Want the most color enhancement strains? Here's your solution! Get all our color enhancing strains bundled together, Rhodomonas salina, Rhodomonas lens & Porphyridium cruentum.
If you are getting our 3, 16 ounce bottle package this option will have the longest shelf life as each species is harvested and bottled individually, we recommend using these bottles within 14-30 days for maximum benefits. Rhodomonas salina is the first phytoplankton that has cell nutrition change. To keep Rhodomonas healthy longer leave by the lightbulb in the fridge to keep the cells active.
Our "The Reds" blend should be used within 14-21 days of arrival and stored away from the lightbulb in the fridge. This will help keep the cells dormant, not competing with each other.
Porphyridium is an easier to grow red algae, seems fairly hardy and has a bright pink red hue. Higher airflow is critical for this culture, lower airflow causes the cells to clump and the culture to crash. Known for its fatty acids, lipids and polysaccharides for color enhancing properties. Has a high concentration of phycoerythrin, zeaxanthin (carotenoids), phycoerythrin (accessory pigment to the main chlorophyll, color enhancing cells), ALA fats (Alpha-linolenic acid), EPA fats (Eicosapentaenoic acid). Unique properties of this phytoplankton is the polysaccharides are sulphated. Porphyridium is commonly used in the aquaculture community to bring red colors into other filter feeders, like marine rotifers & copepods. Porphyridium also has a high concentration of antioxidants.
Rhodomonas 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.
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Maria Freed
Excellent Customer Service!
After purchasing a beautiful Mandarin Dragonet, I was in search of a sustainable way of keeping him well-fed. Reaching out thru chat, I got a timely response from Skyler, who got me set up with a kit that has everything I needed to start culturing two different kinds of pods. When I received the order, my Tigriopus pods were mostly DOA. I informed Skyler right away, and he sent me replacements at no cost, which arrived, healthy, soon after. Skyler responds to my many questions via chat in a timely manner, and is always courteous and helpful. Just harvested my first batch of pods! Super cool! Great products and awesome customer service!
Reef Legends
Genaro Cruz
My favorite cole
Very satisfied with the shipping and the quality of the elegance. Can’t wait to see and buy more from you guys. Thank you.
Tyree Pink Tip Elegance
Dillon Good
Awesome combo pack!
Tons and tons of pods that were happy, healthy, and great eaters! The rotifers took very well to my tank and my juvenile fish and corals love them!
As for the phytoplankton, it was perfect. Nice and dark, did it's job well, and keeps well in the fridge too!
Bottles were sturdy and clearly labeled.
Can't reccomend Reef Legends enough!
12 Species PhytoBlend, rotifer & 3 Podblend
Brad Keenan
Great!
I’m on the 3rd generation from the Rhodomonas Salina culture from Reef Legends. I would not hesitate to buy again!
Rhodomonas salina for culturing
Nathan Richardson
“STACKED”
Very pleasant experience from the communication to the ordering, to the products in hand, five star service at its best. Additionally, some of the most generous bottles of pods I have ever seen, to say that they were stacked would be kind of an understatement. Definitely give them a shot and order today!!!!
Excellent mix of diatoms that will replicate in your system and one of the most important tools you can use when fighting Dino’s - I actually dose this into newer set ups as it gets diatoms growing on the surfaces which in term out compete the other nuisance algae’s which are so much harder to deal with - then once a system is matured / stable you can back off adding silica and let the diatoms consume all the silica in the system - then they will quickly fade away - corals and filter feeders love this stone as well