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Reef Legends

Rhodomonas salina for culturing

Rhodomonas salina for culturing

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Rhodomonas salina & Rhodomonas lens require overnight shipping and to have the culture running the day of arrival to get our 3 day guarantee.  We recommend using Fritz F/2 two part to culture this strain. 

Rhodomonas salina is our favorite phytoplankton strain, maybe its because we love looking at the red color the first few days or it may be the color enhancement you'll notice after feeding this strain to your reef, pods, rotifers or all combined. 

Rhodomonas salina is an important strain of phytoplankton for the pigments the strain contains including phycoerythrin which is known to intensify the color of corals and fish when fed to rotifers, brine shrimp and pods. 

We recommend a 6k light with blue and red spectrum lighting as supplemental. When Rhodomonas salina is not given proper nitrogen or in an environment that causes stress to the strain, this culture will change to a green phytoplankton at a rapid change. We have noticed this ourselves, we have had strains go from red to green within 48 hours. While the strain is still Rhodomonas salina, the green version of this strain is full of carbohydrates and isn't what we are looking for to enhance colors with phycoerythrin. Once Rhodomonas salina goes green it is extremely hard to get back to a red strain. We recommend keeping a bottle or two of this strain inside the fridge incase something happens. For best results we recommend growing 2-3 cultures. 

  • 5 stars: 9 (82%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (9%)
  • 1 star: 1 (9%)
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Mike Law
Thanks for all the support and help getting my

Thanks for all the support and help getting my cultures started!
Great customer support!
Harvesting tomorrow!

Mike Law review photo
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Elliot Royce
Amazing Richness and Color

I’ve ordered from several suppliers but this is by far the best for culturing. It comes ruby red and it grows from a 1/3 gallon starter into a fully ripe 1 gallon product within a matter of several days. Others sent me 2 week old culture saying it was still viable. Reef Legend's is newly gathered and bursting with life. Plus Skyler is incredibly easy to deal with. Others (including some of the biggest names in the business) nitpick and refuse to stand behind their product. Why deal with anyone else?

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Dave M
Best Phyto around!!!

I have been buying from Reef Legends for a while and far and away they have amazing cultures and the overall best Rhod. Salina I have ever bought!

I have purchased Rhod. Salina from several other big name vendors and none ever stay red like Reef Legend's strain! Add on the amazing customer service and fast responses and Reef Legends can't be beat! Save time and money in the long run and buy from here!!!

Dave M review photo
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Joey Graham
A little difficult... but very doable.

After two failed attempts to culture R. Salina, I had given up. After watching Skyler's video, I mustered up the courage to try again. He explained there is a difference between phyto for feeding and phyto for culturing. I followed his procedure, and 9 days later I harvested. 1.5 quarts. The extra steps I took to sanitize everything, and to sterilize the media made a big difference. Thank you, Skyler!!!
Starter and harvest pics:

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Brad Keenan
Great!

I’m on the 3rd generation from the Rhodomonas Salina culture from Reef Legends. I would not hesitate to buy again!

Brad Keenan review photo
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Wayne

Always top notch from this place from start to finish

A
Alan Amtmann
Clear water in a bottle

Was disappointed in my order

Hi Alan, we're sorry to hear about your disappointment. I did give you a call and left a voicemail. Please reach out to us so we can assist you further and ensure your experience improves. Thank you for your feedback.

B
Brent Burton
Great culture

Love the rhodo culture. Two very dark harvests so far. Pods and rotifers love it. NPS and sponges seem to be responding well too.

J
Jose Bacallao
Dead on arrival

Love your products. The last order we got was not healthy.

Hey Jose,

Thanks for leaving a review, we did send out a replacment for this order. UPS delayed your package over the weekend. Rhodomonas is a tricky strain to ship. There is about a 65% survival rate when orders are shipped 2 day, when packages get delayed over the weekend, there is an automatic reshipment. We recommend next day air on this strain when you want to culture. Hopefully the replacement you got on order 1933 that was sent out arrived in better shape. If there is a concern always reach out, there is a 3 day guarantee on all cutlure bottles.

Skyler

V
Vuong Dinh
Great seller

Always communicate till the transaction is done and more . Much appreciate the knowledge

M
Marc Tan
Rhodomonas Salina

Culture crash almost immediately. Replacement was sent and customer service was amazing.

Hopefully the replacment arrived without an issue!

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  • 5 stars: 9 (82%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (9%)
  • 1 star: 1 (9%)
M
Mike Law
Thanks for all the support and help getting my

Thanks for all the support and help getting my cultures started!
Great customer support!
Harvesting tomorrow!

Mike Law review photo
E
Elliot Royce
Amazing Richness and Color

I’ve ordered from several suppliers but this is by far the best for culturing. It comes ruby red and it grows from a 1/3 gallon starter into a fully ripe 1 gallon product within a matter of several days. Others sent me 2 week old culture saying it was still viable. Reef Legend's is newly gathered and bursting with life. Plus Skyler is incredibly easy to deal with. Others (including some of the biggest names in the business) nitpick and refuse to stand behind their product. Why deal with anyone else?

Elliot Royce review photo Elliot Royce review photo
D
Dave M
Best Phyto around!!!

I have been buying from Reef Legends for a while and far and away they have amazing cultures and the overall best Rhod. Salina I have ever bought!

