notable qualities of MYSIS

-Completely Natural: Unlike many processed fish foods, MYSIS are (or very closely resemble) a food item which fish would normally contact within their native environment.
- High Protein: The protein content is in excess of that normally recommended for growth, maintenance, and reproduction.
- High Animal Fat: Mysis relicta make nightly vertical migrations from 360 feet to the surface to eat, then return to 360 feet at daybreak. These migrations require enormous amounts of energy which is stored in MYSIS as animal fat. The consumption of MYSIS makes this energy available to fish for general metabolism, swimming, defending territory, and for reproduction.
- Sodium Free: MYSIS are truly "freshwater". The lack of salt intake for fish (especially for marine animals) is desirable since these fish are constantly struggling to expel salt from their bodies.
- Fish Eat Them: It has been well noted that the most finicky fish will eat MYSIS with enthusiasm. Credible sources (references available) report that discus, seahorses (including the leafy sea dragon), tangs, and butterfly fishes will eat MYSIS eagerly (even when stressed or poorly acclimating)! It is a naturally occurring fatty acid in Mysis relicta that initiates this positive feeding response in fish and only Mysis relicta has such naturally high quantities of it.

YES, THEY ARE MYSIDS... however they differ from other "mysis" on the market in two distinct ways:

1. MYSIS are 100% Mysis relicta; they belong to the family of Mysidae and are not merely lumped into a "mysis category" like many other small crustaceans whether they are truly mysids or not.
2. MYSIS (Mysis relicta) are a "completely freshwater" species of the Mysidae family; other Mysis species on the market may be a coastal (estuarine) or marine cousin of Mysis relicta.

"The notoriously finicky Copperband butterfly fishes just love MYSIS"

Ingredients:
MYSIS (Mysis relicta)...100%
•Guaranteed Analysis:
◦Min. Crude Protein............69.5%
◦Min. Crude Fat...................8.35%
◦Max. Crude Fibre...............2.75%
◦Max. Ash..............................5.5%

1. What is mysis?
Mysis relicta is a freshwater species of the Opossum Shrimps. Mysis are not a true shrimp though they do closely resemble and are, in fact a primitive relative of the shrimp found in the oceans. The title Opossum comes from the fact that the adult females carry their young in a brood pouch until fully developed.

Mysis are native to glacial lakes on the East side of the continental divide, and are a true glacial relict (hence the name relicta). As the polar ice cap pushed southward during the last ice age, it carried pockets of salt water and the marine ancestor of the present mysids. When the ice receded, it left newly created lakes complete with shrimp that evolved into the form present today.

More recently, man has increased the range of this species by transplanting it to lakes across the continent. Mysis is not native to British Columbia and was introduced to at least twenty lakes there from the late 1940's and through to the early 1980's. Given the negative impact mysids exert on zooplankton communities and Kokanee, it is thought that their removal may be beneficial to the ecosystem.

Mysis are considered a part of the zooplankton, the small invertebrate animals found in all lakes that feed on microscopic algae (phytoplankton) as well as other zooplankton. In turn these organisms form the basis of the food supply for many fish.

There are however, two major differences between Mysis and the other zooplankton typically found in lakes. First, Mysis have a longer lifespan. The typical zooplankton, composed of animals known as copepods, cladocerans and rotifers, live anywhere from only several days to several months. In our lakes, populations of these animals may complete a number of generations in the course of a year. Usually they become very abundant during the summer months and very sparse during the winter.

Mysis on the other hand, usually live two years. Adults breed during the winter. The young are carried in the brood pouch until late spring or early summer when they are then released to grow for another year and a half before they breed and complete the life cycle.

The second difference is size. Mysis range in size from newly released young of about one-eight inch to adults of up to 3/4 inch. The other zooplankton are normally much smaller ranging from one one-hundredth to one tenth of an inch in total length.

It is the size of the Mysis that makes them of interest as a fish food.The picture shown here is magnified several times with the tip of a small skewer as a reference. Because they are much larger than the zooplankton that fish normally feed upon, they are an excellent food item. Fish that consistently feed on Mysis grow much faster than those feeding strictly on the other smaller zooplankton. Mysis are extremely high in nutritional value and are salt free.

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Monday, April 4, 2011

AlgaGen ReefPods are now available for dropship! Wtih 6 different AlgaGen reedpod species available, you'll be set with excellent diversity! All ReefPods™ may be cultured separately in a small tank by feeding PhycoPure Coppepod Blend. They will thrive in a wide range of aquarium temperatures and a wide range of salinities. It is suggested they be added to the aquarium at night or to the refugium to avoid immediate fish predation. It opens an exciting new area of feeding possibilities for the experimental marine aquarist. Adults may be harvested for feeding juvenile seahorses and small fish. Look for many new species of copepod cultures to be available from the culture professionals at AlgaGen. ReefPods™ Parvocalanus may be used as a starter culture to establish populations in marine aquarium refugiums or the main tank when PhycoPure Copepod Blend is added as directed. Look for many new species of copepod cultures to be available from the culture professionals at AlgaGen. ReefPods are the only truly tropical live copepod cultures available on the market today.

