🔍 Many of you have asked us: what is the difference between BEA Bio Boost and BEA Mesocosmo? Here is the answer! 🔍

BEA Bio Boos t and BEA Mesocosmos differ fundamentally in the type of ecosystem in which the organisms they contain thrive. Although many of these organisms derive from similar species, and in some cases even the same species, they exhibit markedly different habitual characteristics.

BEA Mesocosmos is mainly oriented towards planktonic fauna. These beings live a nektonic life, constantly moving in the water column. Some species, such as tigriopus, harpacticoids and certain copepods, interact with the benthos and the upper benthic zone, but their existence is predominantly planktonic. 🌊

In contrast, BEA Bio Boost welcomes organisms that primarily inhabit solid and soft surfaces, such as mud. These are interstitial organisms: their larvae and eggs can have a planktonic phase, thus feeding other animals, but as adults they remain hidden among the grains of sand and sediments. 🌱

In practice, if BEA Mesocosmo focuses on larger organisms, BEA Bio Boost focuses on smaller organisms with fossorial habits, such as mesofauna, meiofauna, protozoa and meiozoa. 🔍 Obviously, the associated bacterial consortium is also of fundamental importance. 🦠

From a cultivation point of view, the two products are quite distinct: BEA Bio Boost is based on small, poorly aerated sludge cultures, while BEA Mesocosmo prefers large, water-rich ecosystems with few scattered sediments, which are mainly useful for the development of harpacticoids. 🌿

In conclusion, although each has a specific function in the system, BEA Bio Boost could be seen as a BEA Mesocosm seen from a different perspective, placing the emphasis on the cultivation of microbenthos and smaller organisms.

The BEA Team 🐠🌊