Acceptance and Digestibility

To properly feed an inhabitant of the marine aquarium, the food particle must accurately match the size of the capture mechanism in order to be ingested. Flakes, Pellets, and Frozen food are good options for organisms that can ingest them. However, the sizes of food found in standard aquarium feeds does not match the acceptable size range for zooplankton and filter feeders who need a micron sized diet. Aquarists who pulverize or break up food often believe that they are indeed able to feed smaller organisms. However, this make do approach is only acceptable to a limited number of feeders. Corals, clams and zooplankton are specialized feeders with specific digestive systems. To provide the best diet possible, use BioPlankton to supply to correct feed size and nutritional profile.

In the marine environment, zooplankton has a fast generation cycle. When present in sufficient numbers, zooplankton provides an optimum diet for carnivorous feeders. Depending on the organisms present when a plankton feeding regime is begun, zooplankton can be made available in sufficient quantities to provide an optimum feed for carnivorous marine aquarium inhabitants to include corals, finfish and crustaceans. This is why using BioPlankton as the start of your food web provides optimum nutrition to the entire saltwater food web. 

	Direct Feeding A filter feeding feather duster directly ingests passing planktonic cells. Through adequate nutrition, filter feeders can be made to reproduce in a captive environment
	Indirect Feeding A sand sifting goby consumes microfauna and zooplankton that is grown on phytoplankton

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