Moina salina live and feed in the water column and will eat a wide assortment of foods, including microalgae. The adults produce juveniles which are an excellent transitional food for seahorses and other fish that require live feeds for protracted periods. All sizes of Moina salina entice aquarium fish to feed. Although not as easily established as Tisbe, once established they will reproduce quickly, growing to adults in several days. The juvenile are smaller than 500 microns, making them suitable for larger fish larvae and small juvenile fish.
ReefPods™ Acartia is a live culture of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa. Acartia live and feed in the water column and will eat suspended detritus and microalage. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by numerous plankton feeding fish. Once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to adults in about 12 days. The nauplii are smaller than 120 microns, making them suitable for many fish larvae.
ReefPods™ Parvocalanus is a live culture of the calanoid copepod Parvocalanus crassirostris. Parvocalanus adult copepods live in the water column and eat microalgae in the water column aquarium. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for hard to feed aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by very small plankton eating fish. Although not as easily established as Tisbe, once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to reproductive adults in about 8 days. The nauplii are smaller than 45-100 micrometers wide, making them suitable for extremely small fish larvae and “small-mouthed” sessile invertebrate.
ReefPods™ Pseudodiaptomus is a live culture of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. Pseudodiaptoms adult copepods live and feed in the water column and will eat detritus and microalgae. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by numerous water-column feeding fish such as clowns, dwarf angels, anthias and seahorses, to name just a few. Once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to adults in about 12 days. The nauplii are smaller than 160 micrometers wide, making them suitable for many fish larvae.
ReefPods™ Tangerine.
ReefPods™ Tangerine is a live culture of a large unidentified calanoid copepod, most likely in the Family Temoridae. Tangerine adult copepods live in the water column and will eat small suspended detritus particles and microalgae in the aquarium. They produce a large nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by numerous water-column feeding fish such as clowns, dwarf angels, anthias and seahorses, to name just a few. Although not as easily established as Tisbe, once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to reproductive adults in about 15 days. The nauplii are smaller than 100-200 micrometers wide, making them suitable for many fish larvae.
ReefPods™ Tisbe is a live culture of the harpacticoid copepod Tisbe biminiensis. Tisbe adult copepods live on bottom substrate such as live rock or sand and will eat detritus and microalage in the aquarium. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by small bottom feeding fish such as gobies, dragonettes and blennies. Once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to adults in about nine days. The nauplii are smaller than 45-140 micrometers wide, making them suitable for many fish larvae.


PhycoPure CopePod Blend is a unique blend of live PhytoPlankton. Designed specifically to grow a number of marine copepods species. PhycoPureTM CopePod BlendTM is tested free of pathogens. PhycoPure CopePod Blend is nutritionally balanced to enhance animals health. PhycoPureTM CopePod BlendTM has no preservatives. PhycoPureTM CopePod BlendTM contains 2 strains of algae including one diatom PhycoPureTM CopePod BlendTM is a great enrichment to gut load rotifers and Artemia.

Contains: Chaetoceros, T- Isochrysus
PhycoPure CopePod Blend is a blend of LIVE microalgae specifically assembled for use as a primary feed for calanoid and harpacticoid COPEPODS. True pelagic(calanoids) and numerous benthic species (harpacticoids) will only eat live microalgae. Live microalgae is essential to produce and maintain copepod populations. You can raise your own phytoplankton cultures and we support this wholeheartedly but in the absence of doing this, using AlgaGen’s PhycoPureTM Copepod Blend is the perfect approach. Simply add 1-2 caps per gallon per day or as the water gets cleared out.

Aquarists have reported great results when fed to clams, species specific corals (gorgonians, brain corals, mushroom corals, leathers, montipora, carnations), feather dusters, tube worms, sponges and certain anemones. It can also be used to gut load rotifers and Artemia. PhycoPure CopePod Blend is cultured in purified natural Atlantic Ocean water and should be refrigerated. PhycoPure CopePod Blend has no preservatives, is not subjected to harsh processing steps and is batch processed to ensure quality.

PhycoPure™ Reef Blend is a unique product. It contains 7 different types of microalgae as well as a dinoflagellate, zooxanthellae. It is grown in natural seawater that has been ozonated, charcoal filtered and uv treated. PhycoPure™ Reef Blend offers a wide range of particle sizes and nutritional content that, individually, have been proven very effective in various aquaculture farms, and projects. Just like humans, animals require some level of variety in a food source. It is understandable that no single food provides 100% of the necessary nutrition required for good health. Hence the blend of phytoplankton in PhycoPure™ Reef Blend. Read more at www.AlgaGen.com

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Friday, April 1, 2011

H2O Life Frozen Foods 40% OFF!

Receive 40% off when you use this code online: H2OLife

H2O LIFE Aquarium Foods was recently started by Christopher Turk, who has spent his entire life observing and studying coral reef fish and their feeding habits. Formerly the founder and owner of ocean nutirition, he has set his goal with this new venture to develop a range of nutritional products that raises the standard for the fish-keeping hobby.

H2O Life Frozen foods are the core of the product line-up, with an emphasis on marine fish and corals. Turk completes the line with dried seaweeds, specialty food additives of Garlic, Vitamins, and HUFA Omega 3 fish oil emulsion, and convenient feeding tools like a Coral-Feeder Squirt Tube and a Magnet Seaweed Clip. While some of the frozen products are just a better version of the old standard, the focus of H2O LIFE is always to develop innovative products which can bolster the fish-keeping success of today’s aquarist.

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