Berghia Nudibranch Lifecycle

Berghia Nudibranchs (Aeolidiella stephanieae) spend their entire life eating aiptasia, sleeping, mating, laying egg strings, and producing more Berghia Nudibranchs, and that is it! Berghia Nudibranchs are “hermaphrodites,” which means that a single nudibranch has both male and female sexual reproductive organs on its body; however, they do require two in order to mate, and …

Resting Rotifers, Rotifer Cysts (Branchionus plicatillis)

Rotifers produce a “resting” egg or cyst, much like Artemia (brine shrimp). However, rotifers reproduce asexually, and a single rotifer can multiply at a rate of millions of rotifers in a few days. Florida Aqua Farms has pioneered collecting rotifer cysts and offers vials of lab-cultured rotifer eggs. Rotifer cysts can last for over two …

Live Farm Fresh Plankton Phytoplankton and Zooplankton

There is nothing better for your reef tank or marine aquarium than live, fresh food with no preservatives! Our plankton is bottled within 24 hours of being shipped to you! This is as fresh as live plankton gets without having to grow it yourself! Guaranteed live! Phytoplankton and zooplankton are the basic building blocks of …

Berghia Nudibranchs – The Ultimate In Aiptasia Control

Captive bred, tank raised Berghia are the ultimate aiptasia eating machines; because aiptasia is all they eat! They are perfectly at home in the reef aquarium and will not eat or damage any coral or other inhabitant in your tank. Berghia are the natural way to control aiptasia in your reef tank. Successful ecosystems are …

Understanding the Chiselling Technique

In our opinion, “chiselling” is a technique in itself, since it can be used extensively to remove polyps from either a plug or rock with very little or no damage to the polyps themselves. It is an excellent technique when propagating, Zoanthids, Yellow Polyps, Star Polyps, or any encrusting or colonial soft coral. Midnight Meadows …