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[coralfriends]

Dear sir,
Your articals this mouth teach me a lot. I have some questions on your books and hope to get the answer from you if possible. I have just read your book (The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium vol 4). It is a great book and full of informations. I see the chapter on "The Future of Reef Aquariums" by Dr. Bruce Carlson. He mentions that the first successful rearing of Genicanthus personatus in Waikiki Aquarium. The breakthrough is the discovery of a new, living food source to sustain the small larval anglefishes. He also state that" I have always been amazed that our arsenal of foods for larval fishes has remained almost the same for decades: rotifers, brine shrimp, copepods, and more recently, trochophores, as well as a variety of phytoplankton species." I feel very interesting on the live food that he mentions such as trochophores. Can you teach me something about trochophores and the live food that he mention to feed the larval fish?

Best regard
Coralfriend