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EcoPack Pod & Phyto Combo

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EcoPack

The copepod and phytoplankton species in EcoPack are selected to provide a perfectly balanced diet for your reef inhabitants. In addition to sequestering excess nutrients from the water column, OceanMagik supports huge populations of pods. The harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepods in EcoPods provide a very wide size range of zooplankton that inhabit both the tank floor and open water column!

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EcoPack Combo: A cornerstone diet for all reef aquaria

The EcoPack Live Food Combo features two premium live foods that are exponentially better together: EcoPods mixed-species copepods and OceanMagik phytoplankton blend. Together, these four pod species and four phyto species form a complete foundation for your captive ecosystem’s food pyramid. Running a diverse “mixed reef” system? Upgrade to the Ultimate Ecopack! 

EcoPods:

EcoPods contains a mix of four copepods that are selected to occupy every ecologic niche in your system. This unique product completes your clean-crew crew as well as satisfying every finicky zooplanktivore (mandarin, seahorses, anthias, corals, etc.). All pods in the EcoPack are 100% viable and reproduce within a captive marine environment, living through their entire lifecycle in your aquarium.

Tigriopus californicus

Loaded with amino and omega-3 fatty acids, Tigriopus copepods make a nutritious meal for the pickiest fishes. These pods occasionally inhabit the water column and jerk around when they move, making them an easy target for your critters. Females can lay hundreds of eggs during their lifecycle. These harpacticoids contribute to your clean-up crew by consuming detritus and nuisance alga in your tank.

Tisbe biminiensis

Small and hardy, these harpacticoid copepods tend to inhabit the cracks and crevasses of live rock and macroalgae. Their secretive nature helps them to maintain lasting populations in marine aquaria. Like the above, Tisbe copepods add to your clean-up crew by consuming detritus, phytoplankton, and invasive algae in your aquarium; think of these guys as the smallest mouths in your food chain.

Apocyclops panamensis

Being slightly larger than Tisbe and slightly smaller than Tigriopus, these resilient copepods round out your tank’s zooplankton size range. Apocyclops is extremely nutritious with a very high amino acid and protein content. It reproduces quickly by laying eggs every 4-6 days–about twice the rate of Tisbe and Tigriopus! This cyclopoid spends much time in the water column, providing a continuous source of nutrition for seahorses, swallowtail angelfish, etc.

Oithona colcarva

This highly adaptable pod is a cyclopoid like Apocyclops but spends even more time in the water column. Oithona also feeds on smaller particles, consuming suspended items as minute as bacteria. Its nocturnal nature helps to prevent it from being completely decimated by hungry zooplanktivores.

OceanMagik:

OceanMagik is a unique blend of four live phytoplankton species that comes with the EcoPack combo, specifically selected to provide your corals, pods, and filter feeders with essential fatty acids, proteins, vitamins, amino acids and carotenoids. All phyto species in the EcoPack improve water quality by competing with nuisance algae for nutrients.

Nannochloropsis Gaditana

This tiny, fast-growing algae rapidly consumes several nitrogen waste compounds including ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. As a result, Nano helps if you have an overfeeding problem, if you are adding a new critter to your tank or if you want to slightly reduce the frequency of water changes. Brown, non-flagellated, 1-5 microns.

Tetraselmis sp.

With a highly rich and varied amino/fatty acid profile, Tetraselmis provides a nutritionally comprehensive feed for your corals and zooplankton. Due to its highly nutritional makeup, Tet is commonly used in large aquaculture facilities. Green biflagellate, 6-10 microns.

Isochrysis Galbana

High in DHA content, Iso is frequently used to enrich zooplankton such as copepods and brine shrimp. Dosing your tank with Isochrysis boosts copepod levels. It also helps with the development, coloration, and resilience of your marine life. It is the most commonly used feed for bivalve mollusks such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops. Brown biflagellate, 10-14 microns.

Thalassiosira Weissflogii

Thalassiosira is the largest species of phytoplankton in the EcoPack Combo. As a beneficial planktonic diatom, it consumes silicates, restricting the growth of harmful benthic diatoms and dinoflagellates. Thal has also been shown to reduce cycle time in new systems! Unflagellated diatom, 5-32 microns.

 

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Weight 2 lbs
Dimensions 3.5 × 5 × 6 in

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Adam
What Happened?!

My bottle of plankton no longer comes in the convenient bottle and was spoiled.

Thanks so much for reaching out and sharing your thoughts on the new jar. Your feedback is appreciated!

We’ve maintained the same low price on OceanMagik for over nine years, and to keep it that way (especially with rising tariffs), we recently made the switch to the same jar we use for pods, which is made in the USA and made from a more earth-friendly and recyclable material. If you have one of the old bottles lying around, you can rinse it out thoroughly and use a funnel to transfer the phyto from the jar into the bottle. Then, use it as you always have. Another option is to use a pipette or a similar device so that you're not pouring directly from the jar into the dosing cup or your aquarium.

If you don’t have an old bottle on hand, no worries! Reach out to us with your order number the next time you place an order for OceanMagik, and we’ll see if we can send one of the last few bottles from our warehouse with your next order.

We also noticed that you submitted an AOA regarding this, and our team promptly sent a replacement bottle as requested. If there are any issues with that replacement, we’d be more than happy to help. Just reply directly in the original AOA email thread so our support team can assist you quickly.

We understand that change can take some getting used to, but we're always here to help in any way possible. We truly appreciate your support.

Thank you for choosing AlgaeBarn!

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Sara DuBois

I had a bad hair algae problem. I noticed a difference in the algae within a few days. A week of using oceanmagic, the algae is almost gone

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Richard Dorsch

EcoPack Pod & Phyto Combo

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Catherine McGloin
EcoPack Pod &Phyto Combo

They arrived live as promised. I did have tobwait an extra week for my shipment due to a delay with Fedex and a new shipment was sent and arrived on time. Definitely will order again!!

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Jessica L
Awesome Pods

Great stuff! I’m three months into a dry rock build and this is the second delivery of ecopods to get the tank going. I have pods all over the tank now!

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