micron or micrometer 
Even easier way of typing it would be, µm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometre
Even easier way of typing it would be, µm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometre
My Tigriopus Pod farm diary
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Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
I'm not 100% sure what your talking about. Here is a video and a picture.
View My Video
Are you talking about trimming where the black line is? If so, there is nothing to trim, its all glued down. Or the Red line? But I don't get it, why would you want to cut it where the red line is?
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Black line. Typically (having gone through dozens of these) there is a little flap of excess mesh that needs trimming. Even the smallest amount can capture the copepods making it that much harder to get them out once drained
OOHHHHH, I get it now. Thanks for the tip/heads up!!
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
I'm going to stop feeding them that once I get my phytoplankton cultures going. Flake food and decomposing sea weed fouls the water very quickly.
I transferred all the pods to the black container because I accidentally dumped too much flake food and the water smelled super bad the next few days, like rotting eggs. lol All pods are fine tho, don't think any of them died. Just shows how hardy these little buggers are.
Google Scholar will yield results for that
There are numerous papers out on the species. It's been several years and tons of information since then for me to recall off hand, sorry. I'll see if I can dig it up next week when I return to my office.http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q...ent=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=ws
Also, all the studies I have seen only quote "typical tidepool" conditions. None I have seen have done warmer water studies accept for one and I question the accuracy of the paper due to the wide range this species lives. We've found our cultures grow much faster at higher temps (counter to what the paper suggests), but that also changes how long they live and how fast they breed, so the cold water numbers wouldn't apply to them.
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
Hey Gresh, is it alright if I add the Miracle Grow for house plants fertilizer into the Tigriopus Farm to help algae grow faster?
Google Scholar will yield results for that
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q...ent=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=ws
Also, all the studies I have seen only quote "typical tidepool" conditions. None I have seen have done warmer water studies accept for one and I question the accuracy of the paper due to the wide range this species lives. We've found our cultures grow much faster at higher temps (counter to what the paper suggests), but that also changes how long they live and how fast they breed, so the cold water numbers wouldn't apply to them.
Greetings from Amsterdam,
The only place I can find them is in the UK sold under the name
Harpacticoids copepods) it is not until you ask them that they tell you that it is Tigriopus califoricus.I have a quick question. Are the safe in with H. zostera & their fry? I heard that Dr. Rhodes gave a talk on it, but I cannot find info on it. Also I couldn't find info on it on your website.
DanU on the org says that they are not recommened for the dwarfs seahorses. Any help you can provide is most helpful.
Sorry for the hijack,
Kind Regards,
Tim
FWIW I am not a seahorse person and I would trust some one like Dr Underwood on such a question as he's well versed in them. What Dr Rhodes said is the copepidites are extra spiny and can clog larva's throats which is what the seahorse people say as well.
We have UK dealers and they would be sold under our trademarked name there.
We have UK dealers and they would be sold under our trademarked name there.
Western_reefer
Reef keeper
It failed. lol They didn't reproduce for some reason? I fed them and all... Maybe the tank was too big and there were too few pods? They couldn't find each other? lol
Too bad. Sorry to hear that. I have never had any luck cultivating outside of my tank either. Ive read many write ups, but few follow-up a month or so down the road to tell us if its actually productive. Thanks.
Very cool thread...One of the things I life best about my tank is looking at all the pods, both copepods and ampipds. I was looking at my tank in the dark one night with a red flashlight and found a little spot between two rocks where the fish cant get to. There seemed to be 1000's of pods in the little spot so I started looking around more and more..I found 4 more similar copepod populations in there. The sad part of this story is that Im upgrading to a 180 gallon very soon and I hope I dont those these little guys.
Scott-CapeCoral
New member
Something tells me Gresham knew this was going to happen. :lmao:
Maybe they use some slow R&B to spark the mood.
