Features
- 500ml / 17 fl. oz
- Ideally-sized for many stony corals, clams, sponges, tunicates, tube worms,
larval crustaceans, juvenile fishes, and adult planktivorous and microinvertebrate-predatory
fishes.
- Formulated to provide over four-thousand prey per ml.
- Does not require refrigeration.
- Supplemented with a proprietary amino acid to aid incoloration of invertebrates
and fishes.
- Formulated by a marine scientist.
Description
Zooplanktos S
Provides zooplankton and fully-digestible, unhatched eggs ranging in size
from 50 - 300µm.
Technical Background
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos-S is a concentrated suspension of phytoplankton-enriched,
adult Brachionus sp. (rotifers), their eggs, and the eggs of another group
of crustaceans; the result is a food source rich in amino acids, fatty acids
including omega-3 HUFAs, vitamins, minerals, and carotenoid pigments giving
them a natural, bright yellow appearance. These prey items fall within the
microplankton (20.0 - 200.0µm) and mesoplankton (200.0 - 2,000.0µm)
classes of plankton. They are the proper size for feeding many species of
stony corals (particularly those with short tentacles), as well as clams and
other bivalves, sponges, tunicates (sea squirts), plumed worms (Christmas
tree worms, feather dusters, etc.), larval crustaceans and bivalves, juvenile
fishes, and the adults of planktivorous fishes (such as anthias, basslets,
psuedochromids, dartfishes, chromis, etc.) and microinvertebrate-predators
(such as mandarinfishes, some gobies, dwarf wrasses, etc.).
Though Zooplanktos-S provides a number of amino acids, one that is not naturally
present has been added; this proprietary amino acid has been shown in studies
to increase coloration of corals and other marine invertebrates. Additionally,
a small percentage of vitamin-C is present to increase the benefits of Zooplanktos-S,
particularly to corals and their allies that have recently undergone fragmenting
or propagation.
Zooplanktos-S may be used in conjunction with other planktonic suspensions
to provide a complete range of sizes to filter-feeding and planktivorous organisms.
Zooplanktos-S does not require refrigeration, however storage in a cool,
shaded area will prolong the activity of the vitamins. Refrigeration will
maximize the shelf-life of the product.
Instructions and Guidelines
Shake product well before using. Turn protein skimmer and other forms of mechanical
filtration off prior to adding food suspensions to aquaria, and allow 10 -
15 minutes after feeding before resuming operation of filtration.
Target Feeding (recommended): Target feeding may be carried out with a lengthy
piece of rigid air tubing, plastic syringe, pipette, dropper, or similar device;
pour 5 ml (1 capful) into a small container and suck a portion of this into
the feeding device, then slowly discharge the contents of the device 2 - 4”
upstream of the target organism(s). Repeat these steps as deemed necessary.
Rinse the portion (inside and outside) of the feeder that was placed into
aquarium water before placing it into this bottle (if feeding directly from
the bottle rather than from a separate container); failure to do so will contaminate
the product and encourage it to decompose.
Broadcast Feeding: Add up to 5 ml per 50 gallons of water in the entire aquarium
system in an area of rapid water movement daily for the first four weeks of
use; thereafter, the dosage may be increased as desired.
Notes: Add no more than 5 ml total of liquid food suspensions per 50 gallons
of water in the entire aquarium system daily for the first four weeks of use;
thereafter, the dosage may be gradually increased as desired. Starting out
at a low dosage and gradually increasing it with time will allow the biological
filtration in the aquarium to adjust to the increase in nutrients and prevent
water quality from deteriorating.
Planktonic food suspensions (such as this one) are best utilized by target
feeding specific invertebrates in an aquarium; in doing so, the majority of
the food may be consumed by the intended organisms rather than ending up in
filtration media or indirectly impacting water quality (as often occurs when
indescriminately “broadcast feeding” by adding liquid food suspensions
to a stream of water and allowing the contents to disperse randomly throughout
the aquarium system).
Caution: Keep out of reach of children. Not for human consumption.
Guaranteed Analysis
Moisture (max) 99.30%, crude protein (min) 0.34%, crude fat (min) 0.35%, crude
fiber (min) 0.12%.
Ingredients
Purified water, copepods of the order Cyclopoida (zooplankton), proprietary
amino acids, Ascorbic acid, Citric acid
