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Live Food

15 products

Live food is the foundation of any thriving reef tank or marine breeding setup. Aquaculture Kings stocks Australia's most reliable range of live copepods, phytoplankton, rotifers, and zooplankton, all cultured fresh in our facility and shipped direct to your door with our Best Bottle Guarantee.

Whether you're keeping a finicky mandarin dragonette, breeding clownfish, or simply want a healthier, more biodiverse reef, the right live feeds make all the difference. Live phytoplankton fuels the food web. Copepods feed picky reef fish and seed your refugium for self-sustaining microfauna. Rotifers are non-negotiable for marine fry. Zooplankton blends bring it all together.

What you'll find here

  • Live copepods — Tisbe, Apocyclops, Tigriopus and mixed pods for direct dosing or refugium seeding.
  • Live phytoplankton — Nannochloropsis (Nanno), and our Ultramix multi-strain blend for reef tank dosing.
  • Phytoplankton starter cultures — Tetraselmis, Isochrysis (T-Iso), Pavlova, and Chaetoceros muelleri for home culturing.
  • Live rotifers and zooplankton — for breeding setups and broader microfauna support.
  • Combo packs — copepods plus phyto, rotifers plus phyto, or phyto plus F/2 fertiliser.
  • Live ciliates and Bacteria Pro — for specialty feeding and bacterial support.

Every culture is harvested fresh, packed with insulation for transit, and backed by our live arrival guarantee. Shipped from Australia, for Australians.

15 Products
Live Copepods
Live Copepods
Looking for live copepods for sale? Buy live reef copepods from Aquaculture Kings, harvested fresh and shipped fast A...
From $40.00 to $50.00
Bottle of live Nannochloropsis phytoplankton from Aquaculture Kings
Live Nannochloropsis Phytoplankton
Live Marine Phytoplankton — Australian Grown Live marine phytoplankton, cultured locally in our Aquaculture Kings lab...
$30.00
Bottle of live rotifers for marine fish breeding and reef tanks
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Live Rotifers
Rotifers are absolutely packed with the essential nutrients your reef needs to stay healthy. These tiny zooplankton a...
$40.00
Bottle of live zooplankton mix including copepods, rotifers, and phytoplankton
Live Zooplankton
This diverse blend of tiny life forms, including live copepods, live rotifers, live phytoplankton, live ciliates (pri...
$40.00
Bottle of Ultramix multi-strain live phytoplankton blend
Ultramix Live Phytoplankton
Ultramix is a premium blend of Nannochloropsis, Isochrysis, and Tetraselmis phytoplankton, crafted to deliver a broad...
$40.00
Bacteria Pro live beneficial bacteria for reef aquariums
Bacteria Pro
Bacteria Pro delivers concentrated, fast-colonising beneficial bacteria directly into your aquarium system. These mic...
From $39.95 to $224.95
Live Tetraselmis starter culture, vibrant green motile phytoplankton
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Tetraselmis Starter Culture
Tetraselmis is a nutrient-rich, motile green microalga with high lipid content; perfect for kickstarting your own liv...
From $50.00 to $65.00
Live Isochrysis galbana starter culture, golden-brown DHA-rich phytoplankton
Isochrysis galbana Starter Culture
Isochrysis is a golden-brown, non-motile microalga prized for its exceptionally high DHA and sterol content; making i...
From $50.00 to $65.00
Live Chaetoceros muelleri diatom starter culture for marine aquaculture
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Chaetoceros muelleri Starter Culture
Chaetoceros muelleri is a robust, fast growing diatom prized for its high levels of EPA, digestible proteins, and ess...
$50.00
Live Pavlova lutheri starter culture, premium DHA-rich phytoplankton
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Pavlova lutheri Starter Culture
Pavlova is a golden-brown microalga highly valued for its extremely high levels of DHA, EPA, and sterols; making it o...
From $75.00 to $90.00
100ml bottle of Guillard's F/2 phytoplankton fertiliser
Guillard's F/2 Phytoplankton Fertiliser
Guillard’s F/2 is a balanced microalgae fertilizer formulated to support strong, consistent phytoplankton growth. Des...
$20.00
Copepod and phytoplankton culture starter pack with live copepods and feed
Copepod Culture Starter Pack
Our pocket friendly “Reef Rations” combo packs are designed to help you establish a healthy, self-sustaining copepod ...
From $60.00 to $230.00
Phytoplankton culture starter pack with live phyto and F/2 fertiliser
Phyto Culture Starter Pack
Our pocket friendly combo packs are designed to help you maintain strong, stable phytoplankton cultures with lab-grad...
From $45.00 to $135.00
Rotifer culture starter pack with live rotifers and phytoplankton
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Rotifer Culture Starter Pack
Our pocket friendly combo packs are designed to help you raise marine fry and nourish filter feeders with minimal has...
From $60.00 to $200.00
Dino Defence Pack with live bacteria, diatoms, and copepods for treating dinoflagellate outbreaks
Dino Defence Pack
The Must-Have Trio Against Dinoflagellates Take the fight to dinos with the ultimate 3-pack combo: live bacteria, dia...
$110.00