TROPIC MARIN - Pro-Coral Phyton - 100 ml

Natural phytoplankton is an important supplier of energy and ents for leather corals and soft corals, shell-fish, and other fine particle filter feeders. PRO-CORAL PHYTON is a well-balanced plankton replacement suitable for all fine particle filter feeders in seawater aquaria. A premium algae blend provides the invertebrates with trace elements and carbohydrates rich in energy in a form only found in the ocean. Spirulina is carotenoid-packed and if combined with brewer's yeast will provide the natural B requirements and, in particular, B 12.Corals have to be feed!Even if it is an often overlooked fact with respect to plankton filter feeders that are often fastened to the substrate: all animals depend on ingesting the energy for motion and c processes from the food they eat. The spectrum of marine invertebrates that cover a part or their entire tional needs from zooplankton or phytoplankton ranges from sponges to soft and leather corals all the way up to whales. Reef-building stony corals also belong to the family of plankton filter feeders, even though another source of ents is available to them because of their symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae. Plankton ingestion methodsThe branched tentacles of the small-polyped stony corals and horn corals are perfectly designed to filter and ingest each and every tious particle from the water sweeping over them. With their sensory cells corals discern the traces prey leave behind in the water and then the corals will extend their tentacles to capture the prey. Cnidoblasts – they are the most highly advanced cells in the animal kingdom – shoot out microscopically small harpoons and turn every little plankton crustacean within the reach of their tentacles into sure prey. Some corals secret films or use strands of mucus to capture bacteria or fine particles from their environment. Leather corals and soft corals have finely feathered tentacles with which they filter plankton out of the water; special digestive enzymes can even break down the complex carbohydrates of marine algae. Plankton captured in this way not only significantly contributes to the energy supply and the growth rate of corals but also delivers all the main and trace ents in a concentrated form that are vital for the properly working symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae. Scientific tests have verified the growth promoting effect of a plankton diet in reef-building, small-polyped stony corals (Houlbrèque et al. 2003 and 2004). Literature:1. F. Houlbrèque et al., Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 296 (2003), 145-166.2. F. Houlbrèque et al., Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (2004), 1461 – 1469.

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• DESCRIPTION DETAILS FACTS DIRECTIONS WARNINGS Natural phytoplankton is an important supplier of energy and ents for leather corals and soft corals, shell-fish, and other fine particle filter feeders. PRO-CORAL PHYTON is a well-balanced plankton replacement suitable for all fine particle filter feeders in seawater aquaria. A premium algae blend provides the invertebrates with trace elements and carbohydrates rich in energy in a form only found in the ocean. Spirulina is carotenoid-packed and if combined with brewer's yeast will provide the natural B requirements and, in particular, B 12. Corals have to be feed!Even if it is an often overlooked fact with respect to plankton filter feeders that are often fastened to the substrate: all animals depend on ingesting the energy for motion and c processes from the food they eat. The spectrum of marine invertebrates that cover a part or their entire tional needs from zooplankton or phytoplankton ranges from sponges to soft and leather corals all the way up to whales. Reef-building stony corals also belong to the family of plankton filter feeders, even though another source of ents is available to them because of their symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae. Plankton ingestion methodsThe branched tentacles of the small-polyped stony corals and horn corals are perfectly designed to filter and ingest each and every tious particle from the water sweeping over them. With their sensory cells corals discern the traces prey leave behind in the water and then the corals will extend their tentacles to capture the prey. Cnidoblasts – they are the most highly advanced cells in the animal kingdom – shoot out microscopically small harpoons and turn every little plankton crustacean within the reach of their tentacles into sure prey. Some corals secret films or use strands of mucus to capture bacteria or fine particles from their environment. Leather corals and soft corals have finely feathered tentacles with which they filter plankton out of the water; special digestive enzymes can even break down the complex carbohydrates of marine algae. Plankton captured in this way not only significantly contributes to the energy supply and the growth rate of corals but also delivers all the main and trace ents in a concentrated form that are vital for the properly working symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae. Scientific tests have verified the growth promoting effect of a plankton diet in reef-building, small-polyped stony corals (Houlbrèque et al. 2003 and 2004). Literature:1. F. Houlbrèque et al., Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 296 (2003), 145-166.2. F. Houlbrèque et al., Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (2004), 1461 – 1469. Package Description: 100 ml Serving Size: .. Number of Servings: .. Composition: Algae, brewer's yeast, spirulina, shrimp and shrimp by-products..