Plankton Sieves

Technical Specifications:

• Construction: Heavy-duty, thick plastic
• Total Length: 24 cm
• Outside Diameter: 14.5 cm
• Inner Net Diameter: 11 cm
• Net Depth: 6 cm

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Application Guide by Micron Size:

🔸 35 µm

• Function: Filtration of the smallest organisms.
• Applications: Small/Super Small Strain Rotifer larvae; Copepod nauplii (Acartia tonsa, Parvocalanus crassirostris, Euterpina acutifrons).

🔸 50 µm

• Function: Harvesting standard rotifers and late-stage nauplii.
• Applications: L-Strain Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis); Late-stage Copepod nauplii; Ciliate retention.

🔸 75 µm

• Function: Separating juvenile and early adult life stages.
• Applications: Juvenile Rotifers/Copepods; Newly hatched Brine Shrimp (Artemia) nauplii.

🔸 125 µm

• Function: Intermediate grading and washing enriched feeds.
• Applications: Copepodites (adolescent copepods); Moina micrura; Washing enriched Artemia metanauplii (Instar II).

🔸 150 µm

• Function: Harvesting larger live feeds.
• Applications: Adult Rotifers (Large/Small Strain); Sub-adult Artemia; Sub-adult to Adult Copepods (Acartia tonsa, Euterpina acutifrons).

🔸 175 µm

• Function: Separating unhatched cysts and large adults.
• Applications: Unhatched Brine Shrimp Cysts (Great Salt Lake, San Francisco Bay, and Vinh Chau strains); Adult Artemia biomass harvesting.

All function. No fluff.