what do copepods look like?

[ser_renely]

These things have me totally perplexed at the moment...have not found a good article about them yet for aquariums.

 

[Saltz Creep]

amphipod 6mm

 

[inachu]

One tiny bag at my LFS is $26!!!


Grrrrr.

I thought for something so smalll they would be cheap.


I was hoping to buy like 30 bags and disperse them in my sand.

 

[stingythingy45]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13044758#post13044758 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by inachu
One tiny bag at my LFS is $26!!!


Grrrrr.

I thought for something so smalll they would be cheap.


I was hoping to buy like 30 bags and disperse them in my sand.

If you set up a refugium with low flow a sand bed and a ball of cheato that has some pods.You'll have $100s of dollars worth in no time.

 

[ser_renely]

can I see them? how do I start them?

 

[super stooge]

they usually just "show up" coming in on live rock i assume. my brothers tank is swarming with them where as mine has none (since i used old rock and his is fresh). if you have a reefer friend nearby with some you can ask for a few of his and theyll populate your refugium and spread into your tank

 

[tanker]

They come in LR. The more excess algae and food in tank the more there is. I almost have none---I have 3 wrasses in tank that hunts them.......

 

[Aquarist007]

Melev's reef has some good visual pics:

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13048967#post13048967 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ser_renely
can I see them? how do I start them?

copopods belong to zooplankton--there are many varieties that are too small for you to see.

 

[ser_renely]

hmmmm, looks like I saw an isopod in my tank. hmmm

ty

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13050535#post13050535 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ser_renely
hmmmm, looks like I saw an isopod in my tank. hmmm

ty

there okay--they will get eaten like the rest of them

 

[ser_renely]

ahhhh good, saw them rated as a pest so was worried.

ty