Amphipods are the most nutritious and important live food for reef fish and many other saltwater aquarium animals.
Marine fish that we keep in our aquariums consume saltwater amphipods as their natural diet in the wild ocean habitat.
Amphipods are a great micro clean up crew. Amphipods eat hair algae and can get into rock crevices and eat nuisance coating algae where fish and snails can't go.
Amphipods come in many different colors, they range from Pink, Red, Blue, Gold, Dark brown, Green, Orange and olive green.
Saltwater Amphipods or saltwater pods for sale are also a valuable source of live fish food for Mandarin Fish.
Amphipods for sale, get clean Amphipods of the best quality and service.
Our Farm raised Amphipods for sale are not wild caught.
Amphipod cultures are not a mix of Copepods and Amphipods you get uni-cultures to seed your tank..
Buy Amphipods at ANF and receive the actual counts of adult breeding Amphipods.
Which are the best Amphipods for sale?
Find a direct source of Amphipods from the grower.
Check out our Amphipod and Copepods combos for a great deal, each organism packed individually so you know what you're getting.
What's the best food for seahorses and Mandarin fish?
Amphipods are the main food prey animal for seahorses and also live food for Mandarin fish.
Seahorses as well as Mandarin fish need to eat live Amphipods constantly throughout the day to stay healthy and energetic.
If you buy a whole plant of Red Dragons Tongue macro algae you can provide a home for amphipods to encourage the pods to breed higher numbers in the tank.
Get Amphipods for sale online for your aquarium and you'll have the best natural live saltwater fish food for fish and Corals in Reef Tanks.
When you establish a population of Amphipods breeding colony in your reef tank aquarium. You can keep Mandarin fish and seahorses the easy way.
Not only for seahorses but Amphipods are the best most nutritious food diet for Anthias, Midas Blenny and all reef fish.
Provide a balanced diet of live food for your fish to boost their immune system which will prevent out breaks of diseases like ick and other debilitating parasites and fish ailments that can afflict captive kept fish and corals.
Amphipods will live and breed in cracks and crevices in your live rock and will come out at night when it's safe and eat uneaten food and fish waste thus helping to maintain water quality, also consume unwanted nuisance algae.
Easy to culture your own. All that’s needed is a 10 gal aquarium, air stone, and small filter. Amphipods will accept many different foods: Pulverized flake/ Pellets, ground-up algae, or Spirulina Powder. We use our Coral Extacy Amphipod Food to feed our Amphipod cultures.
Amphipods have a highly nutritious profile. Containing Omega 3 – 6 fatty acids and many more powerful vitamins and elements to provide the healthiest diet for captive kept marine animals of all types.
As Amphipods mature to adults they become more benthic (like to crawl on structure), but will also swim sometimes.
Newborn naupli are in the 100- 200 micron size.
Stages of juveniles are 1 – 3 millimeter size.
Adults get up to 6 millimeter (1/4 inch) size.
An Amphipod breeding colony can produce many baby saltwater pods per week.
Amphipods make an excellent micro cleanup crew. Also serves as a valuable food source of live zooplankton for fish and corals.
Amphipods feed on nuisance hair algae, dead decaying algae, leftover food and fish waste. They will constantly be grazing on your live rocks & sand bottom. They love to setup their breeding colonies in macro algae. We have been aqua-culturing these pods for a number of years here in Okeechobee, Florida. With these in your tank they will multiply rapidly and spread out, producing thousands of nauplii and multiple stages of juveniles.
Use Amphipods to seed your reef tank and sump/Refugium. Once they get established and breeding in your system you will have a constant supply of zooplankton to feed your corals and fish.
If you already have Macro algae growing in your sump, these pods will establish a breeding colony in the macros and your pump will periodically draw some pods out of the sump into your main tank; thereby scatter feeding corals and fish with live plankton throughout the day.
Aquaculture Nursery Farms Amphipods for sale are a hardy species that we have adapted, through many generations of culturing, to home aquarium conditions.
Amphipods are the best most nutritious live food for dwarf seahorses and dwarf seahorse aquariums.
