amphipods & copepods

[tcblue]

Do amphipods eat copepods i am thinking of rearing them together in the same breeding tank would this work ?

 

[GreshamH]

I would think there'd be predation on the copepodites for sure. Depends on species mix, but any commercial growing of them, is a mono culture for a reason

 

[buzzer]

I dont think so as they both co-exist in my sump, I would think they eat much smaller food but not sure.

 

[Sk8r]

copepods are definitely algae eaters. The amphipods are bigger for some reason of nature, possibly protein.

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8069860#post8069860 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by buzzer
I dont think so as they both co-exist in my sump, I would think they eat much smaller food but not sure.

That is not to say their isn't predation, but rather, they're surviving the predation in a larger system. Small culturing systems have a much high occurance of predation, exspecially in co-cultures.

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8069872#post8069872 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
copepods are definitely algae eaters. The amphipods are bigger for some reason of nature, possibly protein.

Copepodites are predated upon by the adult copepods in numerous species, so they'll eat meat for sure