Nu2SW
Registered Member
The study was probably flawed and one sided.
DT's has the phyto which is live. But did they say they used Reed's Like phyto or the other phyto. The way I read it. It sounded like they used Live DT's and regular phyto from Reed, not there Live phytofeast.
Of course live is better then dead.
I say someone got a Payoff!
I generally do not post on forums but in this case I think there are a few facts that you should know.
This study was conducted by two independent researchers:
Dr. Bassem Allam, an experienced marine biologist.
http://www.msrc.sunysb.edu/people/allam.htm
Dr. Emmanuelle Pales Espinosa, an expert in the study of phytoplankton.
http://www.dtplankton.com/mgw2/epe-educationpublications.pdf
It was conducted at Stony Brook University.
www.msrc.sunysb.edu
1. This study took about a year to complete it was done in two 10 week trials. With preparation and then writing the report each experiment took 16 weeks. There was also a period of time between the experiments while they were waiting for the lab to be available.
2. Peer review took about 8 months and by the time it was published it was two years from the start of the research.
It was published in Zoo Biology
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/113493585/ABSTRACT
The publisher is Wiley InterScience
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com
It is quite obvious from your statement that you did not read the summary that is available.
Study 2: Comparative Growth and Survival of Juvenile Hard Clams, Mercenaria mercenaria, Fed Commercially Available Diets...more
To respond to your comments concerning what products were tested, they were;
DT’s Live Marine Phytoplankton, Phyto-Feast Live, Phyto-Feast Coral & Clam Diet, BioPlankton, MarineSnow, Phytoplan, Phytoplex, Phytomax, Chromaplex, Chromamax. There were also test done to determine the effects of refrigeration on Isochrysis, Tetraselmis and Pavlova.
If you are still questioning the merits of this study, I suggest that you order a copy of the research article from the publisher. You can use this link and after you register with the publisher (free) you can order a pdf of the article ($25)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/113493585/ABSTRACT
