The APBreed Compact Culture System (CCS) is designed to make benchtop-scale culture of zooplankton easy and reliable.
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For more information about working with rotifers, see our rotifer support pages.

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Rotifer Floss (Filter)

Rotifer Floss is a new innovation for cleaning detritus and ciliates out of rotifer systems. Keeping the water and tank clean from detritus (rotifer waste) is critically important in maintaining healthy, stable cultures - especially in high density systems.

How It Works

Rotifer Floss is a non-woven polyester mat with an open structure that allows water to easily circulate through it. It should hang like a curtain in the culture vessel (weight the bottom so it doesn’t float up), and be sure to provide enough aeration to create good water circulation. Detritus contains high levels of sticky bacteria that cause suspended waste particles to collect on the floss. Use of floss ordinarily eliminates any accumulation of detritus on the bottom of the vessel.

Cleaning the Floss

To remove accumulated detritus from the floss, simply lift it out of the rotifer vessel, let it drain for 10 seconds over the vessel, then wash it down with a strong spray of tap water. The loose detritus is quickly removed; there is no benefit to removing every trace of detritus. Run a brush over the inside surfaces of the culture vessel to remove any adhering detritus. Re-hang the floss in the culture vessel, and it will now trap and remove the re-suspended detritus.

We recommend cleaning the floss daily. A regularly cleaned floss will remove the maximum amount of detritus. There is no downside to cleaning it often.

How often should the filter be cleaned?

We recommend cleaning the filter daily. A regularly cleaned filter will remove the maximum about of detritus. There is no downside to cleaning it often.

For more information about working with rotifers, see our rotifer support pages.

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Live Mysid Shrimp

• Aquacultured for feeding seahorses, young cephalopods, pipefish, and other finicky eaters
• Always available
• Disease Free
• Grown in a laboratory, in a closed recirculating system with UV sterilization. Reef Nutrition® is proud to offer live products that you can use to feed your reef animals or to stock your tank or refugium.

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Artemia - Brine Shrimp Eggs

Not all GSL artemia are the same quality. What one company may label as 90% may be equivalent to another company's 85%. The true measure of quality is the nauplii per gram (NPG) count and not simply a hatch rate designation.

Our GSL Artemia 90% have an NPG count of 250,000 - the average for 90% GSL from other companies is 245,000. These are among the highest quality available anywhere. These GSL cysts are over-wintered, washed, dried, and tested under strict guidelines before categorizing into the different hatch rate categories. Average nauplii size at hatching is 440 microns. Store in cool dry place (~4C)

Guaranteed Analysis: Protein - 60%, Fat - 24%, Ash - 4.4%, Moisture - 8.5%

The cans are 16 oz/454 grams each.

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ClorAm-X®

ClorAm-X® is a unique, dry powder, water conditioner that has been scientifically formulated to remove, and thereby detoxify, ammonia, chlorine and chloramines from water for use in all types of fish and aquatic invertebrate culture.

ClorAm-X® should be used (1) when conditioning new water for aquariums, tanks, ponds, and live-haul containers, (2) after or during water additions, (3) before adding new plants, invertebrates, fishes or amphibians to an existing aquarium, tank, or pond, and (4) to live-haul containers, during transportation of live fishes, amphibians, or aquatic invertebrates, to control and eliminate ammonia in the shipping water.

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Books

Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium

James Fatherree has brought together the most up-to-date information on the biology and care of tridacnid clams for the hobbyist available. Using his distinctive, conversational and light-hearted writing style, James has written a book for every hobbyist, be they absolute beginners or seasoned veterans.

Giant Clams in the Sea and the Aquarium provides comprehensive coverage of the biology and aquarium care of the unique and intriguing tridacnid clams, commonly called giants by aquarists and divers around the world. The book is an 8" x 9" hardback, printed on high-quality gloss paper, and includes over 300 color photographs and illustrations.

Plankton Culture Manual

By Frank Hoff & T. Snell. Published by Florida Aqua Farms. This expanded version includes identification of microalgae used in aquaculture manual. Manual now includes use of microscope, slide preparation, measuring cells, stains, key to genera, description of cells variations, contaminants in cultures and photos. Provides updated step by step instructions for culturing phytoplankton (microalgae) and zooplankton including rotifers, adult brine shrimp, ciliates, copepods, daphnia, Oyster and clams veligers, amphipods, mysid shrimp and microworms.

Easy to read but very informative with technical data and illustrations to support instructions in a clear understandable format. Sections include trouble shooting and reasons for failure. Includes simple culture methods and more intensive, large scale methods and designs. Extensive references, 8.5" x 11" format, 160 pages, 47 illustrations, 21 tables.

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