Easysps 40g (natural freeze-dried food for SPS corals) EASYREEFS

Easysps 40 g Easy Reefs – Freeze-dried Food for SPS Corals

Easysps is a natural freeze-dried food specially designed for SPS corals. It benefits from the formulation quality developed by Easy Reefs and is also suitable for reef aquariums where SPS are not dominant.

For optimal nutritional balance of the reef system, the combined use of Easybooster with Easysps is recommended to prevent any nutritional limitation.

Three formats are available: 20 g, 40 g, and 120 g.

Manufacturing and Formulation

Easysps is a food specifically formulated to meet the needs of SPS corals, characterized by short polyps and a strong ability to capture fine particles.

It is composed of freeze-dried shrimp, selected marine microalgae, and fish oil, using a cold manufacturing process combining freeze-drying, agglomeration, and shearing.

Main ingredients:

Lyophilized Palaemonetes varians
Tetraselmis
Phaeodactylum
Isochrysis
Sardine oil
Tocopherols

Particle Size Adapted to SPS

The manufacturing process allows for precise distribution of food particle sizes:

0.4 to 200 µm: 54.90%
200 to 400 µm: 28.30%
400 to 1000 µm: 16.70%

SPS corals have maximum predation efficiency around 60 µm, making Easysps particularly suited to their heterotrophic feeding mode.

Nutritional Composition

Thanks to a cold manufacturing process, Easysps retains all the nutritional compounds naturally present in the raw materials used.

Nutritional Approach for SPS Corals

The nutritional profile of Easysps is similar to that of coral tissues and natural plankton, while taking into account the role of zooxanthellae. The latter primarily provide lipids and a small portion of amino acids, insufficient to meet the protein needs of SPS corals.

The addition of Easysps effectively complements the diet of corals with proteins, carbohydrates, and directly bioavailable micronutrients.

Advantages and Observed Results

Increased food availability leads to higher metabolic rates of SPS corals and generates several beneficial effects:

Increased coral growth, involving greater consumption of calcium, carbonates, and magnesium.
Reduction of nitrates and phosphates by increasing their assimilation.
Improvement of coral coloration, linked to a decrease in zooxanthellae density and better bioavailability of pigment precursors.

By combining the contribution of zooxanthellae and Easysps, the complete nutritional needs of SPS corals are covered in appropriate proportions.