DOUBLE DENSITY PODS

[Reef By Steele]

I gotta be honest your website kind of confuses me.. you have alot of buffet fancy names.. but I typically like to click on photos to gauge size of the pods in the product however all the pics dont really tell me anything about the pod product, and I have to click through all the products and read the descriptions of whats what and then remember which colossal name you have created etc. probably just me, but it is off putting that it isnt just more straight forward.

Sorry you find it confusing. In looking at competitors sites I find they generally show a picture of their bottle, but I cannot see the pods in it. Being 50-200 micron they are almost microscopic.

There are two major distinctions in copepods, benthic (crawlers) and pelagic (free swimmers).

We culture 7 distinct species and originally had 4 options. As we have studied to increase our knowledge of copepods we expanded the line so customers can get the pods best suited for their needs.

Benthic pods are the most commonly sold
Tisbe, Apocyclops, and Tigriopus listed in order of size. We also culture what we call Harpa pods which are a close cousin to Tisbe only smaller. These pods are great micro CUC and provide the perfect food source for Mandarins, Dragonets, Scooter Blennies, Sand Sifting Gobies etc. And are most likely to colonize.

Pelagic pods because the swim in the water column are less likely to create vast colonies as they are readily preyed upon. However they are the best pods for high metabolism cruising fish like Wrasses, Anthias etc.

We offer combinations of both types separately plus combinations with both together so you can target your specific tank requirements based on stocking. We also offer each combination with the addition of rotifers as they are extremely beneficial to our tanks as a fish food, coral food and algae eaters.

Here is a video taken while prepping shipment for reference.

 

[Reef By Steele]

WE GOT THE REEF!

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We are a family owned and operated small business dedicated to providing the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices. We have done the competitive shopping so you don’t have to. Reef By Steele offers the best value, you get the biggest bang for your buck!

$38.49 COMBO
16 Oz Blended Pod Buffet
16 Oz Phyto Buffet
10 Strain
$44 bought individually ​

Our competition

A. $49 - 22% higher 6 strain
B. $49 - 22% Higher 2 pods 6 strain
C. $60 - 36% Higher 4 strain

Our product comes with an arrive alive guarantee and we promise customer satisfaction on every purchase. Purchase our products and provide your reef with the diverse food source in our densely populated copepods and improve your water quality while providing nutrition to you corals and filter feeder with our unique blend of phytoplankton. We use 10 strains for multiple reasons. The foremost is a variety of not only different nutritional profiles but also different cell size targeting a larger variety of life in your tanks from corals, NPS, filter feeders, and invertebrates.

Being fellow reefers, Sherry @Ocean_Queenie and I offer products for your reef that we are happy to use in our own. Cultured with the highest level of care and commitment to quality.

www.reefbysteele.com

THANK YOU REEF2REEF COMMUNITY

 

[Reef By Steele]

WE GOT THE REEF!

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!​

We are a family owned and operated small business dedicated to providing the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices. We have done the competitive shopping so you don’t have to. Reef By Steele offers the best value, you get the biggest bang for your buck!

$38.49 COMBO
16 Oz Blended Pod Buffet
16 Oz Phyto Buffet
10 Strain
$44 bought individually ​

Our competition

A. $49 - 22% higher 6 strain
B. $49 - 22% Higher 2 pods 6 strain
C. $60 - 36% Higher 4 strain

Our product comes with an arrive alive guarantee and we promise customer satisfaction on every purchase. Purchase our products and provide your reef with the diverse food source in our densely populated copepods and improve your water quality while providing nutrition to you corals and filter feeder with our unique blend of phytoplankton. We use 10 strains for multiple reasons. The foremost is a variety of not only different nutritional profiles but also different cell size targeting a larger variety of life in your tanks from corals, NPS, filter feeders, and invertebrates.

Being fellow reefers, Sherry @Ocean_Queenie and I offer products for your reef that we are happy to use in our own. Cultured with the highest level of care and commitment to quality.

www.reefbysteele.com

THANK YOU REEF2REEF COMMUNITY

 

[Reef By Steele]

WE GOT THE REEF!

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!​

We are a family owned and operated small business dedicated to providing the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices. We have done the competitive shopping so you don’t have to. Reef By Steele offers the best value, you get the biggest bang for your buck!

$38.49 COMBO
16 Oz Blended Pod Buffet
16 Oz Phyto Buffet
10 Strain
$44 bought individually ​

Our competition

A. $49 - 22% higher 6 strain
B. $49 - 22% Higher 2 pods 6 strain
C. $60 - 36% Higher 4 strain

Our product comes with an arrive alive guarantee and we promise customer satisfaction on every purchase. Purchase our products and provide your reef with the diverse food source in our densely populated copepods and improve your water quality while providing nutrition to you corals and filter feeder with our unique blend of phytoplankton. We use 10 strains for multiple reasons. The foremost is a variety of not only different nutritional profiles but also different cell size targeting a larger variety of life in your tanks from corals, NPS, filter feeders, and invertebrates.

Being fellow reefers, Sherry @Ocean_Queenie and I offer products for your reef that we are happy to use in our own. Cultured with the highest level of care and commitment to quality.

www.reefbysteele.com

THANK YOU REEF2REEF COMMUNITY

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA PRE-SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time and Labor Day we will only be shipping on Tuesday September 3rd next week and we will not be home for shipping the week of September 9th, so please get your orders in by noon Monday to ensure you have what you need for your tanks.

