Algae Barn vs Reef Nutition vs Jays Reef Bugs

Saluki2003 · Feb 22, 2023

I’m about to redo my aquascape and looking to seed the new rocks/sand with as much bacteria and pods as possible. What source of pods would you guys recommend?

Jay’s reef bugs seems like the best value with the 7 species blend but I’d love to hear opinions from you all before making a purchase.

Thanks in advance!

Big G · Feb 22, 2023

Been buying pods, phyto, macro algae from Algae Barn for years. Excellent quality products. Excellent customer service.

Just got a new shipment of pods, phyto, and urchins this week. Top notch personal followup on my shipment. I appreciate that a lot more than some auto-generated "thanks" that you see so much these days.

Jeeperz · Feb 23, 2023

Algae barn is overpriced for what you get. Reef nutrition gives you way more pods, but single species. I really like @Eldredge on here for pods and especially his phyto

lynn.reef.nerd · Feb 23, 2023

I bought from both. If you are looking for quantity for your money just go with Jay's. He's local to me and have bought from him a lot until I started to culture them myself.

York1 · Feb 23, 2023

I have used algae barn and jay's. Jay's prices are better so that's where I get my pods from.

AlgaeBarn · Feb 23, 2023

Big G said:
Been buying pods, phyto, macro algae from Algae Barn for years. Excellent quality products. Excellent customer service.
Just got a new shipment of pods, phyto, and urchins this week. Top notch personal followup on my shipment. I appreciate that a lot more than some auto-generated "thanks" that you see so much these days.

Thank you for the kind words and support @Big G !