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26/08/2024

In honor of National Dog Day let’s have some fun!

Post a picture of your pup and a guess for the score of the Dawgs vs Clemson game this weekend! If anyone guesses the score right you win a free 32oz mixed pods (just cover shipping)!

Whoever has the most likes for their pup gets 10pf their next order!

22/08/2024

New Blend Alert!!! The Clam Blend

We have had a few customers with large clams ask for a blend that is geared towards clams. After some positive feedback we have decided to make it a blend on our website for others!

22/08/2024

Oops we made one too many! Free 16oz mixed pods for pick up only. Must not have gotten a free one yet! Pick up by EOD Thursday.

19/08/2024

Feed your reef!

15/08/2024

The ugly stage happens for every re**er in some form or fashion. The duration is highly variable and something you can control! Below is a guide we wrote to help make this period as short as possible. Why deal with it longer than you have too?

Three things to add to every new system:

1. Beneficial bacteria
2. Copepods
3. Live phytoplankton

Beneficial bacteria is the most important thing you can add to your tank. Not only do you need a lot of good bacteria, but you need diversity as well! The more families of bacteria you can add the better. Studies have shown that tanks with under 15 bacterial families tend to have more tank issues than those with more. The less beneficial bacteria you have the more room for bad bacteria to tip the scales and create an environment for cyano and or dinos!

Copepods should be added as soon as your ammonia reads 0. Adding copepods early on in your system can be a huge help at keeping the uglies away! Adding them early even before fish allows them to breed without predation as most fish love a copepod snack. Copepods love diatoms and great at helping keep them at bay in your tank. For the healthiest microbiome a mix of copepods is best, but for benthic diatoms a species that is also benthic is a good choice. Tisbe b. and Apocalypse p. are both great options.

Lastly, phytoplankton added daily. Phytoplankton will not only feed the pods but it compete with the benthic diatoms on your rocks, glass and sand for nutrients. Phytoplankton is just more effective at using the nutrients than the benthic diatoms are and they will eventually recede. Using pelagic diatom strains of phytoplankton is ideal. The benthic diatoms usually are around due to silicates in excess numbers. The pelagic diatoms use silicates to build their cell walls and can help reduce the amount of available silicates for the benthic diatoms. Your corals and filter feeders will also benefit as they will filter it out of the water. They will also benefit from the phytoplanktons photosynthesis process. The phytoplankton will create vitamins, fats, aminos, acids, lipids, etc. that will pass onto the consumer of the phytoplankton.

Your system will always have benthic diatoms present and that’s a good thing. They are an important part of our reef systems and as long as we keep their numbers at bay with a healthy microbiome they wont show in clumps everywhere on your systems surfaces. Doing the above three isn’t a sure fire guarantee to skip the ugly stage, but it should shorten your time there.

10/08/2024

Pods are great micro clean up crew. They eat micro algae, phytoplankton, uneaten food and detritus. Their love of diatom algae makes them a great addition early on to your tank after the ammonia is gone to help you with the tanks ugly phase. For phytoplankton when the pods eat it the phytoplankton passes all of the various benefits of the strains consumed are passed to the end consumer (corals/fish). So make sure to get your pods some phytoplankton to make them an extra nutritious treat for your fish. We gut load them with phyto before they are sent out to make sure they arrive nutritious as well!

Tisbe b. are small and can get into the smallest spaces, they graze primarily on rocks, substrate and glass. Tigrioupus c. are large and primarily feed in the water column making them great food for finicky eaters like seahorses, mandarins and pipefish. Apocalypse p. are small to large and feed both on the water column and graze on rocks, glass and substrate.

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09/08/2024

Here’s a little guide/checklist we put together to tackle a common tank issue, cyano

1. What are your nitrate and phos levels? If they are way off ratio, this is usually when cyano tends to shows up.
2. Check your RO filters, when were they last changed? Do you have a silicabuster stage? If not add one! Silicates building up fuels cyano growth.
3. Increase flow in areas of cyano.
4. Live phytoplankton dosed daily. A blend of diatom strains will outcompete the cyano. And to the extent you have excess silicates the phyto specifically diatom strains will use that as well. They have to have silicates to build their cell walls.
5. Pods! Will eat detritus and the phyto (which exports the phyto and nutrients it used in photosynthesis). Sometime excess detritus built up in certain low flow areas can fuel cyano as well.
6. Add beneficial bacteria like microbater 7, biodigest or life source. You need to boost your tanks microbiome by helping build up their numbers and diversity. More good bacteria around makes less room for the bad stuff!

