Live Phyto feast is sterilized phytoplankton so you can't grow it out. Not sure why either of you are interested in culturing phytoplankton. I did it for about 5 years, enormous amount of work keeping the containers and the saltwater sterilized and having to harvest everyday. The phytofeast from Reef Nutrition is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have been able to keep my rotifer/copepod culture alive for over 3 years hassle free 2 minutes of work each day.
Don't waste you time trying to culture Tigerpods, tried multiple times and had no luck, they are a cold water species. If you actually want different types of pure phytoplankton cultures you will likely need to go to Florida Aqua Farms supply. That is where I got all my supplies 20 years ago. Trying to raise anything but nannochloropsis is going to be a nightmare. You could try Canada Copepods, great guy in the Maritimes. He might sell you a pure culture. His copepods and rotifers are top notch.
I made my own F2 formula, there are lots of recipes on the web.
Last edited by Frogger; 05-13-2020 at 05:19 AM.
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