Reef Shots - Live Food, Zero Effort
Your reef is hungry. Feed it like the ocean does.
Live copepods, rotifers, and phytoplankton in a ready-to-use pouch. Snip, pour, done. Cultured fresh in Wales and shipped straight through your letterbox.
The Challenge
Perfect water. Premium equipment. Fish still declining.
You have done everything right. Salinity is stable, temperature is dialled in, and your skimmer is pulling green. But your mandarin is thinning, your corals are half-closed, and your wrasse has lost its colour.
The problem is rarely the water. It is what is missing from the food. Marine fish evolved over millions of years eating live zooplankton in complex, nutrient-dense forms that no dried or frozen product can replicate. Without live food, even the most carefully maintained reef falls short.
Reef Shots close that gap - without the hassle of culturing your own.
The Reef Shot Range
Three shots. The full reef food chain covered.
Each pouch is cultured fresh in our Welsh facility, sealed in oxygenated packaging, and shipped to arrive alive. Choose one or combine all three for complete reef nutrition.
Pod-Shot
Tigriopus californicus - 1 to 3mm
From £5.99 / pouch
Concentrated live copepods in a ready-to-pour pouch. The larger prey size triggers natural hunting behaviour in mandarins, wrasses, seahorses, and pipefish the moment they hit the water column.
- Active, larger prey for predatory reef fish
- Rich in EPA, DHA, and astaxanthin
- Immediate water column and refugium feeding
- Ideal for daily or weekly top-ups
Subscription available - never run out
Roti-Shot
Brachionus plicatilis - 150 to 360 microns
From £3.10 / pouch
Live enriched rotifers at 100 to 300 per ml, around 10,000 per pouch. The smaller prey size is what corals, filter feeders, tube worms, and marine fish larvae need to feed and grow naturally.
- Smaller prey for coral polyp feeding
- Approx. 10,000 rotifers per 50ml pouch
- Essential first-feed for marine fish fry
- Cultured on live phytoplankton, not yeast
Subscription available - never run out
Phyto-Shot
Nannochloropsis - Live phytoplankton
From £3.95 / pouch
Fresh, dense Nannochloropsis phytoplankton that feeds the base of your reef food chain. Fuels copepod and rotifer populations, feeds corals directly, and absorbs excess nutrients from the water column.
- Sustains copepod and rotifer populations
- Enhances coral colour and polyp extension
- Absorbs ammonia, nitrates, and phosphates
- Packed with omega-3 fatty acids
Subscription available - never run out
Why choose one when you can feed the whole reef?
£12.99 / mix
All three species in a single order
Shop the Live Food MixSubscription also available - choose your delivery schedule
The Zooplankton Live Food Mix combines copepods, rotifers, and phytoplankton in a single order - covering every level of the reef food chain from microalgae to active prey. One delivery, complete nutrition, nothing missing.
- Live copepods (Tigriopus californicus) - for fish hunting and refugium feeding
- Live rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) - for coral feeding, filter feeders, and fry
- Live phytoplankton (Nannochloropsis) - sustains zooplankton and nourishes corals
- Cultured fresh in Wales - dispatched live, guaranteed alive on arrival
Pod-Shot
1 - 3mm prey
Fish hunting and refugium top-ups. Mandarins, wrasses, seahorses, pipefish.
Roti-Shot
150 - 360 micron prey
Coral feeding, filter feeders, tube worms, and first-feed for marine fish larvae.
Phyto-Shot
Microalgae base
Feeds the food chain. Sustains zooplankton, nourishes corals, cleans the water column.
How It Works
Three steps. No equipment. No fuss.
Reef Shots are designed to make live feeding as simple as opening a packet. No cultures to maintain, no mess to clean up.
Choose Your Shots
Pick the Reef Shot that matches your tank. Pod-Shot for fish, Roti-Shot for corals and fry, Phyto-Shot for the food chain. Or use all three.
We Ship Live
Your pouch is prepared fresh in Wales and posted in oxygenated packaging. It fits through your letterbox, so you do not need to be home.
Snip, Pour, Feed
Cut the corner of the pouch and pour into your sump or display tank. Watch the feeding response. That is it.
Trusted by Reef Keepers Across the UK
Real results from real tanks.
"Great products and my fish and corals love them. Once again another quality delivery from Reefphyto."
"Excellent product, NOT like the pods you buy from your local shop. These will survive in your reef tank unlike the brackish ones from your local LFS."
"Superb quality product and extra special customer service. My orders always come well packaged and my reef is thriving."
Your Guide
Darren - 18+ years of marine aquaculture
I started Reefphyto in 2008 because UK reef keepers deserved access to professional-grade live food, and it simply did not exist. Every culture we ship is grown in our Welsh facility under the same conditions I have refined over nearly two decades.
If you are not sure which Reef Shot is right for your setup, message me directly. I answer every question personally.
Common Questions
Everything you need to know about Reef Shots
Stop Waiting. Start Feeding.
Every week without live food is another week your reef is falling short.
Slow decline. Reluctant feeding. Unexplained loss. These are not failures of water chemistry - they are the quiet consequence of a nutritional gap that dried food was never designed to fill. Reef Shots give your tank what nature always intended.
Free UK delivery on orders over £65 | Alive on arrival guaranteed | Dispatched fresh from Wales