Pods in the refugium

[Ne0eN]

My 20g refugium has been setup for about a year and just this week I've finally noticed an exploson of copepods. Up till now I've only seen amphipods. What other pods should I be on a lookout for? A fellow reefer seems to have lots of mysis shrimp running around their refugiums. Is it really mysis shrimp? How do I get the mysis culture started?

My refugium contains a ball of chaeto macro-algae, 20 cerith snails, 2 sexy shrimp, 1 small peppermint shrimp... small pieces of live rock and 2" sand bed.

-- Rob

 

[Serioussnaps]

feed the fuge cyclopeeze a couple times a week and watch the mysids explode...mysids not mysis....mysids are smaller mysis i think and mysis is usually a freshwater version but yes those are mysis shrimp....feed them and they will flourish a reproduce like rats...also the better you feed them the more nutritious they are for the fish that will eventually eat them

 

[Ne0eN]

Thanks!! I'll try it.

-- Rob