- Phytoplankton - 16oz delivered to home
Phytoplankton - 16oz delivered to home
Easy to use:
Our Dunaliella phytoplankton does not require refrigeration. Open up your bottle and set it out in direct sun or on a bright window sill. Other than too much fresh water, it is difficult to destroy this nutritious algal powerhouse.
Exceptional nutrition:
This microalgae is ideal for corals and other filter feeders. It is naturally high in carotenoids, poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and protein. Due to our growth techniques this algae arrives to you at 11% protein by dry weight.
Our Dunaliella is grown 100% in the United States in as close to its natural conditions as possible. This encourages the algae to stimulate color production in brine shrimp (see picture) and corals. This strain of Dunaliella was selected from hundreds of algae strains from around the world (see picture). It is the most nutrition-packed strain of algae on the market, blowing away most other Nannochloropsis and Tetraselmis strains on the market.
Happy algae make happy aquaria. This is why we time our shipments to you perfectly by harvesting the algae at peak nutritional value during its growth cycle. In hot summer months this algae may arrive to you with bright red coloration. This happens when the algae produce beta carotene as a form of sunscreen. Beta carotene is incredibly good for your fish and corals. We guarantee a cell density of (5 million cells/milliliter).