From what I gather. “Little Reborn” has actually been discontinued due to consumer outrage a while back, however, many retailers likely still have a supply due to its unpopularity and sell it as such. However, I specifically remember one of them listed little reborn apart from Reborn and the little version was marked discontinued. I believe this occurred after they were able to increase the particle size slightly (but still not compatible to the original).
I myself wanted to get the old (large particle) Reborn to use as substrate when I setup my tank and couldn’t find anyone with some remaining. So I used the newer updated [Standard] Reborn and while it was better than the Little Reborn, it still wasn’t the size of the old stuff. Mine is comparable to a bag of crushed coral substrate. In fact, I ended up manually sifting through mine to remove pieces of glass and plastic. Less than ideal.
I imagine if this rumor is true, it’s going to add more confusion to the mix as it’s going to be hard to ensure you’re getting new stock rather than a old bag of “substitute” reborn or even Little eborn.
Two Little Fishies really screwed this one up selling a different media under the same name. I’m glad they finally changed it to Little Reborn, but Reborn shouldn’t have been re-marketed unless it is the same size as the original stuff.
Do you happen to have any pictures of your media you believe to be similar size? I’ll see if I can find a picture of the original stuff.