I have purchased Rhod. Salina from several other big name vendors and none ever stay red like Reef Legend's strain! Add on the amazing customer service and fast responses and Reef Legends can't be beat! Save time and money in the long run and buy from here!!!

Dave M review photo
J
Joey Graham
A little difficult... but very doable.

After two failed attempts to culture R. Salina, I had given up. After watching Skyler's video, I mustered up the courage to try again. He explained there is a difference between phyto for feeding and phyto for culturing. I followed his procedure, and 9 days later I harvested. 1.5 quarts. The extra steps I took to sanitize everything, and to sterilize the media made a big difference. Thank you, Skyler!!!
Starter and harvest pics:

Joey Graham review photo Joey Graham review photo
B
Brad Keenan
Great!

I’m on the 3rd generation from the Rhodomonas Salina culture from Reef Legends. I would not hesitate to buy again!

Brad Keenan review photo
W
Wayne

Always top notch from this place from start to finish

A
Alan Amtmann
Clear water in a bottle

Was disappointed in my order

Hi Alan, we're sorry to hear about your disappointment. I did give you a call and left a voicemail. Please reach out to us so we can assist you further and ensure your experience improves. Thank you for your feedback.

B
Brent Burton
Great culture

Love the rhodo culture. Two very dark harvests so far. Pods and rotifers love it. NPS and sponges seem to be responding well too.

J
Jose Bacallao
Dead on arrival

Love your products. The last order we got was not healthy.

Hey Jose,

Thanks for leaving a review, we did send out a replacment for this order. UPS delayed your package over the weekend. Rhodomonas is a tricky strain to ship. There is about a 65% survival rate when orders are shipped 2 day, when packages get delayed over the weekend, there is an automatic reshipment. We recommend next day air on this strain when you want to culture. Hopefully the replacement you got on order 1933 that was sent out arrived in better shape. If there is a concern always reach out, there is a 3 day guarantee on all cutlure bottles.

Skyler

V
Vuong Dinh
Great seller

Always communicate till the transaction is done and more . Much appreciate the knowledge

M
Marc Tan
Rhodomonas Salina

Culture crash almost immediately. Replacement was sent and customer service was amazing.

Hopefully the replacment arrived without an issue!

  • 5 stars: 9 (82%)
  • 4 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 1 (9%)
  • 1 star: 1 (9%)
M
Mike Law
Thanks for all the support and help getting my

Thanks for all the support and help getting my cultures started!
Great customer support!
Harvesting tomorrow!

Mike Law review photo
E
Elliot Royce
Amazing Richness and Color

I’ve ordered from several suppliers but this is by far the best for culturing. It comes ruby red and it grows from a 1/3 gallon starter into a fully ripe 1 gallon product within a matter of several days. Others sent me 2 week old culture saying it was still viable. Reef Legend's is newly gathered and bursting with life. Plus Skyler is incredibly easy to deal with. Others (including some of the biggest names in the business) nitpick and refuse to stand behind their product. Why deal with anyone else?

Elliot Royce review photo Elliot Royce review photo
D
Dave M
Best Phyto around!!!

I have been buying from Reef Legends for a while and far and away they have amazing cultures and the overall best Rhod. Salina I have ever bought!

I have purchased Rhod. Salina from several other big name vendors and none ever stay red like Reef Legend's strain! Add on the amazing customer service and fast responses and Reef Legends can't be beat! Save time and money in the long run and buy from here!!!

Dave M review photo
J
Joey Graham
A little difficult... but very doable.

After two failed attempts to culture R. Salina, I had given up. After watching Skyler's video, I mustered up the courage to try again. He explained there is a difference between phyto for feeding and phyto for culturing. I followed his procedure, and 9 days later I harvested. 1.5 quarts. The extra steps I took to sanitize everything, and to sterilize the media made a big difference. Thank you, Skyler!!!
Starter and harvest pics:

Joey Graham review photo Joey Graham review photo
B
Brad Keenan
Great!

I’m on the 3rd generation from the Rhodomonas Salina culture from Reef Legends. I would not hesitate to buy again!

Brad Keenan review photo
W
Wayne

Always top notch from this place from start to finish

A
Alan Amtmann
Clear water in a bottle

Was disappointed in my order

Hi Alan, we're sorry to hear about your disappointment. I did give you a call and left a voicemail. Please reach out to us so we can assist you further and ensure your experience improves. Thank you for your feedback.

B
Brent Burton
Great culture

Love the rhodo culture. Two very dark harvests so far. Pods and rotifers love it. NPS and sponges seem to be responding well too.

J
Jose Bacallao
Dead on arrival

Love your products. The last order we got was not healthy.

Hey Jose,

Thanks for leaving a review, we did send out a replacment for this order. UPS delayed your package over the weekend. Rhodomonas is a tricky strain to ship. There is about a 65% survival rate when orders are shipped 2 day, when packages get delayed over the weekend, there is an automatic reshipment. We recommend next day air on this strain when you want to culture. Hopefully the replacement you got on order 1933 that was sent out arrived in better shape. If there is a concern always reach out, there is a 3 day guarantee on all cutlure bottles.

Skyler

V
Vuong Dinh
Great seller

Always communicate till the transaction is done and more . Much appreciate the knowledge

M
Marc Tan
Rhodomonas Salina

Culture crash almost immediately. Replacement was sent and customer service was amazing.

Hopefully the replacment arrived without an issue!