Brian's Aquariums

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02/01/2023

What are Copepods? Copepods are a type of small crustacean found in marine and freshwater environments around the world. They are among the most abundant animals on the planet and play an important role in aquatic ecosystems. There are approximately 12,000 identified species of copepods. The most common copepod species that are cultured in the reef tank aquarium hobby are tisbe biminiensis, tigriopus californicus, apocyclops panamensis, parvocalanus crassirostris....

Copepods are a small crustacean found in saltwater and freshwater. Tisbe, Tig and Apocyclopse are the most common saltwater copepods that are bred in captivity.

01/25/2023

Acclimating saltwater fish to your aquarium is sometimes overlooked as a beginner. You get the fish home from the LFS or local fish store. You assume since the fish is saltwater and you have a saltwater tank that all you need to do is add the fish and water to your tank. Most of the time the water chemistry is never the same between two tanks....

Acclimating fish to your saltwater aquarium is sometimes overlooked as a beginner. You get the fish home and just assume to just add it to your aquarium.

01/24/2023

Cycling a saltwater aquarium requires patience and is the very first test to a successful reef tank. After you have meticulously designed your rock aquascape, added your sand and filled your tank with saltwater you will need to let nature take its course and wait for the biological process to commence. You will hear this often as a beginner, "A saltwater aquarium is all about patience....

Cycling a saltwater aquarium requires patience and is the very first test to a successful reef tank. Follow these steps and you will have a successful aquarium.

11/29/2022

(1) 72 Hour Heat Pack. Heat packs used during shipping to help keep phytoplankton, copepods and brine shrimp alive and at a comfortable temperature during the fall and winter months. If its below 40 consider adding one to your order. Also see: Live Arrival Guarentee

(1) 72 Hour Heat Pack. Heat packs used during shipping to help keep phytoplankton, copepods and brine shrimp alive and at a comfortable temperature during the fall and winter months. If its below 40 consider adding one to your order. Also see: Live Arrival Guarentee

11/25/2022

Pest Anemones Peppermint shrimp are one of the best predators to combat aiptasia. In this experiment, I test how fast peppermint shrimp will eat aiptasia. If you have been in the saltwater aquarium hobby for any period of time you have most likely encountered aiptasia. These pest anemones are undoubtedly one of the most annoying parts of keeping a saltwater aquarium next to green hair algae....

Peppermint shrimp are one of the best predators to combat pests such as Aiptasia. In this experiment, I test how fast peppermint shrimp will eat Aiptasia.

11/25/2022

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11/25/2022

Phytoplankton is a critical key component in any reef aquarium. It's at the bottom of the food chain which feeds copepods, corals, clams and other microfauna. If you have not tried phytoplankton in your tank, its time culture your own and see the benefits! Items you will need to culture phytoplankton Phytoplankton Culture Kit f/2 Phytoplankton food Air Pump…...

Phytoplankton is a critical key component in any reef aquarium. It’s at the bottom of the food chain which feeds copepods, corals, clams and other microfauna. If you have not tried phytoplank…

11/23/2022

New batch of Isochrysis ready to ship!

11/23/2022

(1) 16 oz bottle of Nannochloropsis Phytoplankton (1) 16 oz bottle of Tetraselmis Phytoplankton (1) 16 oz bottle of Isochrysis Phytoplankton

(1) 16 oz bottle of Nannozhloropsis Phytoplankton (1) 16 oz bottle of Tetraselmis Phytoplankton (1) 16 oz bottle of Isochrysis Phytoplankton

11/23/2022

(1) 16 oz bottle of Phytoplankton (1) 16 oz bottle of Brine Shrimp (Artemia)

(1) 16 oz bottle of Phytoplankton (1) 16 oz bottle of Brine Shrimp (Artemia)

11/20/2022

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10/30/2022

Clear or Black?

09/12/2022

New microculture testing of Isochrysis Galbana this week.

09/07/2022

I want to share my best work so far. This copepod escaped the glass top on my slide and was on the edge which gave it the 3d look. I used my Swift Stellar T and my Samsung Galaxy s20. I took 6 photos and image stacked them and this is the result.

07/13/2022

Tisbe pods in one of my reef tanks.

07/03/2022

Fresh batch of Nano and Tetra harvested this morning. Get yours while it lasts!

03/14/2022

A couple of Nannochloropsis (left) and Tetraselmis (right) phytoplankton cultures started up this week. Hoping to have my pod cultures going again pretty soon.