I have ordered amphipods 3 times. They never disappoint! Very clean and healthy. I have yet to find a single dead one. Even the few that sometimes get stuck up in the folds at the top of the bag during shipping, scurry away apparently unhurt as soon as they hit the water. I will continue to order amphipods!
Always been good. Very live and active. Good size too.
Both this amphipods for my reef tank. all came alive !
Ordered 2000 ct Amphipods (received 2200)… all of them arrived super active, healthy looking and of lots of various sizes! This is the third time I’ve ordered multiple things from RUSALTY and always get nice, healthy products.
I love this shop. I order amphipods for my tank health and Toby puffer. What I love is they always have amphipods in stock, overnight shipping isn’t required, the amphipods arrive healthy and I never have to worry about dumping them and their water directly into my tank. I’ve been a long time customer. I’ve tried other brands and none have been comparable to Fabian’s store. Additionally, if you have any questions, responses are quick and helpful.
All arrived live and well.
Absolutely worth the money! Ordered the 2200 and the bag was packed full of the little buggers! Not one dead either enough to substantially seed 2 large aquarium systems. I won't buy from anyone else. The grape macro algae came healthy and attached to rock when I didn't even buy anything stating it was attached to rock! It was very generous amount as well! Love this place.
Very pleased with my order. Very dense population and arrived healthy
Rusalty did a great job of specimens and shipping. All arrived alive and well. I highly recommend them for all of your live fish foods
I order these amphipods and copepods at least twice a month. I’m running 3 saltwater aquariums with various pod eaters. These pods always arrive alive. My seahorses and wrasses love them! Aqua Culture Nursery Farms never disappoint!!!
Great condition. All different life stages. My marine beta loves them!
As always, great specimens. Healthy, happy and clean.
My order arrived on time and in great health! I would order from RUSALTY again!
Best on the market! Absolutely stunning. I live 4 states away and always alive and healthy! My go to for seeding and resupply!
Great service and all pods came healthy and mostly all alive. Will order again
Will definitely be ordering from here always! All live healthy and thriving!
The Amphipods came in great. I can see them crawling around on the rocks. It's great. Plus, I have several fish which eat them. so, it is a win, win for my aquarium.
Your Amphipods are a wonderful addition to my nanotank, and are for almost any marine tank habitat. Your selection of strains or species is amazingly diverse, and they are a resilient and perpetual part of food and clean-up crew alike. Thank you.
Great quality all life cycles. Very active none dead. My fish love them and my tank is cleaner for having them.
I’ve ordered these amphipods several times to seed new tanks or replenish population. Every single order has been phenomenal, these bugs show up happy and healthy. Great experience every order
Amphipods came alive, active, and in all sizes. Will definitely be purchasing again.
This is my second order from this company. Will definitely be ordering again and again. Pods came in healthy . Different sizes were included. All made it and are thriving My seahorses love them
Far better than amphipods from any other source I've used before.
Really happy Everything came in alive and thriving will buy again
The pods were shipped out in one business day. Looks like a great survival rate, and they were packed in double insulation. No complaints.
They are great. I see them scurrying around the aquarium being chased by my Mandarin as well as Copperband Butterfly.
All arrived alive and well... fish got a few and loved it! Very happy with my purchase. Thank you!
USPS said they would arrive in FOUR DAYS!! I thought OH NO! They'll all be dead! Well, USPS got them here two days early. ALL ALIVE...dumped them into the tank, they all were strong swimmers and disappeared into the rock...and the seahorses watched them...and the hunt is on!! Hope enough of them make it to reproduce. This is my third purchase from RUsalty. Will buy again.
These amphipods are a great food option if you have larger, more picky fish. I have a fully grown radiant wrasse who wouldn't eat anything that wasn't alive. Using these amphipods, I was able to train/transition the wrasse to eat frozen mysis and brine. GREAT choice for picky predator fish.
Product arrived on time, alive and look great
Incredible.
I was having a problem tracking my shipment through USPS but they finally arrived and ALL were alive!! Great packaging and great product! I will definitely buy from here again!!
This is my second purchase, arrived alive .
All arrived alive and very active
2nd order..... Excellent quality.
