Algae Isochrysis - Research Quality Algae Feed

Aquarium Benefits:

• Pigmentation:
• High concentrations of carotenoids (yellows and oranges)
• Pigments incorporated by filter feeders into their flesh
• Aquarium Animal Health Benefits:  
• Isochrysis fatty acid composition (Aquaculture 166.1 (1998): 105-116.) and (Aquaculture International 15.1 (2007): 1-9.)
• Isochrysis feeding to clownfish fry, Amphiprion ocellaris.  (Marine Fisheries Information Service, Technical and Extension Series 188 (2006): 1-5.)
• Isochrysis for oyster cultivation (Aquaculture326 (2012): 106-115.)
• Tank ecosystem
• Nitrogen compounds can be scavenged by actively growing phytoplankton

Background on the strain:

Nearly every aquaculture facility that farms filter feeders will culture Isochrysis as a food supply for their farmed organisms. Isochrysis galbana, like other members of this class, is rich in polyunsaturated fa#y acids including DHA, which are of nutritional value for marine fish larvae and juvenile stages of mollusks. This organism grows well in captivity and is a ‘model organism’ commonly used by researchers who study marine systems and photosynthesis.  The thallus, or body of the organism, appears as a single cell with flagella. This strain also has a high concentration of the pigment fucoxanthin which is an accessory pigment for photosynthesis, and some have claimed that it has nutraceutical benefits for humans and animals for weight loss.  Growing Isochrysis requires seawater. As they are flagellated, they can grow without mixing being a requirement, but mixing does help to increase growth rates.