Brian's Aquariums

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.

01/24/2023

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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11/23/2022

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

Website is down. I'm moving to a new server. Please bear with me while I get everything sorted out. Thank you..

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.

11/05/2021

My Tiger and Tisbe copepod cultures are doing amazing. Culture is approx 40 days old
https://youtu.be/CoVcx00VsrU

10/21/2021

Trochus Snail releasing eggs in my tank today. Pretty cool sight to see.

10/18/2021

A couple of my tig pod cultures starting to boom.

10/15/2021

Copepod under 40x microscope
https://youtu.be/1yHFzGiuoNQ

A quick look at a copepod from my tank under the microscope.Microscope used - Swift Stellar 1-T Pro 40X-2500Xhttps://amzn.to/3j4bxxyComparable Microscope - S...

10/04/2021

Back at it again. I took a longer than expected break while I moved but I should have most of the products back in stock on the website in the very near future. I'm working on redoing the site so it's not 100% functional right now, but it will be completed soon. I will announce the re-launch date very soon. Thanks for your continued support and patience.

-Brian

09/27/2021

Wow! I cannot believe it's already been a year since this 14 gallon Peninsula tank has been setup.