The PodDrop Journal • Culture Guides
Live-culture knowledge for better reef decisions
Practical, species-aware guidance for choosing copepods and phytoplankton, receiving living shipments, and building repeatable feeding and culture routines.
Start with your goal
What are you trying to solve?
Choose a topic to move from a question to useful guidance faster.
Choose the right copepod
Understand habitat, behavior, prey size, and why different species serve different reef goals.
Use phytoplankton with purpose
Learn how live microalgae fits reef feeding, copepod care, and more deliberate culture routines.
Protect a live-culture delivery
Know what to expect in transit, what to inspect on arrival, and how to introduce living cultures.
Plan a repeatable culture program
Explore supply, handling, cadence, and documentation considerations for scaled applications.
The latest from PodDrop
Latest culture guides
Species guidance, receiving protocols, reef-feeding context, and practical knowledge from the culture bench.
Live Phytoplankton Storage and Handling Guide
Live phytoplankton storage and handling guide for reef tanks and hatcheries. Keep cultures viable, dense, and clean from delivery through daily use.
Live Phytoplankton Storage and Handling Guide
Live phytoplankton storage and handling guide for reef tanks and hatcheries. Keep cultures viable, dense, and clean from delivery through daily use.
Phytoplankton for Reef Tank Nutrient Export
Use phytoplankton for reef tank nutrient export with realistic expectations. Learn when it helps, where it fails, and how to dose for measurable results.
Phytoplankton for Reef Tank Nutrient Export
Use phytoplankton for reef tank nutrient export with realistic expectations. Learn when it helps, where it fails, and how to dose for measurable results.
How Rhodomonas salina Improves Larval Fish Surv...
Learn how Rhodomonas salina improves larval fish survival through better nutrition, prey enrichment, feeding response, and hatchery stability.
How Rhodomonas salina Improves Larval Fish Surv...
Learn how Rhodomonas salina improves larval fish survival through better nutrition, prey enrichment, feeding response, and hatchery stability.
Does Live Phytoplankton Raise Phosphate?
Does live phytoplankton raise phosphate? Learn when it adds nutrients, when it lowers them, and how reef keepers can dose without fueling algae.
Does Live Phytoplankton Raise Phosphate?
Does live phytoplankton raise phosphate? Learn when it adds nutrients, when it lowers them, and how reef keepers can dose without fueling algae.
How to Start a Copepod Refugium Right
Learn how to start a copepod refugium with the right setup, species, feeding, and timing to build a stable pod population for your reef tank.
How to Start a Copepod Refugium Right
Learn how to start a copepod refugium with the right setup, species, feeding, and timing to build a stable pod population for your reef tank.
Best Live Foods for Coral Farm Systems
Best live foods for coral farm systems, from phytoplankton to copepods, with practical guidance on matching feed type, density, and survivability.
Best Live Foods for Coral Farm Systems
Best live foods for coral farm systems, from phytoplankton to copepods, with practical guidance on matching feed type, density, and survivability.
Copepod Density Counts Per mL Explained
Copepod density counts per mL explained for reef tanks and hatcheries - what the numbers mean, how they’re measured, and what actually matters.
Copepod Density Counts Per mL Explained
Copepod density counts per mL explained for reef tanks and hatcheries - what the numbers mean, how they’re measured, and what actually matters.
Put the guidance to work
Choose cultures for your reef—or plan professional supply
Shop species-specific live cultures for home systems, or work with PodDrop on recurring supply for stores, coral farms, hatcheries, universities, and research programs.