Plankton in artificial rearing

In artificial rearing, do you have information about the use of plankton?
Phytoplankton is useful for water quality and zooplankton-discusfry feeding.
Zooplankton is useful for discus fry feeding.

But what type of plankton is needed?
Copepod, Rotifer, Chlorella ,Dunaliella, Spirulina Platensis, Tetraselmis ...

How can we culturing plankton?
Salinity, temperature, ph, light , foods(f/2), harvest...

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Originally Posted by mumin16

In artificial rearing, do you have information about the use of plankton?
Phytoplankton is useful for water quality and zooplankton-discusfry feeding.
Zooplankton is useful for discus fry feeding.

But what type of plankton is needed?
Copepod, Rotifer, Chlorella ,Dunaliella, Spirulina Platensis, Tetraselmis ...

How can we culturing plankton?
Salinity, temperature, ph, light , foods(f/2), harvest...

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here is the article by Cliff Young. http://www.mondodiscus.com/discus/ar...iff-young.html

I use APR(artifical plankton-rotifer) made by OSI, just add a little to the yolk.

Cliff Young