Advanced aquariest must have changed there site or site lay out the links dont work anymore......
I had a page of theres bookmarked but now its a dead link. And i never even got to read these.....
I was going to post the same links. They did a nice write-up on how to breed plankton and the nutritional profiles of a couple of the planktons.
If I remember correctly, the gist of the article was that nannocholopsis (however you spell it) was the best single choice, but they advocated that you use a blend of several different phytos. I think Isocrysis was one of them to add in addition to nannocloropsis (however you spell it)
Different phytoplanktons come in various sizes, which are going to be favored by different organisms in your tanks. I read a journal article recently about the uptake of phytoplankton in dendronephthya and it appeared that they had issues consuming some of the smaller planktons/bacterias even though they make up a majority of what is present in the water column in nature. This just serves as an example of why you should add multiple strands.
As far as rotifers go, nannochloropsis (however you spell) would probably be the best choice to feed to a culture of rotifers. Just keep in mind that the better/more varied diet you feed your rotifers, the better nutrition they'll provide to whatever you're feeding them to. I do believe that rotifers will eat almost any phytoplankton fed to them, but I'm not 100% certain.
As an aside, Reef Nutrition says this about the planktons they use in their phyto feast product:
"Phyto-Feast is a blend of the most important marine microalgae, those chosen by universities and hatcheries for their superior nutritional value: Pavlova, Isochrysis, Thalassiosira, Tetraselmis and Nannochloropsis."
My thinking is that someone who knows way more about growing phytoplankton chose those for a reason and I'd start by culturing those.
