• We grow phytoplankton at home.

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William1830

What other types of phytoplankton are available for cultivation, and those with cell sizes that are more "tangible" for filter feeders - if we can refer to coral organisms in that way. It seems that corals can also capture phytoplankton...

Tracy4603

According to Wikipedia, phytoplankton includes green algae, diatoms, dinoflagellates, coccolithophores, and other unicellular algae (often colonial), as well as cyanobacteria. Among the available and larger ones, only the cyanobacterium - spirulina comes to mind.

Andrea

Thank you for the topic and detailed description. I searched the search engine for the word "phytoplankton" but didn't find anything; it seems to have kept it a secret.

Rick

For me, the question remains open as to which type of green unicellular organisms, resembling Nannochloropsis, begins to dominate in my brackish water cultivators after larger unicellular organisms are consumed by Artemia. What I'm talking about is not a fountain of feed. The rotifer consumes it, but Artemia does either poorly or not at all, and shrimp larvae definitely do not.

Michael5242

It is unlikely that anyone will answer your question regarding the type of algae; it is obvious that Artemia will feed on small food until a certain age (size), after which it is easier for it to catch rotifers or larger phytoplankton than to collect small Nanochloropsis. For shrimp larvae, a variety of phytoplankton species is needed, as important Omega-3 fatty acids are found in different types of plankton; moreover, the cell size and the energy costs for digesting it also matter. This is my opinion.

Gabriel

We may have different species of Artemia; mine has grown in a monoculture of Nannochloropsis, along with rotifers that came with the same eggs from which the Artemia hatched.

Andrew419

Yes, but it is even more likely that we are dealing with different types of greenery. When the object is 2 micrometers in diameter, identification is problematic.