Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos-S - Zooplankton (small) 50-300 micron . * Provides zooplankton and fully-digestible, unhatched eggs ranging in size from 50 - 300æm.
* 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.
Technical Background
Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktōs-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 - 200.0æm) and mesoplankton (200.0 - 2,000.0æm)
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 Zooplanktōs-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 Zooplanktōs-S, particularly to
corals and their allies that have recently undergone fragmenting or
propagation.
Zooplanktōs-S may be used in conjunction with other planktonic
suspensions to provide a complete range of sizes to filter-feeding and
planktivorous organisms.
Zooplanktōs-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