Copepods

[the2ofus]

Hi all,

I'm ready to try to culture copepods and rotifers ......again.....last try didn't work so well......

I'm making an order from West Mariculture in Haskins Ohio.
If anyone wants to join in and split shipping, that would be great, also they offer some products at "buy 3 get 2 Free"...so if we order enough that would reduce the cost of pods and rotifers.

Here's the pricing;

TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS (copepods) $14.99

8oz (237 ml) bottle of LIVE TIGRIOPUS in a culture of LIVE ISOCHRYSIS to keep them alive during shipping. The culture will have a density of at least 8-10 TIGRIOPUS per ml (2,000 to 2,300 TIGRIOPUS total). $14.99 (this is a buy 3 get 2 free)


Rotifers $7.00

the "L" strain of rotifers (brachionus plicatilis) , which range in size from 150-360 microns.

16 oz (473 ml) bottle of LIVE ROTIFERS in a culture of LIVE NANNOCHLOROPSIS to keep them alive during shipping. The culture will have a density of at least 30-50 rotifers per ml (15,000 to 24,000 rotifers total). $7.00 (this is a buy 3 get 2 free)

I'm also picking up a 53 MICRON (mµ) ZOOPLANKTON SIEVE PRO 4" at $10.95 or the 2" at $8.95 not sure which one yet.


Anyone want to order with me, let me know.

 

[the2ofus]

If any one needs a black 5 gal bucket with lid to culture rotifers, I have some.

 

[hybridazn]

i would be interested in the copepods! PM me details

 

[the2ofus]

I will place the order for all those who wanted pods and rotifers on Wednesday by 5pm....anyone else wants to order, let me know by then.

 

[jer77]

Do they have Tisbe sp.? I haven't cultured copepods either, but I've read T. californicus are a little harder. Is this true? I know they like colder water and are bigger. Are you just culturing these to feed directly to your fish? I'd rather try to populate my fuge or main tank with ones that would sustain in the warmer water.

 

[the2ofus]

TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS,
is the only ones they offer......I plan to culture these in my basement where the frag tang is located and the temps. might drop a little.....I do plan to run a heater at 78 though......

The site is westmariculture.com if you want to check it out.

Yes I'm going to use them for the main display tank...though the pod population thrives in the fuge now with the addition of phyto.
They would have to make it through the pump up to the display, though I'm sure some do, I've always added more every couple months.

 

[cloakerpoked]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14822853#post14822853 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by the2ofus
TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS,
is the only ones they offer......I plan to culture these in my basement where the frag tang is located and the temps. might drop a little.....I do plan to run a heater at 78 though......

The site is westmariculture.com if you want to check it out.

Yes I'm going to use them for the main display tank...though the pod population thrives in the fuge now with the addition of phyto.
They would have to make it through the pump up to the display, though I'm sure some do, I've always added more every couple months.

They make it all the time. The only thing necessary for my pods to thrive is an absence of predators. I had to move all my fish to QT due to an outbreak of ich, and now the pods are thriving in the frag tank after about 6 days...

 

[hybridazn]

my brother and i are building a 10 gal. refugium to put the pods in to thrive. and maybe a few in the main tank

 

[the2ofus]

I didn't mention the 6 line and mandarin

 

[hybridazn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14825033#post14825033 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by the2ofus
I didn't mention the 6 line and mandarin

any problems keeping those 2 together? only asking because i have a sizline and i plan on getting a mandarin in a few months.

 

[the2ofus]

I don't have a problem other than I keep thinking the mandarin is starving.....
...The six line never bothers it but, its allot faster to get to bugs than the
mandarin.....but it grazes all day.....it had no problem with bloodworms either.

 

[jer77]

Hey matt, did you end up ordering the Tigriopus pods? If so, how are they doing?

I looked at the website, but I was unable to find anything saying they sold bottled zooplankton, just phyto.

Has anyone had any success in feeding these directly to anthias? I'm getting some anthias today, 3 N. carberryi's, and in the past I've had much trouble getting some species to eat anything. I've has success with P. bicolor and squarebacks, but for M. evansi, N. carberryi, P. bimaculatus and sometimes even P. squammipinis it seems like it takes for ever to get them to eat. I've read anthias are zooplanktivores in the wild, but are there some species which really only eat pods making it harder for them to adapt to the tank life?

 

[the2ofus]

Pods are supposed to be in Saturday.....If not I'll bring them down the day they come in....

jer77, you got pm