Received my amphipods all alive and healthy. Very Will be ordering again soon
Always healthy and vibrant using next day delivery. I like how they are now shipped loose in the bag without any media. Makes it so much easier to pour them all out of the bag through a strainer and add them to the tank without worry of contamination with the farm water. Never can be certain what might be in someone else's water so its a plus for me
Received my 500 Amphipods in great shape with regular mail. Very large and very well packed,
My order of amphipods was misdirected by USPS and travelled across the country twice before arriving at my doorstep. A full 8 days after shipping and they were alive and kicking. Thanks to the expert packaging, the loss was minimal. I am very happy with my purchase and will order again in the future.
Extremely impressed with the huge pods and healthy seahorses. I will be ordering again soon.
Rusality is my no1 choice for amphipods,tried elsewhere but was always disappointed with what they sent me. Bag of 2200 was loaded w very active lively amphipods. Very,very few casualties,not even enough to mention. Very happy again as usual.
Rusality is my no1 choice for amphipods. Just got my order of 2200 and they came in Very lively w hardly any doas that I could find. Very Happy
Rusality is my no1 choice for amphipods. Just got my order of 2200 and they came in Very lively w hardly any doas that I could find. Very Happy
Rusality is my no1 choice for amphipods. Just got my order of 2200 and they came in Very lively w hardly any doas that I could find. Very Happy
I ordered the 2200 count. Shipped standard USPS in Mar - no losses, took 4 days from FL to NY. Water was cold but once warmed up very active pods.
Arrived very alive ,didn't see hardly anything dead in the batch. Fish went crazy,had to shut off lights so they could get into their hiding spots.
No DOAS even after my first order took 5 days to get here to Buffalo when we had 6 degree Fahrenheit highs with-14 wins chill... It came to my post office then was for some reason supposed to another line 90 Mike's away then I had to wait for a next day they started moving after about 7 minutes floating in warm water.... I always throw in a bit of sugar if I can find it if not I throw a tiny few pieces of nori in there so there all in big chunks attached to the algae... Mostly adults cut plenty of hatch's so be careful to use a sieve that has multiple sizes..... The ones these guys make u own and they are great too
Very happy,if there were any dead ones in the bag I couldn't see them,although there must have been some? Very very lively .
Very happy,if there were any dead ones in the bag I couldn't see them,although there must have been some? Very very lively .
The best anyone can offer! Top notch feeders for my Seahorses.
A great meal for my Seahorses despite UPS taking them on an extended journey and destroying the shipping box. I'll be buying these whenever they are available.
The pods I had ordered from RUSALTY all arrived in perfect condition. I'm really impressed with the quality of the shipping materials and the attention to detail when it came to packing the animals. Thank you so much
Everything was exactly how they say it was. Wasn’t not one dead amphipod will definitely be a repeat customer
I received my order of amphipods, along with some other livestock. This is not the first time I have ordered from Aquaculture Nursery Farms. I have always been satisfied with what I received, and this order was no different. The 500 amphipods were all healthy and very much alive. I would expect to have at least a very small percentage of dead amphipods out of 500, but I could not find a single dead one in the bunch. This included two that were stuck in the neck of the bag above where it was sealed! As usual, everything was high quality and I most certainly will not hesitate to order again.
Super pleased with the pods I just received. I’m lol certainly order again when the need arises.
Lots of Pods, very active. Great prices but shipping is a little expensive. Thanks
Great packaging job with this shipment. Although it was supposed to be arriving the next day before noon, it arrived one day later. The pods were still active and their shipping water smelled fine.
Awesome quality amphipods. I love how easy they are to add to my tanks and how responsive my fish are to the new critters to hunt.
This is my third order of these guys and man will I keep on buying. Great price, they arrive very lively and go nuts immediately after putting them in the water. They keep my wrasse’s amused and produce decent amounts of offspring down in the sump. Couldn’t recommend more
These guys are a lot bigger than I have seen. There is also various sizes but the big guys are huge!
Best deal I ever gotten on pods. Pirce might be a bit high. But you actually get the amount of pods you pick. unlike some places when you buy 1000 and only get what looks like 200. I'm very happy with them and will continue to order from rusalty every time.
First time ordering with Rusalty. Very pleased with packaging. All amphipods were alive and active and it appeared to contain more than what was ordered. I had a quick question before introducing them into my aquarium, and customer support answered my question promptly. I would highly recommend Rusalty and look forward to doing business with them in the future!
