Reefworks
29-06-05, 21:16
I am very pleased to announce the launch of the Reefworks Automatic Plankton Feeder. For a long time now we have known that corals benefit from a constant supply of both zooplankton and phytoplankton to the aquarium but until now there has not been a device that can continually drip feed zooplankton and phytoplankton to our tanks. Now you can. :D
The Automatic Plankton Feeder hangs on the side of your aquarium or sump and draws water from your aquarium, mixes it with a solution of zooplankton and phytoplankton and drip feeds it back into your aquarium or sump. The plankton is kept in a suspended solution by means of an air inlet at the base of the reactor to prevent the food from settling at the bottom. The reactor can be run continuously and food is simply added via an easily removably cap at the top each day. Due to the slow water flow rates passing through the reactor plankton is continuously drip fed to your aquarium for up to 24 hours.
The reactor is manufactured to the highest standards in acrylic and comes with fitted taps at the bottom to control water and air inflow rates.
If you have a sump then the reactor can be connected directly to the return pump (or any other pump) by means of a straight connector and 6mm tubing inserted in the side of your return piping. Alternatively for ease of use the reactor can be connected to a peristaltic pump.
The Automatic Plankton Feeder can also be used as a Brine shrimp hatcher and then the newly hatched brine shrimp can be automatically dosed to your aquarium. Simply turn off the water supply to the reactor, add your decapsulated brine shrimp eggs, wait 24 hours for them to hatch and then turn the water flow to the reacctor back on. This can also be done automatically with a peristaltic pump and a plug in timer.
We have been trialling this type of automatic feeding method on our coral farming facillity for a long time now and the results have been amazing. We have used a number of different foodstuffs including live and dead phytoplankton, cyclopeze, rotifers, artemia and new calunus copepods (available soon!) powdered to roughly 200 microns which is around the size of an adult rotifer. These foods have produced excellent results in over 60 species of coral trialed when drip fed by this method.
The Automatic Plankton Feeder is available in two sizes, 200ml recomended for aquariums up to 300 litres and 500ml recomended for heavily stocked aquariums and those over 300l.
The reactors are available on there own or as a package with the new Williamson peristaltic pump.
The Automatic Plankton Feeder is ONLY available through Reefworks.
500ml Automatic Plankton Feeder
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/re_500ml%20reactor2.JPG
The 500ml reactor measures 34cm in length with a 6cm chamber diameter.
PRICE £43.95
500ml Automatic Plankton Feeder + 6ml/min Williamson peristaltic pump
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/re_6ml%20peristaltic.JPG
PRICE £94.95 (500ml reactor + peristaltic pump)
The Automatic Plankton Feeder hangs on the side of your aquarium or sump and draws water from your aquarium, mixes it with a solution of zooplankton and phytoplankton and drip feeds it back into your aquarium or sump. The plankton is kept in a suspended solution by means of an air inlet at the base of the reactor to prevent the food from settling at the bottom. The reactor can be run continuously and food is simply added via an easily removably cap at the top each day. Due to the slow water flow rates passing through the reactor plankton is continuously drip fed to your aquarium for up to 24 hours.
The reactor is manufactured to the highest standards in acrylic and comes with fitted taps at the bottom to control water and air inflow rates.
If you have a sump then the reactor can be connected directly to the return pump (or any other pump) by means of a straight connector and 6mm tubing inserted in the side of your return piping. Alternatively for ease of use the reactor can be connected to a peristaltic pump.
The Automatic Plankton Feeder can also be used as a Brine shrimp hatcher and then the newly hatched brine shrimp can be automatically dosed to your aquarium. Simply turn off the water supply to the reactor, add your decapsulated brine shrimp eggs, wait 24 hours for them to hatch and then turn the water flow to the reacctor back on. This can also be done automatically with a peristaltic pump and a plug in timer.
We have been trialling this type of automatic feeding method on our coral farming facillity for a long time now and the results have been amazing. We have used a number of different foodstuffs including live and dead phytoplankton, cyclopeze, rotifers, artemia and new calunus copepods (available soon!) powdered to roughly 200 microns which is around the size of an adult rotifer. These foods have produced excellent results in over 60 species of coral trialed when drip fed by this method.
The Automatic Plankton Feeder is available in two sizes, 200ml recomended for aquariums up to 300 litres and 500ml recomended for heavily stocked aquariums and those over 300l.
The reactors are available on there own or as a package with the new Williamson peristaltic pump.
The Automatic Plankton Feeder is ONLY available through Reefworks.
500ml Automatic Plankton Feeder
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/re_500ml%20reactor2.JPG
The 500ml reactor measures 34cm in length with a 6cm chamber diameter.
PRICE £43.95
500ml Automatic Plankton Feeder + 6ml/min Williamson peristaltic pump
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/re_6ml%20peristaltic.JPG
PRICE £94.95 (500ml reactor + peristaltic pump)