As an added bonus purchase between now and noon Central time Monday September 2nd and

SAVE 15% OFF​

your order total with discount code TRAVEL15. That's right save an additional 15% OFF or our amazing low prices.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[seahuy]

Hi dumb question but what is Copepod buffet? is it a mix of copepods or is it food(buffet) for copepods? which I think its phyto because copepods eat phyto if im not mistaken

What i need is a blend of copepod because i killed off my population with interceptor treatment so i need something to replenish my system. Thanks

 

[Reef By Steele]

Hi dumb question but what is Copepod buffet? is it a mix of copepods or is it food(buffet) for copepods? which I think its phyto because copepods eat phyto if im not mistaken

What i need is a blend of copepod because i killed off my population with interceptor treatment so i need something to replenish my system. Thanks

Copepod buffets are combinations of different species of copepods. For reseeding a tank we recommend the benthic (crawling) copepods over the pelagic (free swimming) copepods as the colonize much better. The benthic we carry are Tisbe, Apocyclops, and Tigriopus which can be found in our Blended and Premium pod buffets (premium adds rotifers without reducing the density of pods (rinsed and added without additional water. We also culture our Harpa Pods which are a close relative to the Tisbe just smaller. They reproduce at an amazing rate. The Harpas are available by themselves or can be found in our Majestic Pod Buffet which is double density by adding equal parts of our Premium extreme with double density Harpas (ie 16 Oz each in a 32 Oz bottle etc).

We recommend the following sizes of our standard density pods or 1/2 this in doubles tank size in gallons.
8 Oz nanno to 20
16 Oz up to 40
32 Oz up to 75
1/2 gallon 64 Oz up to 150
1 gallon up to 250-300

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA PRE-SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time and Labor Day we will only be shipping on Tuesday September 3rd next week and we will not be home for shipping the week of September 9th, so please get your orders in by noon Monday to ensure you have what you need for your tanks.

As an added bonus purchase between now and noon Central time Monday September 2nd and

SAVE 15% OFF​

your order total with discount code TRAVEL15. That's right save an additional 15% OFF or our amazing low prices.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA PRE-SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time and Labor Day we will only be shipping on Tuesday September 3rd next week and we will not be home for shipping the week of September 9th, so please get your orders in by noon Monday to ensure you have what you need for your tanks.

As an added bonus purchase between now and noon Central time Monday September 2nd and

SAVE 15% OFF​

your order total with discount code TRAVEL15. That's right save an additional 15% OFF or our amazing low prices.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA PRE-SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time and Labor Day we will only be shipping on Tuesday September 3rd next week and we will not be home for shipping the week of September 9th, so please get your orders in by noon Monday to ensure you have what you need for your tanks.

As an added bonus purchase between now and noon Central time Monday September 2nd and

SAVE 15% OFF​

your order total with discount code TRAVEL15. That's right save an additional 15% OFF or our amazing low prices.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA PRE-SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time and Labor Day we will only be shipping on Tuesday September 3rd next week and we will not be home for shipping the week of September 9th, so please get your orders in by noon Monday to ensure you have what you need for your tanks.

As an added bonus purchase between now and noon Central time Monday September 2nd and

SAVE 15% OFF​

your order total with discount code TRAVEL15. That's right save an additional 15% OFF or our amazing low prices.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

FINAL DAY
REEF-A-PALOOZA PRE-SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time and Labor Day we will only be shipping on Tuesday September 3rd next week and we will not be home for shipping the week of September 9th, so please get your orders in by noon Monday to ensure you have what you need for your tanks.

As an added bonus purchase between now and noon Central time Monday September 2nd and

SAVE 15% OFF​

your order total with discount code TRAVEL15. That's right save an additional 15% OFF or our amazing low prices.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

RAP Anaheim here we come. That is right, @Reef By Steele will be at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

Arrived at RAP Anaheim at 2 AM, unloaded by 4 AM set up in the morning. That is right, @Reef By Steele are at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim stop and see us, enter and turn left, second booth on the left I believe. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

Arrived at RAP Anaheim at 2 AM, unloaded by 4 AM set up in the morning. That is right, @Reef By Steele are at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim stop and see us, enter and turn left, second booth on the left I believe. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

Day 1 of Reef-A-Palooza, our first ever is now in the books, and what an exciting experience it has been. Awesome to get to meet several of our customers face to face.

That is right, @Reef By Steele are at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim stop and see us, enter and turn left, second booth on the left I believe. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

Day 1 of Reef-A-Palooza, our first ever is now in the books, and what an exciting experience it has been. Awesome to get to meet several of our customers face to face.

That is right, @Reef By Steele are at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim stop and see us, enter and turn left, second booth on the left I believe. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry

 

[Reef By Steele]

REEF-A-PALOOZA
ONLINE SALE​

Day 1 of Reef-A-Palooza, our first ever is now in the books, and what an exciting experience it has been. Awesome to get to meet several of our customers face to face.

That is right, @Reef By Steele are at Reef-A-Palooza Anaheim stop and see us, enter and turn left, second booth on the left I believe. After visiting RAP NY and experiencing the excitement generated and information available from one-on-one encounters with other vendors and reef enthusiasts @Ocean_Queenie and I decided that we want to participate. The Reef2Reef community has been so wonderful to work with, and we would love to put faces with names so please stop by our booth and introduce yourself to us. We will have some exciting new product announcements to share so you can be among the first to know.

Due to travel time we will NOT be shipping on THE WEEK OF September 9th so we are offering a SPECIAL DISCOUNT on all online orders from TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT 9/10/2024. Order must be placed online and will not ship until the week of 9/16/2024.

SAVE 20% OFF
All DOUBLE or EXTREME products with discount code
DOUBLE20.​

That's right save an additional 20% OFF of our amazing low prices on any of our Double Pod Buffets, Extreme Pod Buffets, and Phyto Buffet Extreme.

Thank you R2R community and hope to see you there.

EXPERIENCE THE STEELE ADVANTAGE!

Kent and Sherry