I truly appreciate the amphipods from RUsalty. They arrive well packed and in great shape.
this has been my go-to place for pods.tried them all and here is where i go.always bagfuls of healthy, lively pods.
I got these to supplement mysis shrimp for my cuttlefish, since these are much cheaper and easier to keep alive in my opinion. The cuttlefish eat them up and are doing well so far. Very fun to watch.
Wow, there were a lot of seemingly clean critters scurrying around in the bag! Dumped them in our display tank at night and watched them swarm away into our live rock. Hard to find these guys, very happy with our purchase.
the amphipods got here in time, my seahorse treated like a feast and the went after them fast. all living and thriving. Thank you fro a great price and quick shipment and a quality product.
99% of the pods survived the trip, very happy and so are my fish!
Wow! This was the first time in getting live Amphipods for my reef tank and the experience was great! I wanted free delivery but I guess you can't get everything. I went with the 2 day delivery to save money and all Amphipods received were alive. I order 250 and after shipping costs it was still a great deal. Package came with two ice packs and double packaged in reflectant bubble pack, sweat. Looking forward to the my next order. Chow.
I have a tank full of sea horses that loved the amphipods i got from you guys
Great little active swimmers and a of sizes
These guys are not the invisible pods you get in a jar. All tank inhabitants love them and I use a Turkey Baster to guide them into the rockwork every 3 or 4 months.
very efficient customer support
Once again, a great bag of amphipods. While the pods acclimated they were very active. I see them on my reef today, dodging the mandarin that's hunting them.
they all arived in timely fasion the count was right on mayby afew more all alive and kicken will need to get more before i can get some seahorses will most likely get some live missid shrimp first tank is empty except for live rock pods lots of macroalge 30 gal. tank
recived in great shape alive and kicking will order more soon
All were alive and large size even with FedEx messing up and delivered late!
Excellent product. Alive and active.
Productz are awesome..Great prices Great customer services..
Lots of pods. I will order from them again.
Great communication, follow up and quality product
Best deal I found on amphipods. For what I paid for 1200 amphipods here I could only get 100 on Amazon for the same price. Everything shipped well and I am happy with my purchase. But with confidence!
Arrived alive in below zero outside temperatures!
They came in on time and alive. Very active
Arrived in great condition. Jumping around like fleas.
Unfortunately FedEx was a day late so it came after 1:30 p.m. probably about 76 hours after they shipped it and every single one was alive it was about 20° outside it was wrapped very very well in a foil bubble wrap which was double wrapped and sealed and closed styrofoam on top sealed with the words this side up written on the top which it was actually delivered that side up every pod was alive and I am waiting currently until night time to put them in my aquarium at first I followed them to get them moving and then I added half of my aquarium water and I'm floating them with a little rigid air tubing in a gallon picture of water every single one is alive thank you very much again.. my second order and never will order anywhere else again knitting these weren't wild . NOT ONE INDY OTHER THEN AMPHIPODS not the iso and cope these are those little guys that you see crawling around your great plugs cleaning your rocks of algae and detritus. They are benathic I don't know if that's the correct spelling meaning they hover on the rocks services they don't swim freely only when the babies hatch very very many of the anthropods had egg sex attached to the chest area to their like a little orange ball in their what we would say chest area.. when those hatch they become tiny juveniles and are free swimming for a midnight snack if you want a mandarin goby these are perfect because the gobies like to grab the amphipods off of the rock surface especially between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. when the lights are starting to go down thank you again it's nice to know I have a consistent source of clean non-parasitic pods for my aquarium at a very very reasonable price I was not given any or promised anything for this review this is just because it's nice to have a good business person with good morals nowadays it's hard to find that especially when people could price couch things especially with this pandemic going on..
Were very active and healthy.
arrived 100% alive and healthy; my fish all love to eat them!
Arrived on time, packaged well, and alive! Great product!
Arrived alive and fast shipping.