06/08/2024

Fresh thick phyto available to blend! Everything is stored by strain and mixed to order. 100% aquacultured here in house. Get 2 bottles (can mix in pods as well!) and save 15% automatically at checkout! We ship and cover DOA (even if it’s a carrier issue).

Sizes up to 1 gallon on each blend!

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06/08/2024

Free 16oz mixed pods for local pick up only. First to claim and be able to pick up by tomorrow evening. Can’t have already gotten a free bottle!

27/07/2024

First Berghais going out to a local!

25/07/2024

Berghais are now available on the website! They must ship overnight. If you want pods or phyto in addition to Berghais please message us or email us!

https://bulldawgreef.com/products/berghai-nudibranchs

23/07/2024

Don’t miss the savings on phyto and pods!

Use code CASEY15 to take 15% off any single phyto or pod bottles. Discount shown at checkout!

Use code CASEY25 to take 25% off any 2 phyto and or pod bottles! Discount shown at checkout!

At Bulldawg Reef we have 3 phytoplankton blends that each accomplish different goals for your tank.

Our elite blend has 8 strains of phytoplankton in it, 4 green and 4 brown/gold. This blend is what we recommend for basic coral feeding and maintenance.

Our eliminator blends has 5 strains of phytoplankton in it, 3 green and 2 brown/gold. This blend is what we recommend for systems with higher nutrients. These strains are known to consume nutrients more efficiently. 2 of the strains are used in the field as industrial water cleaners.

Our diatom blend has 3 strains of phytoplankton in it, 3 brown/gold diatom strains. This blend is what we recommend for systems dealing with dinos, Cyanobacteria, or benthic diatoms (diatoms on the sand bed, rocks and glass). It does a great job at starving them out by outcompeting for nutrients. If dealing with dinos please reach out. There are 5 main strains of dinos that we encounter in the hobby and you need to approach them in one of 2 ways (silicate dosing or uv).

We also carry 3 different species of pods:

Tisbe b. are small and can get into the smallest spaces, they graze primarily on rocks, substrate and glass. Tigrioupus c. are large and primarily feed in the water column making them great food for finicky eaters like seahorses, mandarins and pipefish. Apocalypse p. are small to large and feed both on the water column and graze on rocks, glass and substrate.

21/07/2024

Don’t forget our discount event for Casey’s birthday ending Tuesday at noon!

All phytoplankton and copepods are aquacultured here in house!

Any individual phyto or pod is 15% off, code CASEY15

Any 2 phyto or pods (can be 2 phyto or 2 pod, does not have to be one of both) are 25% off, code CASEY25

This with run until Tuesday 7/23/24 at noon!

If you ordered in the last week message me for special coupon code for you!

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20/07/2024

18/07/2024

Happy Birthday to my amazing Wife! Momma and baby boy are still doing great and everyone is adjusting to new life of five!

In honor of Momma’s birthday we are going to do a couple discount codes!

Any individual phyto or pod is 15% off, code CASEY15

Any 2 phyto or pods (can be 2 phyto or 2 pod, does not have to be one of both) are 25% off, code CASEY25

This with run until Tuesday 7/23/24 at noon!

If you ordered in the last week message me for special coupon code for you!

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17/07/2024

Accidentally made an extra 32oz pod mix. Free to the first local that can commit to picking up today!

16/07/2024

500mL aminos and 3D printed pod hotels are back in stock!

10/07/2024

32oz pod mix to a local! We love to slam the pods in there!

10/07/2024

We are back to shipping and doing local pick up! Thank you all for your patience and support during our break as we adjust to new life of family of 5!

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03/07/2024

We will resume normal shipping next week starting July 8th! Thank you everyone for your support and patience as we navigate the start to life as a family of 5!

02/07/2024

Well I accidentally made an extra 16oz pod mix bottle for local pick up 🙃.

First local to message me and can pick it up today gets it for free!

30/06/2024

Our little man is finally here!! Momma and baby boy are doing great and we are all back home! The girls are in love with their little brother!

