Hands-on with Piscine Energetics PE Flakes & PE Pellets

PE Pellets and PE Flakes from Piscine Energetics are probably the biggest thing to happen to Mysis relicta in the aquarium hobby since the advent of frozen fish food. We still remember where we were when we first learned about ‘freshwater’ mysis…

PE Flake Food Coming in 2017 From Piscine Energetics

We just recently found out that Piscine Energetics had developed their own process for making pellet food with fresh mysis shrimp and now we learn they’re working on doing the same thing in a flake food. PE Flake, as the name…

Piscine Energetics takes great care in how its shrimp is harvested

Piscine Energetics had harvested its mysis shrimp using traditional trawling methods over 13 years ago, but the company realized in order to be sustainable and catch the shrimp when they are actively feeding at night, a better method was needed to minimize bycatch…

Piscine Energetics releases twin pack with PE Mysis and CYCLOP-EEZE

Piscine Energetics just released a new complete reef feeding system as a twin pack of PE Mysis and CYCLOP-EEZE in easy-to-dispense blister packs. You get the full benefit of two great food products in to feel all the fish and…

Women of the Water: Inspiring the Next Generation – Join Piscine Energetic For A Live Video Series

When public aquariums were forced to close their doors Piscine Energetics answered the call organizing a weekly private zoom chat called Quarantining with Curators. These zoom chats were exclusive for public aquarium curators and staff, however, for the next two…

We’ve Added Cool Mysis & Cool Green to the Aquarium Menu

Cool Mysis and Cool Green are two flake foods from Brine Shrimp Direct that are some of the highest quality prepared foods we’ve ever had the pleasure of offering our fish. Many reef aquarists scoff at the idea of feeding…

“Save Your Aquarium” Buy A Bucket Give A Bucket

With the loss of visitors due to the COVID shutdown public aquariums are struggling to feed aquarium animals. Piscine Energetics, a Canadian based fish food manufacturer quickly noticed this need and launched the ‘Save Your Aquarium’ Campaign in June. The campaign…

Rinsing Frozen PE Mysis Shrimp Is A Must!

When you’ve been keeping reef tanks for a decade or more than are a number of good practices that become so ingrained and second nature that we naturally take them for granted. Sometimes we don’t even realize we’re doing something…

Poma Labs Debuts Captive Bred Conspicuous Angelfish

Poma Labs is a brand new venture co-founded by two very influential persons in the aquarium world, Nuri Fisher of Piscine Energetics, and Dr. Matthew Wittenrich, a pioneer in breeding ornamental marine fish. As the name implies, for now Poma…

Reef Builders Editor’s Choice: 10 best new products of 2016!

Another year has come and gone, and that means that it’s time for one of everyone’s favorite posts, the annual Reef Builders Editor’s Choice Awards. It’s crazy to think that what was once a novel exercise on our part has become…