All arrived alive and well. Excellent food for seahorses
Got it quick in two days free shipping. Got what I bought amphipods and they were decent size
Excellent. Arrived alive. My seahorses are in heaven. I put some in refugium and some in main tank for the seahorses to have a treat. Will add the rest tonight after lights out. Will definitely order again
Excellent. Arrived alive. My seahorses are in heaven. I put some in live amphipods for sale in my refugium and some in main tank for the seahorses to have a treat. Will add the rest tonight after lights out. Will definitely order Rusalty Amphipods again.
These pods arrive hungry and breed rapidly. My 150 FOWLR never looked so good. Oh and the fish love them too.
Product came with lots of life, shipped on the hottest week of the year. Very happy, and my marine betta's full stomach thanks you.
In contrast.to the other part of my order, these pods are big and active. A good value.
Thank for a quick delivery a real quality product, for the moment in aded the to my aquarium i can see a difference. thank you
Large and plentiful
can't say enough how prefect this was. Great size and very healthy, put some in my display and refrudiguim.
great price and fast shipping
Took me so long to catch these little buggers but man they are lively. So many care I know I got more than 500. This is awesome batch and sweet deal. Great job and my fish and corals love it.
Everything arrived alive and super quickly. Great customer service.
Best source for healthy amphipods. The 2000 I received all seemed hungry when I added them to the refurium.
great size health and quantity
There as many as promised. They were extremely active and I saw no DOA
A wide variety of sizes all arrived alive and active. A little tricky to release them all into a tank because they hang on tightly to your skin, a net or the piece of screen included in the bag.
Showed up fat, healthy, and active as usual.
100% Alive. Ive never seen this. Im lucky if I get 75%. I littery caught every swimming pod. I just swirled the water a little and more swam. I'll definately remain a customer here. Thanks
I am happy to have finally found a supply of amphipods. The quickness of my shipment and the count has been excellent. I have purchased from other companies and have always questioned the count. My Wrasses and Mandarins are very happy. Thank you.
Healthy, lively, hardy! They even come on little screens that make adding them to your reef super easy. My husband and I were in the market for a new place to get pods and we're so impressed that we will be lifetime customers here. Packed very carefully and excellent customer service.
I have ordered twice now and both times I received and abundance of healthy Amphipods of various sizes. Not sure if I got 500 or 1200 as advertised but what I did get were healthy. They vanish into the rock work quickly so I can it assume they stay alive.
I just recieved my order..I am very happy .thanks for your promptness ..will be ordering from you again..
I just recieved my order and I am very happy....box was well packaged and my pods where alive ...great job guys .will definitely or from you again......
Arrived in excellent shape, healthy and lively. Generous amount in all sizes that immediately went to work after acclimation. Will order again.
Nice packaging and came all alive. I can see the little critters moving about. I ordered amphipods specifically for mandrin goby but I found out that they don’t eat amphipods... Response: Yes Mandarin Goby does eat Amphipods as their natural prey, better than Tisbe Pods. The Mandarin fish eats the juvenile stages of the Amphipods. The adults are able to breed and multiply in your aquarium. For a continuous supply of live prey for your Mandarin.
I bought the amphipods for clean up crew and to offer my fish some variety in their diet. I'm very glad I bought them. They came promptly, well packaged, and arrived alive and quite lively. I will be buying again in the future.
This is the second time I’ve ordered and both orders have been smooth. I’ll order again any day.
Very fast, all healthy !
I love the fact that these amphipods are aqua-cultured and not wild caught. I bought wild caught amphipods one time and the parasites infested my seahorses and the pathogens destroyed my tank. I had to sterilize my tank and recycle it. It was a nightmare and I can hardly believe my seahorses survived all that. So now I only buy aqua-cultured amphipods. I am so happy I found Rusalty.com! Their prices on aqua-cultured amphipods are the best I've found. The amphipods always arrive healthy and lively (choose next-day delivery). Now my seahorses can have fun hunting for amphipods in the rocks again, and I can enjoy watching them knowing that they are eating safe snacks! :)
Awesome huge pods! 100% alive
Ordered next day delivery. The amphipods came looking lively and healthy. There were more than I ordered. Thank you! The seahorses are having fun hunting for the amphipods in the rocks. :)
I ordered amphipods and they showed up when I had expected them. They were the size I thought I was getting. They were healthy and there were more than I had paid for.