Shipping will be very minimal this week while we take some time to enjoy these little ones as much as humanly possible and we will get back into normal shipping mode the following week! Thank you everyone for your patience and support!

23/06/2024

Our bigger 32oz bottle going out to another local.

23/06/2024

Now this is a copepod bottle. Pods you can actually see! We are looking to add a couple LFS for wholesale! This is our standard density and is going to one of our local customers today.

16/06/2024

Baby watch update:

All we are at any day mode! This coming week will likely be the last week for shipping for a couple weeks. Once our son is born we will take a 2 week hiatus on shipping. During the hiatus subscription orders will be the only orders we ship. Depending on when he’s born some of those orders will likely experience a slight delay in going out as well. We appreciate everyone’s support and patience during this time! Please as always reach out with any questions!

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05/06/2024

We are closing in on 4k followers! Once we get to 5k expect a big giveaway! Help us get there by sharing our page and posts. If you see someone looking for pods or phyto drop a mention for us! We appreciate every share and mention more than you know.

04/06/2024

Dealing with film algae or diatoms on your rocks and glass? Grab some Tisbe pods! Each bottle is slammed full!

02/06/2024

Who is Bulldawg Reef and why shop here?

We are a small company located in northern Georgia. The company is run by just by my wife, Casey, and I. We have no employee besides a young man in our neighborhood who is starting this coming week to help me get shipping supplies together to free me up to help with our 2 little girls (3.5 and 1.5) and soon in a few weeks our son! So when you shop here you are supporting a small business and family! We cannot thank everyone enough for the support you have shown us this year. We are actively upscaling all copepods and phytoplankton strains to meet the amazing demand we are seeing each week.

We have been in the hobby/business for over 12 years. We started Bulldawg Reef as a coral farm and earlier this year decided to take a break from the coral side of the house to focus solely on copepods and phytoplankton. We have a young budding berghai nudibranch colony that will hit our website in the next 30-60 days!

Our Diatom and Eliminator phytoplankton blends were created after many months of experimenting with 15 strains of phytoplankton on our own systems and many months of researching strains. They both have had a lot of success with customer systems helping to lower nutrient levels and beat back the dreaded Cyanobacteria and dinos! We are still actively experimenting and researching several more strains we will bring to market in the coming months.

We believe customer service starts well before you ever purchase a product from us. The goal is to help customers, if we have something in stock that can help you and your system fantastic, if not we have no problem pointing you towards something we don’t carry but have experience using in our own tanks. Please feel free to drop us a message or an email with whatever questions you may have!

We offer arrive alive guarantee on our copepods and phytoplankton (and eventually our berghais when they are available). So even if UPS or USPS has a delay that’s outside of everyone control we will cover the cost of the product! Just get with us within 2 hours of delivery with pictures and/or video.

01/06/2024

Bulldawg Reef Juice Blends and when to use them

Elite Blend - Our Elite blend consists of 8 strains of phytoplankton, 4 green and 4 brown/golds. This blend is the blend we recommend for systems that running normally and just looking to help maintain a healthy microbiome. A healthy microbiome equals a healthy and happy tank!

Eliminator Blend - Our Eliminator blend consists of 4 strains of phytoplankton, 3 green and 1 brown /gold. These strains are selected because they are more efficient at using up excess nutrients like phosphates and nitrates. 2 of the strains are used in real world applications as industrial water cleansers due to how efficient they are! This blend is great for tanks with excess nutrients, and even has shown to be very effective against hair algae.

Diatom Blend - Our Diatom blend consists of 2 strains of brown/gold strains of phytoplankton. These strains are both a subspecies of phytoplankton referred to as diatom strains. This blend has proven to be very effective against cyano, dinos, and natural diatoms that are already in your tank that can from time to time cover your sand bed and rocks. This blend is great at speeding up the ugly phase of a new tank as well! Why deal with the ugly phase longer than you have to!

All three blends are great for corals, fish, and pods as well. Every strain of phytoplankton used nitrates and phosphates in their photosynthesis process to create things like fats, acids, aminos, vitamins, pigments, etc. Some strains are just more effective at it and other things, this is why the strains you dose matter!

As always please reach out with any questions you have and I will be happy to help you in way I can.

