Hello. I would like to ask you about your opinion of the Pyrocystis Fuciformis algae. I want to use it for my reef tank and also to feed the rotifers. I want to inform me about this kind of algae if it is toxic for the reef environment or not. Do you culture that king of algae?

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Big apologies for taking so long to get back to you! All I know about this algae is that it is a dinoflagellate and bioluminesces(?sp). I know that many dinos are considered to be very nutritious and have been cultured to feed copepods. A number of dinos are also associate/responsible for the red tides. I performed a quick literature search and did not find anything about nutrition or toxicity. Regardless, it could be very cool to have this in a tank. We do not have cultures of this one, but do have other dinos. They are mediocre growers for us. How did you come across this one?

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Thanks for the reply. I am interesting for this kind of algae for the nutritional value and also for the “optical” result. Now I am culturing the Nannocloropsis and the Tetraselmis algae and I want to add and the Pyrocystis Fuciformis but it is difficult to find it. I had made a search to the web and I found some details for this and now I am looking for her.