30/05/2024

Dealing with algae issues? Come join our new support group! We want to take our promise to help as many people get their tanks back on track to the next level!

We like to attack tank issues with as natural a process as possible. Chemicals should always be a last resort! Our phytoplankton blends have helped numerous re**ers beat a large variety of algae issues from Cyanobacteria and dinos to hair algae! Sometimes all you need is to get your nutrients back into ratio by dosing either nitrates or phosphates!

We carry some lab grade solutions created by a marine biologists in addition to our phytoplankton and copepods! We have also started a berghai colony to help re**ers rid their systems of the dreaded aiptasia that virtually every re**er will deal with at one point or another.

Even if we don’t carry a solution to help fix your issue we are happy to help point you to the right place and/or product. Our number 1 goal is to help, if we carry something that can help that’s great, but getting our advice is not dependent upon purchasing something from us!

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🟢🟤🟡We’ve got plenty of option to suit your tanks needs. Get ahead of your tanks needs with our elite blend. If you’re struggling with cyano and dinos, try out our diatom blend. The Eliminator blend is for high nutrients. Feeding your tank live food like our dense phytoplankton will enhance coral coloration and improve the overall health of your tank! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #saltwateraquarium #coralphotography #coralreef #coralfrags #reeftank #reeftanks #allmymoneygoestocoral #eatsleepreef #coralfood #aquaculture

Pods are great micro clean up crew. They eat micro algae, phytoplankton, uneaten food and detritus. Their love of diatom algae makes them a great addition early on to your tank after the ammonia is gone to help you with the tanks ugly phase. For phytoplankton when the pods eat it the phytoplankton passes all of the various benefits of the strains consumed are passed to the end consumer (corals/fish). So make sure to get your pods some phytoplankton to make them an extra nutritious treat for your fish. We gut load them with phyto before they are sent out to make sure they arrive nutritious as well! Tisbe b. are small and can get into the smallest spaces, they graze primarily on rocks, substrate and glass. Tigrioupus c. are large and primarily feed in the water column making them great food for finicky eaters like seahorses, mandarins and pipefish. Apocalypse p. are small to large and feed both on the water column and graze on rocks, glass and substrate. Bulldawgreef.com #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

Free 16oz mixed pods for local pick up only. First to claim and be able to pick up by tomorrow evening. Can’t have already gotten a free bottle! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

First Berghais going out to a local! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

Apocalypse single species bottle that went to a local! Let us know if you need some pods, check the top of our website for some special coupon codes! We strive to provide the densest bottles on the market! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

Accidentally made an extra 32oz pod mix. Free to the first local that can commit to picking up today! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

32oz pod mix to a local! We love to slam the pods in there! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

Our bigger 32oz bottle going out to another local. #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

Now this is a copepod bottle. Pods you can actually see! We are looking to add a couple LFS for wholesale! This is our standard density and is going to one of our local customers today. #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates #copepods #coralfood

Dealing with film algae or diatoms on your rocks and glass? Grab some Tisbe pods! Each bottle is slammed full! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #cyano #Cyanobacteria #dinoflagellates

Adoptions are up and running! Join the group at the link below to participate! Everything starts at a 🦌 and ships overnight via ups with arrive alive guarantee. Ends Sunday evening at 9pm est https://www.facebook.com/groups/571491107028233/?ref=share_group_link&exp=7ffb

Pods are still 20% off all species and our mix! Aquacultured here in house at Bulldawg Reef. Our bottle density is hard to beat as anyone who has already received a bottle can attest to! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #zooplankton #copepods

Got pods? Apocalypse panamensis are just one of our 3 species available! https://bulldawgreef.com/collections/zooplankton #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured #copepods #zooplankton

Anyone locally have some bryopsis algae? Have a local in high school that needs some for a project in school! Shoot us a pm if you can help out. 20% off your next order for anyone that can help out! Here’s some of our new release gonis! #bulldawgreef #saltwatertank #aquaculture #reeftank #coralfrags #reeftanksofinstagram #allmymoneygoestocoral #allmymoneygoestocorals #coralfarming #coralfarm #coralphotography #coralreef #nanoreef #saltwateraquarium #reeftanks #eatsleepreef #nanoreeftank #aquacultured

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